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It's our first annual Winter Photo & Video Contest! Send us your photos and videos celebrating the winter season.

We want to know what winter means to you. Share your most original and fun winter images. We'll choose one overall winner and 10 runners-up....

It's true: No two snowflakes are alike. If you look closely at snowflakes, you will see many different shapes.

Have you ever considered how snow forms?

Snow begins as a tiny ice crystal or even a speck of dust. This moisture brings condensation and these...

Planning a ski trip or outing? Be in the know before you hit the snow! Check out the famous long-range weather forecasts from The Old Farmer's Almanac—they're traditionally 80% accurate! 

A year of snow, a year of plenty.

This year will be a year of plenty for snow lovers! Get the Almanac's winter weather forecast to find the best days for skiing, snowboarding, and outdoor fun...

According to folklore, you can predict the weather with a persimmon seed. Here's how to do it:

Cut open a persimmon seed and look at the shape of the kernel inside.

• If the kernel is spoon-shaped, lots of heavy, wet snow will fall.
• If it is fork-...

Back around the turn of the last century, in the days before the National Weather Service, the so-called goose bone method was a famous weather-forecasting technique. Here's how it worked:

Around Thanksgiving, Grandma would cook a freshly killed goose. She would roast it, carve it, and...

View the live weather cams across the United States and Canada! See current weather conditions—rain, sunshine, snow, fog, cloud cover, and more—24/7!

Got a favorite weather cam? Let us know!...

Be sure to check this heat index chart before you head out in the heat of summer, because when the temperature is high and accompanied by high humidity, it can feel a lot warmer than the thermometer indicates.

The combination of high temperature and high humidity reduces...