'Rain, rain, go away' has been the theme of May so far but as we look to June and July, outlooks are trending warmer and a little more dry.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates warm air will set up over the west this summer and some of that could creep over the midwest at times.

There was a time earlier this spring when weather officials worried about the possibility of drought in central Illinois but Shimon says those concerns are going to stay mostly north and central Illinois is looking to be in good shape.

Shimon says central Illinois residents are good about reporting rainfall totals via the website cocorahs.org, which is a precipitation reporting website that the National Weather Service utilizes. We'll have more information on that this weekend on Regional Radio.