All signs are pointing to above-normal temperatures and above normal rainfall for the winter months.

It's an unusual trend but Ed Shimon with the National Weather Service in Lincoln says that's what the long-term outlooks are showing right through the winter months.

According to Shimon, snowfall is likely to not come to central Illinois until well into December and is not ruling out a rude awakening to winter as we saw on New Year's Day of this year.

If you were hoping above normal temperatures for the winter would result in spring coming at a traditional time in 2022, Shimon says don't count on it. Long-term predictions are showing a later start to spring once again.

Shimon says weather.gov/lincoln has a wide-ranging variety of weather information you can check out any time and is updated regularly.