The calendar says October but Iowa’s forecast says August.

The National Weather Service predicts much of the state will see high temperatures in the upper 80s today, low 90s likely Friday and Saturday, with cooler weather moving in on Sunday. Highs the next few days may be 20 degrees hotter than average.

State climatologist Justin Glisan says the just-ended month of September rounded out much warmer than usual, too.

Glisan says, “If you look at the average temperature for all stations in Iowa, it’s 67-degrees, and that’s about three-and-a-half degrees above normal.”

Along with the warmer weather, he says Iowa ended the month short on rainfall.

“The driest conditions were found in eastern Iowa and in pockets of northwestern Iowa,” Glisan says. “Overall, the preliminary average total fo

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