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Each winter's forecast is the most common shape among its forecast seeds.
This is our first winter. Past forecasts will show up here as the years go by. For older ones from news outlets, extension offices and almanacs, see Other Seed Forecasts.
Splitting a persimmon seed is an old fall custom. People look inside to predict what kind of winter is coming. Persimmon Place keeps a public record of what they find, to help the custom carry on from year to year. Read more about the custom.
Each person sends one forecast seed per winter, with a photo. You can also add up to 10 extra seeds to the Seed Collection. A curator checks each one before it goes up. After winter, we check each forecast seed against NOAA's weather records.