State climatologist Justin Glisan says the warm weather over the weekend could be the start of a trend as the El Nino pattern is setting up, which may mean Iowans will be facing a warmer-than-normal winter ahead.
Glisan says it’s still too early to predict how much precipitation may fall in the winter ahead, including rain, freezing rain and snow.
While traditional calendars have winter starting on December 21st this year, the climatological winter Glisan referred to is from December 1st through the end of February.
