Will Minnesotans See A Repeat Of The Winter Of 2013-14?

I know we are still a few days away from turning the calendar over to September, but lots of online meteorologists are already giving their thoughts on what winter will be like. One online weather commenter seems to think we are going to see a repeat of the winter of 2013-14, which was one of the most miserable winters from recent memory.

What Was The Winter Of 2013-14 Like?

Miserable if you don't enjoy the cold.

Well, not to give you flashbacks, but the winter of 2013-14 was one of the top-10 coldest in the history of weather keeping in Minnesota, and it was the winter where, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, "five days of school were canceled due to the wind chills in the Twin Cities. The lowest wind chill temperature was -48 at the Twin Cities on January 6th, and for the state, it was -63 degrees at the Grand Marais Airport."

Are There Similarities Between This Summer & The Summer Of 2013-14?

Online forecaster/weather commenter Rippeology asked the question of what type of winter weather we get when we have an unseasonably cool August plus a weak La Nina, and looking back on the data, you get what we experienced in 2013-14...great.

Now, the weather is fickle, and as we like to say, wait 5 minutes and it is sure to change, and not every time we've had a cool August and a weak La Nina, we've had a winter of polar vortexes.

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But, if we are doomed for a rinse and repeat fall forecast, where the weather seems to run in a 3-week cycle, I'll start buying boot warmers now, as the ice should be thick come late December for some hardwater fishing.