Owner of Winning Worm: Emma Denton of Gastonia, NC”
The official weather forecast:
Black: below average, snow/ Dark Brown: below average/ Light Brown: above-average/ Flick: black and brown, below average, frost or light snow.
Avery County Average Mean Temperature is 27 degrees (winter)
2023 WEATHER FORECAST
Section /Week1 – Black, below average temperatures
Section /Week 2- Black, below average temps
Section /Week 3- Black, below average temps
Section /Week 4- Black, below average temps
Section /Week 5- Brown, average temps
Section /Week 6- Brown, average temps
Section /Week 7- Brown, average temps
Section /Week 8 – Brown, average temps
Section /Week 9- Brown, average temps
Section /Week 10- Light brown, “autumn color,” above average temps
Section/Week 11- Light brown, above average temps
Section /Week 12- Fleck, below average temps, light snow
Section/Week 13- Black, below average temps
There are 13 body segments in a Woolly Worm and 13 weeks in the winter season. Each body segment of the winning Woolly Worm corresponds to that week’s weather.