- The Farmers’ Almanac for 2024 forecasts an upcoming winter with more snow and cold temperatures.
- Even before the official start of winter, blizzards could hit New England, North Central states and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
After last winter’s unusual weather, the upcoming winter season should be more conventional with cold temperatures, snow and damp conditions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.
In its 207th edition, out now, the Farmers’ Almanac is forecasting “The ‘brrr’ is back” with “more snow and low temperatures nationwide,” wrote editor Pete Geiger in a statement accompanying the extended forecast.
“After a weird and warm winter season last year, this winter should make cold weather fans rejoice – especially those in the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern New England areas,” he said.
Blizzards will usher in an early winter in December, according to the Almanac’s forecast, with northern New England, the North Central states, and northern and central areas of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arkansas all likely encountering blizzard conditions.
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Did the Farmers’ Almanac get its winter prediction right last year?
Not exactly, although we could cut the outlet some slack because of the wild weather across the nation. Last year, the Almanac predicted a cold snowy winter for the East and dry conditions for the West.
But California had nine atmospheric rivers. Tornadoes were sighted in Illinois and Iowa in January, while during that month the Northeast had record warm temps. And despite a balmy February forecast for the East, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, recorded the nation’s coldest wind chill ever.
The end of La Niña, a weather phenomenon that increases cold and snow in the Northwest and dry conditions in the South, “is one of the reasons we believe winter last year turned out warmer than normal,” wrote the Almanac’s managing editor Sandi Duncan in a…
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