The best guesses for winter weather range from too close to call, to cold and snowy. The monthly Central Region Climate update this week puts much of the region in the cool and snowy range.
Acting South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says the expectation of November through January looks kind of snowy….

The Climate Prediction Center has now re-issued a La Nina watch for the winter months. Edwards says they see some of those impacts in the outlooks through February…………

Edwards says La Nina is only one of a number of factors that impact winter weather…..

Edwards says in the past, La Nina conditions have translated into a cool, wet spring the following year.