"Intense and Stormy Winter" Projected Across Parts Of the United States

The meteorological winter starts on December 1, 2025. Astronomical winter starts on December 21, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

The biggest storms are expected to bookend the winter, AccuWeather says. They will start the season and occur in its final weeks.

“Early season storms will likely track from Canada into the Midwest before pushing toward the mid-Atlantic and New England,” the report says. “Some storms could strengthen into nor’easters. By late winter, the storm track is expected to shift, bringing systems from the Plains and Mississippi Valley into the Appalachians, Midwest and Northeast.”

For those who were disappointed in last years numbers, snowfall is projected to be higher than the last winter in Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston. Hopefully, that translates to some killer video parts in the streets. Who’s going to Miller Flip over the Paul Revere Statue in Boston?

The bad news is that snowfall totals are still projected to fall below the historical average, because the storms in mid- to late-winter will likely produce a mix of both rain and snow.

The Ohio Valley, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana are predicted to have a snowy winter as well. December is projected to be an active month for snowfall around the Great Lakes, as blasts of cold air can fuel heavy lake-effect snow. Buffalo might not be one of rider’s favorite places to snowboard, but it’s expected to get 90-100 inches of snowfall. There was 77 inches of snow recorded last winter.

The upcoming winter is supposed to be a La Niña winter, according to the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. That happens  when the water near the equator in the Pacific Ocean is cooler than average for at least five consecutive seasons. Even if it doesn’t develop, scientists say that aspects of winter can resemble a La Niña season. That could open the door for other factors that would change the overall weather patterns though.