Winter In NYC Is Going To Be…Well, Something
After a scorching-hot summer, we’re already scoping out NYC winter predictions. Will it be a snow-covered season, or one that’s fairly tame? It depends who you ask.
Magical holiday events in NYC seem incomplete without at least a few flakes, and winter date ideas are all the more romantic when the season is actually cold. So, which route will Mother Nature take?
What will Winter weather in NYC be like this year?
The Farmer’s Almanac
New York City seems to be in for as chaotic of a winter according to The Farmer’s Almanac’s 2024-25 Winter Outlook. The periodical warns the country of a “wet winter whirlwind” that will consist of little respite from falling rain and snow. And for the first time in years, The Farmer’s Almanac and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) mostly agree.
For the Northeast, The Farmer’s Almanac foresees stormy conditions with above average precipitation. As for temperatures, it predicts near-to-above normal temperatures. The NOAA doesn’t disagree, with graphics indicating precipitation primarily above or leaning above and temperatures leaning above average for the Northeast.
Overall, the resource indicates that the country as a whole is in for “rapid-fire storms that will bring both rain and snow.”
Winter’s most frigid temperatures are expected to reach the Northern Plains and Great Lakes region, according to The Farmers Almanac. However, all will need to bundle up the last week of January entering the start of February as that’s estimated to be the coldest outbreak for most of the nation with Arctic air presumed to drop temperatures.
As for the time in between now and winter, The Farmer’s Almanac predicts an unseasonable chill through fall. We don’t mind that, right? Especially with great things to do in fall in NYC!
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Then, we have The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s 2024-2025 Winter Forecast which is…well, slightly different. It takes a look at the country as a whole from 18 different vantage points, but the predictions insist things aren’t going to be too unmanageable (at least in most areas).
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“This winter, temperatures will be up and snowfall down throughout most of the United States,” Carol Connare, the Almanac’s editor in chief said in a statement. “While there will still be plenty of chilly temperatures and snow for most slopes, the high heating costs associated with the season shouldn’t hit so hard. We’re predicting a temperate, uneventful winter — potentially a welcome reprieve from the extremes of recent years.”
So, as far as where NYC stands — a welcome reprieve or rapid-fire storms — we’ll just have to wait and see.
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