Would you believe if someone told you temperatures are actually right at the averages for this time of the year?

You may not and it still is surprising to Chris Miller with the National Weather Services who indicates it is definitely hard to believe given a very moderate stretch of weather we saw in the middle of the month in central Illinois.

These are spring-like trends that are known are as a progressive pattern and Miller points out once you're in that pattern and headed to the winter, it is very difficult to break out of that.

Windy, windy, windy has been the theme of the warm days as well. According to Miller, windy days are also connected to those temperature swings.

Miller indicates there is a plethora of fascinating data available about this fall's trends at weather.gov. You can also find information on drought conditions in central Illinois and across the country as well as the latest in forecasts and any weather notices that are being issued.