SILVER SPRINGS, Md. – A new battle is shaping up between the long-range winter outlooks for this upcoming season.

NOAA released its annual winter outlook on Thursday , predicting a colder winter for the northern U.S. while the southern tier will experience a warmer-than-average winter.

This comes weeks after the Old Farmer's Almanac, established in 1792, and The Farmers' Almanac, created in 1818, revealed their own winter forecasts. How do they compare?

In a general sense, the Old Farmer's Almanac said that the winter of 2025-26 will be calm and gentle, while both NOAA and The Farmers' Almanac have similar predictions of a wetter-than-average winter.

Let's dig deeper.

NOAA: Brrr – bundle up in the North

NOAA uses a mix of long-range climate computer models and atmospheric trends, suc

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