{"id":398211,"date":"2026-08-05T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398211\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:04:09","slug":"farmers-almanac-winter-forecast-for-texas-calls-for-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398211\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer’s Almanac winter forecast for Texas calls for snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brace yourselves, Texas. Winter could be shaping up to be a wild ride. For months, forecasters have warned of a \u201csuper El Ni\u00f1o\u201d that could hit the Lone Star State with unusual snowstorms<\/a>. Now, the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac says the South could be colder and wetter than usual come winter. And it\u2019s warning of impacts on the polar vortex<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

An El Ni\u00f1o \u2013 characterized by unseasonably warm waters in the Pacific Ocean \u2013 shifts the subtropical jet stream south toward Texas. This can send winter storms barreling further south toward the Lone Star State, even though they otherwise would\u2019ve been headed for the Midwest or northern states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink of the Pacific Ocean as one of Earth\u2019s most powerful weather engines. When its waters warm in just the right places, the jet stream\u2014the fast-moving river of air that steers storms\u2014often shifts its path,\u201d the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/a> reported in its winter outlook. \u201cThat change can influence where rain, snow, and colder air are most likely to travel across North America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac is now backing up some of the warnings issued over the past several months, as signs point to the strongest El Ni\u00f1o on record developing, which means winter could look very different this year.<\/p>\n

Unlike La Ni\u00f1a, when Pacific temperatures are below normal, an El Ni\u00f1o typically brings a wetter winter to the South. That often translates into record snowstorms, according to data compiled by the National Weather Service over the last century.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems clear from the data that an increase in snowfall across West Central Texas seems to be one of the numerous results of El Ni\u00f1o,\u201d Patrick A. McCullough wrote for the National Weather Service office in San Angelo<\/a>, noting average winters tend to bring about 3.8 inches of snow to Abilene. \u201cThe seasonal snowfall average during an El Ni\u00f1o nearly doubled to 7.4 inches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Near the middle of January, the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac forecasts periods of rain and snow in the Texas-Oklahoma region, along with bitter cold temperatures. The end of that month could also bring snow<\/a> and \u201cvery cold\u201d weather to those areas. Those conditions continue into early February, when temperatures are expected to be just below average.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe coldest periods and the greatest chances for snow in the north will be in early late January, early February,\u201d the long range forecast reads.<\/p>\n

Forecasters are also keeping a close eye on the polar vortex, a large pool of Arctic air that typically hovers over the North Pole. But with jet streams shifted, an El Ni\u00f1o tends to break up or even split the polar vortex. This, in turn, could cause strong winter storms to spin off much farther south than they would in an average winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brace yourselves, Texas. Winter could be shaping up to be a wild ride. For months, forecasters have warned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[820,3091,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-398211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysawx","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}