It's not a message he delivers with much excitement.

After all - Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln is a cheese-head through and through and is used to white Christmases being commonplace in eastern Wisconsin. But unfortunately in central Illinois, snow on the ground for the biggest holiday of the year is just becoming uncommon.

Shimon notes we are in the heart of the El Nino winter here in late December but it will continue to have its impact all the way to the spring. Keep to Regional Radio going into the new year as we continue to hear from Shimon on the trends for the early parts of 2023.