Old Farmer's Almanac

I know what you're saying. "Why, that just can't be right! When has it ever been both cold and snowy in Rockford during the winter?" Stunning as it seems, we do sometimes get both.

We haven't seen a Harvest Moon occur on Friday the 13th since October of 2000, and it'll be awhile before it happens again.

With weather being the number one topic in America for the second straight week, I've started to think a bit about what the winter of 2017-2018 will look like for the Rockford area. I figure that a publication that's been around since Washington was president would be my best source for that info. Plus, it's sitting here on my desk, so I didn't have to actually search for anything...