When Will It Start Feeling Like Fall In Illinois And Iowa? Here’s What Farmers’ Almanac Says

It's the question we're all already asking.

Technically, we're already in the "dog days of summer" and will be for a while yet. All of these highs in the 90's have had us wishing for the 56° days with flannel and pumpkin spice.

And because we never know when we'll be able to make that transition from summer clothes to sweatshirts, there's always that awkward time where we don't know what to wear.

It's almost time for the fairs and the harvest. So when will it finally cool off this year?

It can't be a good thing when the word 'flirty' is used to describe the tease of fall this year. But that's what Farmers' Almanac calls it.

Will we take longer than normal to cool off? Will we get an early season snow? Here's the national forecast we're working with:

For the Heartland (which includes Iowa), it isn't expected to cool off close to normal until October. Just in time to squash any plans of a spicy Halloween costume. In September, the average high is expected to be 69° (not bad by any stretch) then in October, the average is projected to be 57°.

For much of Illinois, September and October will be cooler and drier than normal. So it looks like they will be the ones to start feeling like summer first.

It doesn't look like it will be a rainy fall for either state, with Iowa forecasted to get below-average precipitation.

Meanwhile, we're riding out the last of summer until the "dog days of summer" officially ends on August 11th and fall technically begins on September 22nd.