Spring weather trends are suggesting a warmer-than-normal stretch.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates trends are showing above normal temperatures but also above normal rainfall for the remainder of the spring.

As we get to the end of April and start May, Shimon says those daily temperatures start to become more and more comfortable.

Illinois largely doesn't need much more rain. Producers have been fighting to find windows of opportunity to get in the fields to get their crops in the ground so far this spring.