London, which endured a white winter last year with snow and freezing temperatures, will have a much more typical, rainy winter this year, U.S. forecasters say.

That prediction was included in a European winter pre-seasonal forecast released by AccuWeather.com Thursday.

Rainfall in the British capital will be close to the normal annual total of 5.5 inches, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alan Reppert said.

Elsewhere in Europe, Germany can expect a mundane winter, with rain close to the coast and snow in most of central and southern areas, forecasters said, while France will have a somewhat warmer winter that will keep most of the Pyrenees Mountains dry.

From Poland into western Russia, slightly warmer temperatures will cut down on snowfall early in the season, Reppert said, but a few storms in the middle of the season will produce snow, likely bringing overall totals up to normal.