Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Cool Relief Coming Soon to Texas Panhandle
It's scorching and unbearable in the Texas Panhandle. The summer has turned the Texas Panhandle into an oven, with temperatures reaching triple digits and causing chaos for people, animals, the power grid, and everything else.
We have finally reached that time of year when we long for Fall. We crave the cooler weather, the hoodies, and the pumpkin spice lattes. We are tired of the heat.
Some people would rather have 6 inches of snow than the triple digits and those that want the summer heat as opposed to the snow, but we can all agree, that Sunny and 72 is a perfect temp. Let's face it, we only get that occasionally for about a week in Spring and Fall.
The Farmer's Almanac tells us we are going to have a warmer winter. However, we wanted to ask a local professional because it is the Texas Panhandle and it sometimes differs from the entire state of Texas.
KAMR Chief Meteorologist John Harris tells us,
From the information that we have as of to date, the answer is yes, we could see temperatures at or above normal for this fall and during the winter months. This scenario plays hand in hand with the fact that we are now entering into a La Nina weather pattern for this fall and the winter of 2025. La Nina for our area of the country typically means ( but not always), that we will have a persistent ridge of high pressure aloft over the southern and southwestern U.S., keeping the rain and snow events to a lower percentage probability for our area. Now in saying this, we still will see cold snaps from time to time, with periods of Arctic air intrusions. The duration of cold air, however, can be less than other years.
Good News: Cooler Weather is Coming
According to the Farmer's Almanac, we will start seeing cooler temps starting the week of September 12-15 as incoming rain and thunderstorms will drop the temps (just in time for the Tri-State Fair). The following week is supposed to be chilly.
October: In the middle of the month we will see a rise in temperatures and by the end of the month it is possible we'll see some dust storms.
November: Moving into the month it's predicted that we'll see rain throughout, but the first chance of snow is the week of November 16th. However, we may have a wet, snowy Thanksgiving holiday.
December: Gives us rain and wet snow, except for the week of Christmas, it's expected to be dry, and cold. However, rain and wet snow will bring in the New Year.
January: is expected to see fair and cold weather for most of the month and the occasional rain with possible snow.
February: is when the winter magic happens. The first week of February will bring the big snow we see every winter. It'll be colder the following week, and then we'll see a very wet week here in the Texas Panhandle. Then a possibility of rain and snow the rest of the month.
Although the Farmer's Almanac calls for a warmer winter this year, it has to be better than this triple-digit Summer heat.
I'm Dreaming of a .....
It's OK, you can start dreaming of flannel, warm blankets, and hot chocolate by a big roaring fire in your fireplace. It's coming.
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