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NEW YORK<\/strong> – Summer may not even be over yet, but predictions for winter weather in our region have already been made.<\/p>\n The Old Farmer’s Almanac<\/a> says a milder and drier winter is ahead with most snow falling around the holidays and later months.<\/p>\n “Fewer snow days could ease commutes, but not as we get ready to usher in\u00a02026,” the almanac said.<\/p>\n Snow <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Snowfall, along with precipitation, will be below normal this upcoming winter.<\/p>\n You can prepare for the region’s snowiest periods in late December, early January and late February, according to the almanac.<\/p>\n Last winter, New York City<\/a> saw over 15 inches of snow.<\/p>\n Temperatures <\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n The almanac says the region will enjoy above-normal temperatures this winter with the coldest periods popping up in mid-to-late December and early and late January.<\/p>\n New York City also hit a low of 10 degrees.<\/p>\n 2025-26 winter forecast <\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n The U.S. weather summary for this winter is described by the almanac as “mostly mild with pockets of wild,” saying to expect a slightly mild winter while warning some regions to brace for a sharper chill.<\/p>\n “Don\u2019t lose track of your snow shovels and umbrellas,” Old Farmers Almanac Editor Carol Connare said. “Most areas will experience near-normal to slightly milder temperatures,\u00a0but from the Appalachians south through the Southeast and Florida, and westward across the Ohio Valley, we\u2019re predicting a colder-than-normal winter.”<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Several factors are impacting the almanac’s predictions for the 2025-26 winter season:<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information from this article was sourced from the Old Farmer’s Almanac.<\/p>\n Winter Weather<\/a>Weather<\/a>Severe Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK – Summer may not even be over yet, but predictions for winter weather in our…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5313,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313,36082],"class_list":{"0":"post-177821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-severe-weather","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-weather","24":"tag-winter-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115096749596049847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"screenshot-2025-08-26-120316.png\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/screenshot-2025-08-26-120316.png\")
What’s shaping the winter outlook? <\/p>\n\n