While it won't rise to the level of the start of the month, the next week or so should be a little warmer than normal.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates an above-normal trend is going to last for the next week.

According to Shimon, today should be the warmest day of the week with more above-normal temperatures the remainder of the week.

Shimon reminds, temperatures for this time of the month, during the day, hover in the mid-60s.

It remains very dry in central Illinois. Shimon breaks down the drought conditions setting up in central Illinois later this week. 

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