Long-range Weather Forecast

Appalachians

Annual Weather Summary
November 2007 to October 2008

Detailed 2008 Long-Range Forecast
for the Appalachians Region

Includes predictions for all or portions of District of Columbia (Washington), Georgia (Dillard, Sky Valley), Maryland (Aspen Hill, Bethesda, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring), Michigan (Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods), New Jersey (Augusta, Belvidere, Branchville, Newton, Swartswood), New York (Auburn, Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, Syracuse), North Carolina (Asheville, Hickory, Kernersville, Morganton, Winston-Salem), Pennsylvania (Allentown, Altoona, Lancaster, Reading, Scranton), Tennessee (Mountain City, Roan Mountain, Trade), Virginia (Arlington, Burke, Lynchburg, Reston, Roanoke), West Virginia (Charles Town, Keyser, Martinsburg, Petersburg, Ranson).

Winter will be one to two degrees above normal, on average, with especially mild temperatures in November and March. Precipitation will be near normal, but the cold periods in midwinter will allow for above-normal snowfall in much of the region. The coldest periods will occur in mid- and late December, mid- to late January, and early and mid-February. Heavy snowfalls will occur in mid-December, mid- to late January, and mid- and late February.

April and May will be slightly warmer and wetter than normal, with the season's first hot temperatures in early May.

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

September and October will have below-normal rainfall. September will be slightly cooler than normal. October will be mild, especially in Pennsylvania and New York.

Detailed Forecast for the Next Two Months

Our detailed 2008 Long-Range Forecast covers
November 2007 to October 2008

Temperature and Precipitation
November 2007 to October 2008