ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) – The Fall Equinox on Saturday signified the changing of the seasons, which has meteorologists reflecting on a wet summer and looking forward to a warm fall.
If you thought this Summer season was particularly wet in the state of Wisconsin, you are correct.
Meteorologist Scott Berschback with the National Weather Service explains that it was fairly historic.
“We will rank as 11th wettest for the summer and we are about 3.5 inches above where we normally are,” he explains.
Not only was the summer wet, but it was also pretty warm.
“We ended up around 3.5 degrees above normal for the summer,” he says.
And that warm trend is expected to persist into the fall.
“We have an El Nino that’s likely to be setting up across the entire United States and there’s a seventy percent chance of that happening,” explains Berschback. “That usually brings above normal temperatures to Wisconsin as we head into late fall and winter.”
So while the moderate temperatures are expected to persist, fortunately, it should dip enough to mitigate one particularly annoying problem.
“This cold air will help with the mosquito problem across the area, which I don’t think anyone will complain about too much,” he says.
