This winter, HVAC contractors might be dealing with a wetter winter than years past, coupled with more snowfall than maybe most people would like. This is thanks to a strong El Niño that’s anticipated, which is said to bring above-normal temperatures to the Northern U.S. but below-normal cool to much of the Southwest and the South, from New Mexico and Texas to the Carolinas. El Niño is a combination of weak surface winds across the tropical Pacific and warmer-than-normal water temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, that in turn affects global atmospheric conditions, and thus U.S. weather patterns this winter.

“Get ready for a wet winter, with about 80 percent of the country expecting above-average snowfall,” said Sarah Perrault, a senior editor at The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Read the full article.