Weather

A warm-up gets underway on the Plains

On the Plains, dry weather prevails, with unseasonable warmth expanding across the region. Monday’s high temperatures are expected to average 12 to 20°F above normal from Montana into northern Texas.

In the Corn Belt, light snow is exiting the Ohio Valley, while sunny skies are aiding storm recovery efforts across the lower Midwest. Recent well-placed rain provided some relief to severe drought areas of northwestern Iowa and southern Minnesota.

In the South, sharply colder air has settled into Florida and much of the Southeast, although temperatures remain above freezing in key citrus areas. This weekend’s heavy rain provided much-needed drought relief from northern Florida and southern Georgia into the Carolinas. However, central and southern Florida remains unfavorably dry.

In the West, cool, mostly dry conditions persist, although some rain and snow are spreading into the Pacific Northwest. Recent precipitation has done little to change the spring and summer water-supply outlook, which remains especially bleak for California and the Great Basin.