The final month of 2022 will generally be cooler and drier than normal, according to the latest from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.

Their long-term trend for December shows continued La Nina trends, according to State Climatologist Justin Glisan. He says climatologically, the average temperature is 25 degrees while 1.37″ of precip. is expected, or if it’s colder, typically 8.3″ of snowfall is expected.

In the short term, a brief warm up is expected into Friday, before a roller coaster of temperatures continues in south central Iowa.