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Winter Outlook Predictions Released: Here's What Forecasters Expect

With the Labor Day weekend marking the unofficial end of summer, forecasters are starting to look ahead and predict what's in store for the winter of 2025.

Areas in the darkest shade of green are expected to see the most snowfall this winter.

Areas in the darkest shade of green are expected to see the most snowfall this winter.

Photo Credit: NOAA Climate Prediction Center
NOAA says temperatures should be slightly above average in the Northeast for the winter of 2024-25.

NOAA says temperatures should be slightly above average in the Northeast for the winter of 2024-25.

Photo Credit: NOAA Climate Prediction Center

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says heavy precipitation is expected in the areas shown in the darkest shade of green in the first image above.

Areas shown in light green are "leaning above average" in terms of snowfall.

NOAA predicts temperatures should also lean above average. (See the second image above.)

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been in business since 1792, is singing a bit of a different tune, calling for a mild, and dry, winter for the Northeast. 

"There will be plenty of snow — however, precipitation and snowfall will be slightly below normal," it says.

Old Farmer's Almanac says it has an 80-percent success rate with its forecasts.

"In the Northeast — Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and eastern New York — winter is always cold and snowy," its forecast reads. "But we’re predicting a gentler-than-normal season that’s not so rough and tough."

“This winter, temperatures will be up and snowfall down throughout most of the United States,” reports Carol Connare, the Old Farmer's Almanac's editor-in-chief. “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."

A similarly named but separate publication, Farmers' Almanac says, "Winter in New England and the Northeast will be stormy with above-normal amounts of winter precipitation and near-to above-normal temperatures. 

"Snow will be most prevalent over the interior and mountainous terrains, while sleet and rain will be more common near the coast, especially near and along the I-95 corridor."

It adds that "the coldest outbreak of the season will come during the final week of January into the beginning of February, when frigid Arctic air brings a sharp plunge in temperatures almost nationwide."

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