The 2023-2024 winter was the warmest ever recorded in Chicago and Minneapolis, but will 2024-2025 be similar?
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00:00If you look back at last winter,
00:02a lot of us in the north central states
00:04would say what winter it was just so warm.
00:08On average,
00:08we were running around 6 to 10 degrees
00:10above where we typically sit when we
00:13look at our historical average and
00:14this goes from December of 2023
00:16through February of 2024 and a lot
00:18of cities included in this orange
00:20zone from Thunder Bay, Minneapolis,
00:22Green Bay, Chicago.
00:23It was a pretty warm winter and it
00:25was hard to get those cold shots of
00:28air and with those cold shots of air.
00:31Some wintry precipitation as well
00:32and it was the warmest on record.
00:35We do come in at number one in a lot
00:38of these areas. Green Bay, Chicago,
00:40Des Moines, Minneapolis, Fargo.
00:41Number one for the warmest winter on record.
00:44This goes from 2023 to 2024.
00:46Those winter rankings and in areas
00:49like Chicago, Minneapolis, Fargo,
00:50Saint Louis, Des Moines.
00:52Felt more like a normal February
00:54and areas like New York City,
00:56February and areas like Louisville,
00:58Kansas City, Indianapolis,
00:59even Fayetteville here in Arkansas.
01:01Historically, though,
01:02when we look at that first average rainfall,
01:04we start to see some of that snow
01:07pushing in through the fall,
01:09at least when it comes to the
01:11northern tier of the country.
01:12And then of course,
01:14as you get further South,
01:15that's when we're heading into
01:17late November into December,
01:18and we're already forecasting
01:20for some snow in these areas.
01:22A welcome sight,
01:23especially when you compare it to last year.
01:26And if we look ahead to this ski season 2024-2025,
01:30it's looking pretty good.
01:31If you're maybe in the upper Midwest,
01:33the Great Lakes area from Minneapolis,
01:35even through Green Bay,
01:37and that goes for the UP and the Mitten as well.
01:39It is going to be a cooler season
01:42that of course will help support some of that snow.
01:46Of course, we'll just have to see here.