The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015 (26 page)

High Plains

SUMMARY:
Winter will be colder and slightly drier than normal in the north and milder than normal with near-normal precipitation in the south. The coldest periods will be in late December, early to mid-January, mid- to late February, and early March. Snowfall will be below normal in the east and near normal in the west, with the snowiest periods in early to mid-November, mid- to late December, mid-January, and early and mid- to late March.

April and May will be cooler than normal, with precipitation above normal in the north and below normal in the south.

Summer will be hotter and drier than normal, with the hottest periods in early and late July and early and mid-August.

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

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 41° (4° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, mild. 5–8 Rain to snow, then sunny. 9–11 Rain and snow, then sunny, cold. 12–18 Sunny, mild. 19–20 Rain and snow showers. 21–26 Sunny, mild. 27–30 Snow showers, cold.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 27° (1° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–3 Snow showers, cold. 4–10 Sunny, mild. 11–17 Rain and snow showers, mild. 18–28 Snowy periods, cold. 29–31 Sunny, very cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 28.5° (2° below avg. north, 3° above south); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–7 Sunny, turning mild. 8–13 Snowy periods, very cold north; sunny, cold, then mild south. 14–21 Rain and snow showers north, sunny south; quite mild. 22–27 Snow showers, cold. 28–31 Sunny, mild.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 29.5° (1° below avg. north, 4° above south); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–3 Sunny, mild. 4–6 Snow showers, cold. 7–9 Sunny, mild. 10–19 Snow, then sunny, mild. 20–28 Snowy periods, very cold north; sunny, mild south.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 34° (5° below avg.); precip. 1″ (0.5″ below avg. north, 0.5″ above south). 1–6 Snow, then sunny, cold. 7–12 Snow showers, cold. 13–16 Sunny, mild. 17–27 Snowy periods, cold. 28–31 Sunny, turning warm.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 45° (3° below avg.); precip. 2.5″ (2″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–2 Sunny. 3–8 Snowy periods, cold north; sunny, turning cool south. 9–15 Snowy periods, cold north; rain, then sunny, nice south. 16–17 Sunny, cool. 18–22 Snow, cold north; sunny, warm south. 23–28 Showers, then sunny, turning warm. 29–30 Showers north, sunny south; warm.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 58.5° (1° below avg. north, 2° above south); precip. 2.5″ (1″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–7 Rainy periods, cool north; sunny, hot south. 8–15 Showers north; sunny, warm south. 16–24 Showers, seasonable. 25–31 Sunny, warm north; showers, cool south.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 69° (2° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (avg.). 1–7 T-storms, turning cool north; sunny south. 8–12 Showers north; sunny, hot south. 13–21 Isolated t-storms, very warm. 22–23 T-storms, cool. 24–30 Scattered t-storms, turning hot.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 73° (1° above avg.); precip. 1.5″ (0.5″ below avg.) 1–5 Sunny, hot. 6–11 Isolated t-storms; cool, then hot. 12–17 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 18–31 Scattered t-storms, hot.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 75° (4° above avg.); precip. 1″ (1″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, hot periods. 6–11 Scattered t-storms, turning hot. 12–19 T-storms, then sunny, turning hot. 20–23 A couple of t-storms. 24–31 Scattered t-storms; hot, then cooler.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 59° (2° below avg.); precip. 1.5″ (avg.). 1–3 T-storms, then sunny. 4–6 Snow north, sunny south. 7–8 Showers, cool. 9–12 Sunny, warm. 13–19 Showers, then sunny, cool. 20–27 Sunny, warm. 28–30 Rain and snow.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 46° (3° below avg.); precip. 1″ (avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cold. 5–17 Rain and snow, then sunny, turning mild. 18–27 Rain and snow showers, cold. 28–31 Sunny, mild.

Intermountain

SUMMARY:
Winter temperatures will be above normal, with below-normal snowfall and with precipitation above normal north, below south. The coldest periods will be late December and mid- to late February north, and mid-December south. The snowiest period in northern and central sections will be in early December; mid-February and early to mid-March in the south.

April and May will be slightly drier than normal, with near-normal temperatures.

