NOAA has issued an updated three-month outlook for the primary winter months, December through February, and it paints a warm picture for Minnesota.
While NOAA doesn’t get into specifics with long-range forecasting, it does offer vague information about what’s most likely to happen. For most of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, and all points north, there’s at least a 50-60 percent chance of warmer-than-normal temperatures. There’s at least a 40-50 percent chance of warmer-than-normal temps across southwest Minnesota, too.
When you zoom out to the national view, you get a clearer picture of how the expected “Super” El Niño will raise temperatures across the northern United States.
“One cannot directly equate our winter average temperature with El Niño. Rather, we know El Niño will likely make it milder. Other things factor in, like snow cover, which was very much lacking and had a huge impact on temperatures in 2023-2024,” Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard says…