Mild First Half of November

We're now at the halfway point of November, and temperatures are averaging well above average again. Through the 14th, Rockford is running 5.9 degrees above the long-term average temperature of 40.9. (Our warmest November ever was in 2001 when we averaged 47.6 degrees for the whole month.) We've also been drier than average, with just 0.26" of precipitation. Normal to date is 1.24". Seasonably mild, dry weather is expected for much of the rest of the week, with colder air likely the week of Thanksgiving.  --TS