Two years ago, winter was brutal (we still shudder). Last year, winter was better (ahh).
What might be coming next for us?
The 2025 “Old Farmer’s Almanac” has recently published its latest predictions, and it is happy to suspect a “temperate, uneventful winter” for the Sioux Falls area.
But how has the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” been faring?
Estimates were off for last two years
The 2022-2023 winter season in Sioux Falls was projected to be “dry with below-average snowfall in our region,” according to the almanac, which has been publishing annually for more than 200 years.
But by late spring of 2023, nearly 65 inches of snow hit, knocking out the city’s $10 million annual winter budget within the first few months and qualifying as one of the top 10 snowiest winters on record.
Then, when the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” predicted for 2023-2024 “colder than normal” temperatures and “slightly above normal” snowfall, temperatures ended up being warmer, and snowfall amounts were lower.
According to meteorologist Alex Trellinger, with the National Weather Service, temperatures between September 2023 and April 2024 averaged 43 degrees, which is more than double the average winter temperature here of 20 degrees.