2016 Long Range Weather Forecast for Pacific Southwest

The Old Farmers Almanac

Two-Month Weather Forecast

OCTOBER 2015: temperature 64° (1° below avg.); precipitation 1" (1" above avg. north, 0.5" below south); Oct 1-10: Sunny, cool; Oct 11-16: Showers, mainly north; cool; Oct 17-22: Sunny, cool; Oct 23-26: Showers north, sunny south; Oct 27-31: Rainy north, showers south; mild.

NOVEMBER 2015: temperature 60° (2° above avg.); precipitation 3.5" (2" above avg.); Nov 1-4: Showers north, sunny south; Nov 5-16: Sunny; warm, then seasonable; Nov 17-22: Stormy, heavy rains; Nov 23-30: Rainy periods, mild.

Annual Weather Summary: November 2015 to October 2016

Although the early part of the winter season will feature above-normal rainfall, the drought will continue as rainy periods will diminish in the season?s second half and precipitation will be below normal for the winter season as a whole, with below-normal mountain snows not helping to ease the drought. The stormiest periods will be in mid- to late November, early to mid-December, early January, and early March. Overall, temperatures will be slightly cooler than normal. The coldest period will be in late December, with other cold periods in early and late January and mid-February.

April and May will be cooler and slightly rainier than normal.

Summer will be hotter than normal, with near-normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in early June, early to mid- and late July, and early and mid- to late August.

September and October will be slightly cooler than normal, with near-normal rainfall.

Temperature and Precipitation November 2015 to October 2016