Meteorological winter doesn’t arrive until Friday (Dec. 1), but some parts of Illinois have already received a significant dose of snow. A system Saturday night into Sunday morning brought some decent totals for this time of year says Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford.

After some parts of the state experienced single digit temperatures Tuesday morning, a gradual warm-up is in the forecast for the remainder of the week with rain also possible. Ford says above normal temps should hang around through the first full week of December.