2024 Winter Forecast. Hot and humid with little chance of rain for the rest of the weekend and early next week. Based on the first round of winter forecasts, the emerging trends point to a slow start to winter, with cold air anomalies expanding across the central and eastern united states.

The astronomical start of winter begins with the winter solstice on saturday, december 21, 2024. Research forecasts warmer, rainier winter storms ahead for great lakes region.