Would it be an Illinois winter if we didn't follow up a major winter weather event with a completely opposite weather system a week later?

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service says after last week's late winter weather event and the bitter cold that followed, things are trending to be above normal as we head to the New Year's weekend.

According to Shimon, there could be some rain rolling through around the first of the year. He says things are trending to be wet still.

For the remainder of January, temperatures are equal chances of above and below normal temperatures, which Shimon points out, which means a variety of precipitation forms, including ice.

All the way into the spring, Shimon says the trends are showing above-normal for precipitation.