When it comes to southern Ontario, the Farmers’ Almanac has bad news for us, a colder than normal winter. The coldest periods will be in early December, early and late January and late February.
Snowfall will be above average in the south west Ontario and below average in the east with the snowiest periods expected in early and late December, much of January and February and early March.
As for the rest of the province, northern Ontario will be cold and snowy.
“A winter of big freezes and heavy snowfall will be centred in Ontario while most of the rest of the country will get some relief and reprieve from snow shovelling and super-cold temperatures,” said Carol Connare, the Almanac’s editor-in-chief.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been predicting the weather since 1792 while the Farmers’ Almanac has been doing so since 1818.
The winter forecast for Canada is available on its website.
The Farmers’ Almanac predicts the effects of La Nina to produce below-normal temperatures for about two-thirds of the country, from east of the Rockies to Ontario, with the coldest temperatures expected from the Prairies to the Great Lakes region.
The coldest outbreak will be in the final week of January into the beginning of February.
“Ontario’s winter will be filled with a whirlwind of both snow and rain,” the publication wrote.
