One nice thing Accuweather‘s winter forecast gives us that NOAA doesn’t is a snowfall forecast. Here Accuweather thinks lake-effect snow cold be heavy. They paint the northwest part of Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula with more than average snowfall.

However, "winter will be cooler than usual for the most part" in Florida, the Almanac's forecast said. "February is expected to be 3°F above average, with near-average temperatures for the rest of the season." And rainfall is expected to be slightly above normal across the state.

While much of the nation is expected to see a wet and mild winter, the coldest temperatures are predicted in the Great Lakes region, not far from New York. The Empire state is within the Northeast and New England region, where the Farmers' Almanac predicts above-normal amounts of winter precipitation and near-to above-normal temperatures.

The start of the winter season begins with the winter solstice on Saturday, Dec. 21. According to the Farmer's Almanac, Louisiana is expected to have a mild and wet winter with average, to below average,