Winter Outlook 2025-26

At this point in the year, most folks have already posted their winter outlook. And as usual, they are all over the place. Here's a sampling of Farmer's Almanac and Old Farmer's Almanac (yes, they are two different outlooks). Accuweather even has a specific snowfall outlook for Spokane, which is a little below normal, but more than last year. How about the National Weather Service outlook? Here's the December-January-February outlook for temperatures and precipitation. So what is all of this based on? In large part, it's expected to be a weak La Nina winter coming up. But with a twist. Typically, La Nina will last through the winter and dissipate in the spring. But this year the computers expect an early end to La Nina. Here's the various computer forecasts of the El Nino - La Nina index. La Nina is expected to peak during the Oct-Nov-Dec time period, and by 2026, neutral conditions are favored. The reason that there is so much focu...