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Old Farmer’s Almanac Winter Weather Map 2026 Northern Canada<\/p>\nCarol Connare, editor-in-chief of The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac, shares predictions for Canada’s winter of 2025-06. <\/p>\n
Most Canadians don\u2019t have to worry about braving a brutal winter, suggest new long-range forecasts from The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac. <\/p>\n
The country is expected to have above-normal winter temperatures, except for areas in or near southeastern Ontario, those behind the forecast say. <\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, we\u2019re calling for almost everywhere in Canada to be a bit milder this winter than normal,\u201d Carol Connare, editor-in-chief of The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac, said in a video interview with CTVNews.ca on Friday.<\/p>\n
General predictions<\/p>\n
Connare said the northernmost regions of Canada will see more snow while the southern areas will have wetter precipitation, such as hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more because of overall warming, there\u2019s more moisture in the atmosphere, and so that means there\u2019s going to be more stuff falling at greater rates than normal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Residents will need their umbrellas or jackets the most in Atlantic Canada through Nunavut, Quebec, western Ontario, the northwestern and southern Prairies, the northernmost and the extreme southern portion of British Columbia and southern Yukon. Those places will have above-normal amounts of precipitation such as rain and snow. Other areas in Canada, meanwhile, will have \u201cnear to below normal\u201d precipitation. <\/p>\n
And the 233-year-old North American weather guide\u2019s predictions about mild temperatures don\u2019t mean Canadians should keep their tuques and thick jackets in the closet. <\/p>\n
Connare said the term mild is \u201crelative,\u201d and people should dress based on the conditions. <\/p>\n
Connare said the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac predictions are focused on specific parts of Canada where the majority of the population lives and where forecasters can get the most reliable long-term data. <\/p>\n
This map provides a general overview of the almanac\u2019s weather predictions.<\/p>\n
Old Farmer’s Almanac Winter Weather Map 2026 Northern Canada<\/p>\n
In their general weather forecast for winter 2025-26, the almanac\u2019s experts predict that the southern half of Yukon will have a mild and snowy winter, while it will be mild and dry in the north. The Northwest Territories is expected to be mild and dry, and Nunavut will be mild and snowy, the forecast suggests.<\/p>\n
Atlantic Canada forecast<\/p>\n
Winter will be warmer than normal in Atlantic Canada, with more precipitation and snowfall than usual, according to the almanac. It will be the coldest in the region in early and mid-December and for much of January, the almanac\u2019s forecasters say. Most of the snow is expected to hit in mid-November, mid- and late December, and early to mid-January.<\/p>\n
Quebec forecast<\/p>\n
Winter will also be warmer than normal in southern Quebec, the almanac\u2019s forecasters predict. Although precipitation is forecast to be above normal, the southern region will have less snow than usual. It is projected to be snowiest in late November, early and late December and early January.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, northern areas are expected to be mild and snowy.<\/p>\n
Ontario forecast<\/p>\n
The almanac\u2019s experts predict that the southeastern part of the province will have a colder and drier than normal winter but less snow than usual. Meanwhile, the southwestern region is forecast to be milder and snowier than normal, with above-normal precipitation. For the region overall, the almanac projects that it will be coldest in mid- and late December, early and late January and early February. It also predicts that it will be snowiest in late November and early and mid-February.<\/p>\n
The northern parts of Ontario are projected to see a mild and snowy winter.<\/p>\n
Prairies forecast<\/p>\n
The southern Prairies is projected to be warmer than normal this winter. According to the almanac\u2019s forecasts, the region will see more precipitation than usual, with more rain projected than snow. The coldest periods are forecast to be in late November, early December and early February. The almanac\u2019s experts also say it will snow more in late November and early December.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan\u2019s southern half is forecast to be mild and wet, while winter in the northern area is predicted to be mild and dry. The northern half of Alberta is expected to be mild and snowy and the southern half mild and wet. <\/p>\n
The northern half of Manitoba will be mild and dry while the southern half will be mild and wet, forecasters predict. <\/p>\n
British Columbia forecast<\/p>\n
Southern British Columbia is projected to have a warmer-than-normal winter, with cold snaps predicted in late November, early December and early February. The almanac\u2019s experts say the snowiest times are projected to be in late November and early and mid-December. The northern area is forecast see less precipitation than it typically experiences, but the opposite is predicted for the south. The province is forecast to generally have less snowfall than usual, though the snow may fall as early as November. <\/p>\n
Some northern areas of the province are forecast to be mild, dry and snowy.<\/p>\n
How The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac predicts weather<\/p>\n
The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac says it predicts the weather from a \u201csecret formula\u201d created by the almanac\u2019s founder, Robert B. Thomas, in 1792, and refined by modern scientific calculations and technology. Thomas believed sunspots, the sun\u2019s magnetic storms, influenced the Earth\u2019s weather, according to the almanac\u2019s authors. Those behind the almanac say the formula compares solar patterns and historical weather conditions with current solar activity.<\/p>\n
The almanac\u2019s long-range predictions also consider solar science, solar activity such as sunspots, climatology and meteorology. <\/p>\n
The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac, the authors of which claim its forecasts are 80 per cent accurate, has been published every year since 1792. The 2026 Canadian edition, first published in 1982, will be available in stores starting Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carol Connare, editor-in-chief of The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac, shares predictions for Canada’s winter of 2025-06. Most Canadians don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-95845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}