After a relatively snow-free winter last year, New Yorkers will need to get their shovels out of the shed and dig in this winter.
A report from accuweather.com said the Northeast will be hit with an above average amount of snowfall this year. Average snowfall in the city is 25 inches, meaning the city is forecasted for well above two feet of snow this year.
Last winter, residents had to deal with only five inches of powder, a far cry from the more than 50 that blanketed the city the year prior.
Despite the report, meteorologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) said it is still too early to predict this winter’s snowfall.
“At this time there is about an equal chance of average, above average or below average precipitation this winter,” David Stark, meteorologist from the NWS, said.
New York was in a La Nina winter last year, said Stark. This year’s outlook is looking at a neutral or El Nino winter, which may have, as of now, an unknown effect on the season’s weather, he said.
Stark did add that one aspect of the city’s winter will be above average; the NWS’s Climate Prediction Center said New York has 30 percent chance of seeing above normal temperatures this winter.
