Farmers’ Almanac releases its 2024-2025 winter weather forecast for PNW

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The dog days of summer aren’t quite over, but winter forecasts are starting to roll out through the Farmers’ Almanac.

So what’s in store for the Pacific Northwest and the country as a whole this upcoming winter? Well, a lot of it hinges on a La Ni?a weather pattern forming.

The Farmers’ Almanac predicts a “chilly, wet” winter for the Pacific Northwest during the 2024-2025 season.

“Above-average precipitation is expected over the eastern third of the country, especially the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Midwest,” the Almanac reads. “The Pacific Northwest will also have a wet winter.”

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The Almanac’s latest issue class for a “wet winter whirlwind” across the U.S. due to a La Ni?a weather pattern forming in the Pacific.

“This winter, La Ni?a, which refers to the periodic cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is expected to develop and hang on through the season,” the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast states. “Taking into account the effect La Ni?a has on the weather, along with our long-standing formula, we anticipate the winter of 2024-2025 will be wet and cold for most locations.”

The coldest temperatures are forecast for the Northern Plains and the Great Lakes. Areas between the Rockies to the Appalachians are also forecast for a frigid winter, the publication says. Average winter temperatures and rainfall are predicted for the Southwest.

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