What kind of winter should Londoners be expecting?

Londoners can expect a warmer-than-normal winter, but early indications show no clear sign of how much snow will land.

With fall in full swing and overnight temperatures dipping to near-freezing, it’s easy to start looking ahead to what winter will hold for the London region – and the early indications from Environment Canada suggest a mild one compared to previous years.

But the presence of weaker La Niña conditions – which often mean wetter and colder conditions – may influence weather patterns.

“So, this year, we’re seeing that La Niña conditions are present and they’re favoured to persist through February before going back to neutral,” said Trudy Kidd, a meteorologist at Environment Canada.

Looking at last year, which predicted a weaker La Niña, the London region saw heavier s