February??? Really???

(Le Mars) — Calling the weather forecast for the next 30 to 90 days as a “typical spring” National Weather Services meteorologist Todd Heitkamp of Sioux Falls says the warmer than normal temperatures now occurring in February are
likely to continue into March, but it does not mean we are likely to have hotter than normal temperatures later this spring and summer.

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As for long-term precipitation levels, Heitkamp says we could see a wetter than normal April and May.

Heitkamp says although it is unusual to have 60 plus degree temperatures in February, he says we have had these kinds of temperatures in the past, and he doesn’t believe too many high records will be broken during this warm spell.

Since northwest Iowa and the entire region have enjoyed warmer than normal temperatures, the question than becomes, “are we done with winter”?