Thursday Morning Northland Forecast: 12/4/2025

Below Average Temps Continue

Astronomical Winter is still 17 days away, arriving on December 21st. That’s also the Winter Solstice, and the shortest day of the year. In spite of that, we have had an entire week of well below average temps, bottoming out with this morning’s temp of -12, which is only 4 degrees short of the record low for the day, which is -16. The average high for today is a balmy 29 degrees. I don’t see us hitting that for at least the next 7 days. We are all enjoying January temps, in the first week of December. The heat bills are going to be a little expensive this month.

A warm front and low pressure system to our west will bring us a warmer night tonight, with a chance for light snow. Most of us will see an inch or less, but some areas on both the north and south shore might see 3 or 4 inches by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow will also be a lot warmer, with a high in the low 20’s. But then, we cool right back down, with highs of 12 and 8 for Saturday and Sunday. Next week, the jetstream will become more zonal, and we will have highs in the low 20’s both Tuesday and Wednesday, with chances for snow the first three days of next week. It doesn’t look like anything heavy, at this point. But, getting a couple inches here and there, three days in a row, starts to add up!

Looking at the extended forecasts, I don’t see any major snowstorms through mid-December. But, that too, can change quickly, if the jet decides to pull up some Gulf moisture, and take it on a northeasterly course, to Minnesota and Wisconsin. That’s when the significant snowfalls happen. And, that is when all of us in the weather business get kind of fired up! I’ll let you know!

FOX 21 Meteorologist Karl Spring