How Long Will This Warm Winter Weather in Iowa City Last?

Old-man winter doesn't seem too interested in showing up this year.

The past few days, the weather here in Iowa City has been more like October than December. Thanks to a stationary Pacific storm that's drenching California with record rainfall, we're getting unseasonably warm weather.

The Weather Channel says the average high temperature for December in Iowa City is 35 degrees.

But it doesn't look like we'll be getting any of that December weather any time in the next week.

Darn.

According to the National Weather Service, Iowa City will see a high near 55 degrees on Tuesday, accompanied by sunny skies.

Wednesday will be a little cooler with a high near 43, but by Thursday we'll jump back to 50 degrees. The temperature should dip down to a high of 40 degrees by Saturday and Sunday, closer to the usual average.

Is it rare? Since 2000, only three times have we been this warm this late in the year—2011, 2006 and 2004, the NWS says.

The National Weather Service also forecasts a chance for rain this afternoon and later this week. One thing we do know, if it rains it won't be freezing this week.