Prepare for a season of “dramatic swings and widespread wintry climate.” The Farmers Alamanc forecasts “Chill, Snow, Repeat” climate patterns for the upcoming 2025-2026 winter season.
Whereas the official begins of winter is not till late December, the Almanac predicts the chilly and snow would possibly transfer in as early as September in some elements of the nation.
“A lot of the nation is on faucet for a chilly or very chilly winter, type of nearly going again to an old school winter,” Farmers’ Almanac Editor Sandi Duncan instructed USA TODAY. “It is going to settle down, it should snow, then it’d heat up a bit, then it should repeat itself once more.”
The final winter season introduced bitterly chilly arctic temperatures and a number of other inches of snow to the Nashville space. This is what to anticipate this season.
What’s going to 2025-2026 winter climate be like in Tennessee?
EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, AUG. 11: The Farmers’ Almanac forecasts an early begin to winter 2025-2026 and the chilly could linger into April in some elements of the U.S.
Based on the Almanac, Southeast states together with Tennessee, can anticipate common winter temperatures and “many” moist intervals.
The second week of January will carry “some very chilly temperatures with some doable wintry precipitation, within the extra northern areas, such because the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia,” Duncan stated.
February can even be “a really moist interval, particularly from the sixteenth to the twentieth, then turning delicate on the finish of February, however unsettled in lots of locations,” she added. “So simply very moist, I’d say, is the main target.”
Common winter circumstances within the Nashville space
Through the winter months, Nashville usually sees a gradual shift in temperatures and precipitation, per Nationwide Climate Service information.
In December, common highs attain round 52.2 F, with lows close to 33.3 F and an general common of 42.7 F, accompanied by about 4.43 inches of precipitation.
January tends to be colder, with highs averaging 49.1 F, lows dipping to 30.1 F and a mean temperature of 39.6 F, together with 4.02 inches of precipitation.
By February, temperatures start to rise once more, with highs round 53.8 F, lows close to 33 F and a mean of 43.4 F, whereas precipitation barely will increase to 4.47 inches.
When is the primary day of winter?
Based on the Almanac, winter begins with the winter solstice — the astronomical occasion when the solar reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, bringing the shortest day and longest night time of the 12 months to the Northern Hemisphere, when it comes to daylight.
In 2025, the winter soltice falls on Sunday, Dec. 21.
Did the Farmers’ Almanac get its winter climate prediction proper final 12 months?
Whereas some could query the accuracy of the Farmers’ Almanac — and its competing information, The Previous Farmer’s Almanac— the information stays a preferred learn.
In its 2024–2025 Winter Forecast Accuracy report, the Farmers’ Almanac famous that its name for a light winter in Texas and the Southern Plains “hit the mark,” and it “appropriately known as the chilly climate over the Northern Plains and Nice Lakes.”
The Almanac additionally precisely predicted a deep chilly spell on the finish of January. Nonetheless, it acknowledged that La Niña threw a curveball, leading to fewer moist climate occasions than anticipated.
“Climate forecasting has come a good distance since 1818, when the primary Farmers’ Almanac helped readers plan forward—with out smartphones or TV meteorologists,” the publication wrote. “Whereas our formulation accounts for varied proprietary elements, we’re humble sufficient to know that nature at all times will get the final phrase.”
Farmers’ Almanac vs Previous Farmer’s Almanac: What is the distinction?
The Previous Farmer’s Almanac and the Farmers’ Almanac share a long-standing custom of forecasting climate throughout North America, utilizing photo voltaic patterns, historic information, long-range fashions, and proprietary formulation to assist readers anticipate seasonal adjustments.
Regardless of their similarities, the 2 publications differ in origin, scope and distribution.
The Previous Farmer’s Almanac, first revealed in 1792 by Robert B. Thomas, gives forecasts for 18 areas within the U.S. and Canada and is printed by Yankee Publishing Inc., an employee-owned firm based mostly in Dublin, New Hampshire.
In the meantime, the Farmers’ Almanac was first launched in 1818 by David Younger and covers seven U.S. and 5 Canadian climatological areas. It’s revealed by Geiger, a Lewiston, Maine-based firm often called the most important privately owned promotional merchandise agency within the nation.
Diana Leyva covers trending information and repair journalism for the Tennessean. Contact her at Dleyva@gannett.com or comply with her on X at @_leyvadiana
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