Although there are still a few weeks left to soak up the summer sun, winter weather is knocking at Mother Nature’s door. To give you a glimpse of what’s to come, The Old Farmer’s Almanac just released its 2024-2025 winter weather forecast—and it looks like it will be a pretty uneventful season.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts weather trends and potential seasonal events by comparing solar patterns and historical weather conditions with current solar activity. To create its winter weather forecast, which is about 80 percent accurate, experts from The Old Farmer’s Almanac look at averages over decades, not just how the weather compared to the previous year.
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While last year’s winter was wet and snowy, this season is predicted to be calm and gentle. According to the forecast, temperatures will be up, and snowfall will be down throughout most of the U.S. That said, chilly winter days and some snowfall are expected in various parts of the country.
Be prepared to dig out your shovel if you live in central and southern Appalachia, the western Ohio Valley, and the Rockies—areas where snowfall may be heavy. On the other hand, Florida, the deep south, and southern California may experience heavy rainfall.
To give you a closer look at The Old Farmer’s Almanac‘s 2024-2025 winter weather forecast, we’re sharing a general overview of what the season will be like across the country:
- Northeast (Including Eastern New York): Mild and snowy
- Atlantic Corridor: Mild and dry in the north; wet in the south
- Appalachians (Including Pennsylvania and Virginia): Mild and snowy
- Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina): Cold and snowy
- Florida: Cool and rainy
- Lower Lakes: Warm in the east; cold and snowy in the west
- Ohio Valley (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia): Cold and snowy
- Deep South: Warm and dry
- Upper Midwest: Cold and snowy
- Heartland: Warm and dry
- Texas and Oklahoma: Warm and dry
- High Plains: Warm and wet in the north; cold and snowy in the south
- Intermountain (Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and more): Cold and snowy
- Desert Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Las Vegas): Cold and rainy; snow in some regions
- Pacific Northwest: Cold and snowy
- Pacific Southwest: Warm and wetter-than-normal
- Alaska: Mild and snowy in the south and west; mild and dry in the north and east
- Hawaii: Warm and dry in the east; wetter-than-normal in central and western areas