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

September and October will be cooler than normal, with precipitation slightly above normal in the north and below in the south.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 38° (2° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–7 Sunny; mild north, cold south. 8–14 Rain and snow showers, then sunny, cold. 15–23 Snow showers, cold. 24–30 Snow showers, cold north; sunny, mild south.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 35° (2° above avg.); precip. 1.5″ (0.5″ above avg. north, 0.5″ below south). 1–3 Snow showers, cold north; sunny, mild south. 4–7 Rainy north, sunny south; mild. 8–10 Sunny. 11–15 Rainy, mild north; sunny, cold south. 16–21 Rain, then snow showers north; sunny, cold south. 22–31 Snow showers; cold north, mild south.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 39° (7° above avg.); precip. 2″ (2″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–10 Periods of rain and snow north and central; sunny, mild south. 11–16 Rainy periods, mild north; sunny south. 17–21 Periods of rain and snow north, sunny south; mild. 22–31 Rain and snow showers, mild.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 39° (5° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (1″ above avg.). 1–3 Sunny, mild. 4–10 Rain and snow showers, mild. 11–20 Sunny, mild north; snowstorm, then sunny, seasonable south. 21–26 Snow, then sunny, cold. 27–28 Showers, mild.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 41° (2° below avg.); precip. 1″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–9 A few showers, mild. 10–14 Sunny, cool north; snowstorm south. 15–19 Sunny; mild north, cool south. 20–26 Rain and snow showers north; sunny, mild south. 27–31 Sunny, mild.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 46° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–5 Periods of rain and snow, cool. 6–9 Rain and snow showers, cool. 10–16 Rain and snow showers north and central; snow, then sunny south; cool. 17–23 Rain and snow showers north; snow central; sunny, mild south. 24–30 Sunny, warm.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 60° (3° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–7 Showers, cool north; sunny, warm south. 8–18 Sunny, then showers, warm. 19–24 Showers, then sunny, cool. 25–31 Scattered showers, warm north; sunny, cool south.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 67° (1° above avg.); precip. 1″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–9 Showers, cool north; sunny, hot south. 10–15 Sunny, hot. 16–23 A couple of t-storms, turning cool. 24–30 Sunny, warm.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 75° (2° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–4 Sunny north, t-storms south; hot. 5–20 Isolated t-storms, warm. 21–31 Scattered t-storms; cool, then hot.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 73° (1° above avg.); precip. 1.5″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–6 Sunny, turning hot north; a few t-storms south. 7–12 Sunny, warm. 13–19 Sunny, hot north; scattered t-storms south. 20–31 Scattered t-storms; hot, then cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 58° (4° below avg.); precip. 0.8″ (0.5″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–11 Sunny, chilly. 12–19 Scattered showers, cool. 20–26 Sunny, warm. 27–30 Showers, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 48° (3° below avg.); precip. 1″ (avg.). 1–10 Showers, then sunny, cool. 11–16 Showers, cool. 17– 25 Sunny north, rain and snow showers south; cool. 26–31 Showers north, sunny south; mild.

Desert Southwest

SUMMARY:
Winter temperatures, precipitation, and snowfall will be above normal in the east and below in the west. The coldest periods will occur in late December, mid- to late January, and mid-February, with the snowiest periods in mid-November in the east and mid- to late December in the north.

April and May will be cooler than normal, with near-normal rainfall.

Summer will be slightly rainier than normal, with near-normal temperatures. The hottest periods will be in mid- and late June, early July, and mid- to late July.

September and October will be much cooler and slightly drier than normal.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 55° (1° below avg.); precip. 1.2″ (0.2″ above avg.). 1–6 Showers, then sunny, warm. 7–17 Showers, then sunny, cool. 18–21 Snow east; sunny, mild west. 22–27 Scattered showers, seasonable. 28–30 Sunny west, rain and snow showers east; cool.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 47° (1° above avg. east, 3° below west); precip. 0.1″ (0.4″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, cool. 6–19 Sunny; mild east, seasonable west. 20–26 Snow showers east, sunny west; cold. 27–31 Sunny, cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 50° (4° above avg. east, avg. west); precip. 0.2″ (0.3″ below avg.). 1–8 Isolated showers; cool, then mild. 9–20 Sunny, mild. 21–24 Sunny, cold. 25–31 Showers and flurries, then sunny, turning mild.