[SuziQ]

I am of the opinion this will be a mild winter after having such a brutal winter last year, but that’s just a personal opinion.

Nope, we're still in a solar minimum, which makes things cooler, all over, summer or winter.

[Pox]

Actually, I believe we're at the peak of this 11 year Solar Cycle, but we may be in the beginning stages of a Maunder Minimum which would see sunspots basically disappear for s few or several 11 year Solar Cycles.

Sunspots are currently plentiful, although relatively well below average over this and the previous 11 year Solar Cycle.

SpaceWeather.com

Whether or not that really will translate into another brutal Winter is debatable, but when the sunspots do disappear for multiple cycles, I will agree that we are in for some harsh winters.