(IowaStormCenter.com) — Iowa Storm Center has issued the final forecast for the months spanning from November 2024 to May 2025 for the temperature and precipitation factors associated with the coming La Nina.
The last two months have been very dry across Iowa, but an active period is in store at the end of the month as we move toward a La Nina for the upcoming season. The years of interest specifically point to a combination of 2010-2011 and 2016-2017 which both threw a curveball to forecasters.
This will be a weak/moderate La Nina with average snowfall for the north half of Iowa and above average from central through south/southeast Iowa. In conjunction with that, temperatures will run below average with multiple shots of cold air anticipated during the season.
Confidence is growing for a strong front that would bring a round of cold air around the middle of November, and this is likely when we see the potential for the first notable snowfall event of the season.
– Meteorologist Maurer –
