The coldest stretch of weather we've experienced in a few years is only going to last another day or two and then temperatures should moderate.

That's according to John Bumgardner at the National Weather Service in Lincoln who told Regional Radio on the WHOW Morning Show Monday that temperatures will remain bitterly cold into Tuesday before a mid-week rebound.

This cold air hasn't gotten nearly as cold as it could have. Bumgardner explains because much of the snow melted in central Illinois over the last week, that has kept temperatures from getting even more cold than they already are.

The cold won't last much longer. Bumgardner indicates there is relief on the way as we'll begin to moderate later in the week and even slightly get above normal for temperatures into the weekend.

Barring an unforeseen warm-up and wet weather pattern, January is almost certain to come in below normal for both temperatures and precipitation. We'll have more on that later this week on Regional Radio.