What Gov. Forecasters Say Cornelius Can Expect This Winter

CORNELIUS, NC — Winter is coming.

Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have released a winter forecast for 2019-20 that’s predicting a warmer than normal season for Cornelius, as well as the greater Charlotte metro and Lake Norman region.

Not a single section of the United States is expected to have colder than usual temperatures this winter, but some areas will experience more rain.

“Wetter than average conditions are most likely in Alaska and Hawaii this winter, along with portions of the Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes and parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast,” the agency said in it 2019-20 winter forecast, which it released Thursday.

The government organization stays away from projecting seasonal snowfall accumulations as snow forecasts are generally impossible to predict until the week prior.

Even during a warmer than usual winter in Cornelius, though, periods of cold and snowfall are still possible.

What do The Farmers’ Almanac and Old Farmer’s Almanac predict for the winter?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration isn’t the only organization that’s released a 2019-20 prediction, but consensus can be hard to find when it comes to weather.

Followers of the Farmers' Almanac are bracing for a cold winter with increased winter precipitation, while the Old Farmer's Almanac's devotees are shunning snow blowers and taking out umbrellas.

The two meteorologic publishers may have almost identical names, but their long-range forecasts are like night and day.

The Farmers' Almanac, which released its prediction on Aug. 26, expects a "brisk and wet" winter, with the frostiest snap coming during the last week of January and stretching into February. Winter weather will last into April.

But the Old Farmer's Almanac, which unveiled its forecast in September, expects the southeast to be mild and wet.

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