Get Your Shovels Ready: New York To See ‘Uptick’ In Snow This Winter

Winter in New York will feature a mild stretch, bookended with snow.

Temperatures in Upstate New York are finally cooling off and it is starting to feel like what the calendar is telling us: winter is on the way and the cold and snow will be here before we know it.

After a mild winter with less than average snowfall last year, the big question is how much will winter be like winter Upstate and throughout the state of New York. Farmers' Almanac and the NOAA are both calling for milder winters in their extended forecasts, but even with warmer temperatures, big snow is always looming.

According to another long-term winter outlook, we will see more snow than 2023-24 but not without a mid-winter stretch of mild weather.

Accuweather Forecast: Winter In New York 'Bookended' With Snow

This this latest winter outlook pans out, you will need more gas for the snowblower and rock salt this year.

Accuweather forecasters are calling for an "uptick" in snow saying "Snow shovels will be needed across the Northeast ...although they could gather dust during part of the season as the weather patterns play tug-of-war between mild and rainy, and cold and snowy."

Overall, Accuweather is calling for more snow versus last winter with "... pauses in the cold, wintry weather, especially in the middle part of the season." Winter will basically be bookended with snow, and a January weather pattern should bring milder air and less snow. The Albany area averages around 60 inches of snowfall per year - last year we got about half of that according to the National Weather Service.

A late-season surge is predicted to ring more snow to the New York City area as well in February. Last season NYC only saw 7.5 inches of snow and Accuweather says the city should be close to its average of 29.8 inches of snow this year.