
This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only. The 2022-2023 Old Farmer's Almanac is now available in stores and online. From limestone cliffs and vivid turquoise water to pancake rocks, blowholes and giant rivers of ice, the West Coast has a lot to see. They say they're right about their forecasts 80% of the time.įederal officials have not yet released their predictions for this year's winter forecast, but we like what we're seeing so far from the Old Farmer's Almanac! The West Coast, or the Coast as locals call it, is an untamed natural wilderness of rivers and rainforests, glaciers and geological treasures. The almanac's authors use a combination of historical data, weather trends and modern forecasting tech to come up with these predictions each year, and they tend to do a pretty good job with the predictions. Get a birds-eye view from the Skywalk suspension bridge in Vancouver, or walk the citys Seawall Trail along the coastline. Of course, that also means you might be dealing with a lot of fake snow this holiday season - but at least you wont have to shovel! West Coast life is all about being active and outdoors. Stillman says that if you're lucky enough to live in one of these areas, you might "feel like winter never really arrives." The desert Southwest is also shaping up to be warmer than normal. Meanwhile, Washington and Oregon weather is expected to be pretty ideal, with mild and dry conditions in the forecast.

Weather in California is predicted to be mild, wet and even snowy in the regions at higher elevations. The West Coast falls into that "best of winters" category, with temperatures expected to be higher than the winter norm from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.

"Depending on where you live, this will be the best of winters or memorable for all the wrong reasons," she said in a news release from the Old Farmer's Almanac. That sounds much better than the "shivery and snowy" prediction for the other half of the country, according to almanac editor Janice Stillman. will have a "mild" winter with lots of rain in some areas and temperatures trending upward "by as much as several degrees above normal." The almanac's experts predict that the western half of the U.S. West Coast Engines CRATE ENGINES FOR THE REAL WORLD West Coast Engines builds high-performance crate engines that are street-friendly and practical for daily driving (not racing). The Old Farmer's Almanac just dropped its detailed winter weather forecast for the United States, and while it's looking bleak for one half of the country, the West Coast is in for a pretty great time. Sometimes you just need a break from the snow, and it sounds like Mother Nature will be taking it easy on the West Coast of the U.S.
