Winter Weather Sounds Kind of GoodI say this as we are about to experience another day around 100 degrees in the Capital Region. It almost makes you look forward to cooler winter weather, at the very least like Autumn. The National Weather Service's Winter OutlookI know a lot of people look forward to the Old Farmer's Almanac winter forecast every year. In the meantime, NOAA's 2026-2027 Winter outlook for December through February, and here's what it's saying for North Dakota. The El Niño weather pattern should hold, and you can expect a warm winter with slightly below-average precipitation.