And though the storm has relatively early in the season, meteorologists say its formation doesn't necessarily mean that this year's hurricane season will be as busy as last year's.
It was put together by Robert FitzRoy, a captain in the Royal Navy and a pioneer in the field of meteorology, who led the department which later became the Met Office.
By this time, write John and Mary Gribbin, you would have been hard pressed to find a geologist or meteorologist who regarded the model as being anything more than an historical curiosity.
Thankfully, he got the meteorologist of his report across and even with his burning frustration, the weather itself still manage to ensure it was a cold ending.
But when a snowstorm hit last week after the six-week period had passed, the sheriff's office said it was sick of a rodent masquerading as a meteorologist.
According to meteorologists, it's not accurate to say the polar vortex is coming to get you but it can cause frigid air to invade the continent and that's exactly what it will be doing this weekend.
The front will drag down temperatures at it moves east, and meteorologists say if strong northeasterly winds develop over the American northeast, the type of storm called a Nor'easter is possible.