DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa will be trading a cool, dry planting season's weather pattern for something a little more seasonal in the next few weeks.
"We're actually trending pretty good chances of being warmer and wetter than average moving out toward the end of May and the beginning of June" says Iowa State Climatologist Justin Glisen.
He says the warm-up comes just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
"Typically, toward the end of May our average high is about 78 or 79 degrees across the state, so we're going to be a couple of degrees above average. Our probability, and we're seeing outlooks, do show us continuing those above average temperatures" Glisen says
He says the drier-than-usual planting season was actually eased by cooler-than-usual weather that maintained a good amount of sub-soil moisture.
Glisen says rain last week, and the forecast for more by the end of the week, will help ease some parts of Iowa that are abnormally dry right now.