2024 Winter Forecast Midwest. Meteorological winter is just around the corner, officially beginning in less than two months on sunday, dec. This winter, la niña, which refers to the periodic cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial.
Winter will be not so cold as usual and coldest in early november, early and late january, late february, and early march. The northern part of the midwest, with parts of illinois and iowa are forecast to deal with below normal percentages of precipitation.