Farmers’ Almanac Winter Forecast: What’s In Store For Wisconsin

ACROSS WISCONSIN — The Farmers’ Almanac just released its 2021-22 winter forecast, and it looks like Wisconsin will get plenty of Great Lakes cold and snow and possibly mixes of rain and snow. Wisconsin is also forecasted to see below-average cold temps.

Winter officially begins with the winter solstice on Tuesday, Dec. 21, and the long-range forecast suggests the spring equinox on March 20 could be more winter-like than spring-like.

In Wisconsin, the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast calls for:

Areas close enough to the Great Lakes, most of Wisconsin, with receive much of its snow throughout January. Wintry mixes of snow and rain are expected as well. Below average cold temperatures will come to much of Wisconsin.

Across America, the Farmers’ Almanac is calling for near-normal amounts of snow, though perhaps not as much as people who spend the winter playing in the snow might prefer. Notably, the forecast calls for:

The Great Lakes and Northeast can expect potent winter storms — heavy snow, rain or a wintry mix of both — during the second week of January, the final week of February and the second week of March. The Northern Plains and Rockies may see a blizzard the third week of January.

The publication expects January to start out mild for most of the country, becoming colder toward the middle or latter part of the month. Overall, January will be stormy, especially along the Atlantic Seaboard, with bouts of rain, snow, sleet and ice.

February should offer some reprieve from storms. In the eastern third of the United States, the Farmers’ Almanac forecasts 57 percent fewer days of measurable precipitation compared with January, though it said “that doesn’t necessarily mean storminess will be completely absent."

Parts of the Northeast, Ohio Valley and far western United States could see heavy rains and snow toward the end of February.

Finally, participation will be near normal nationwide in March, the Farmers’ Almanac offered in a qualifier, noting that “in a sense, March will be a microcosm of the entire winter.”

“From start to finish, the month will be full of stretches of uneventful weather, but when it turns stormy, the precipitation will come in big doses,” the publication said. “For the East and Midwest, for example, a late winter storm will blow in at mid-month followed by a nor’easter along the East Coast toward month’s end."

The Farmers’ Almanac, established in 1818, publishes its annual extended winter forecast every August.