Autumn has officially arrived. Each year the autumnal equinox falls on September 22nd, marking the start of fall. Twice each year the sun’s rays shine directly over the equator making day and night closest in length, and those two days are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.

State Climatologist Justin Glisan tells KCII News that people can expect a warm autumn this year, “Looking at the signals moving forward into fall our climate outlooks currently have us temperature-wise we’re seeing elevated signals for warmer than normal temperature. On the precipitation side though, we’re not getting a clear signal, it’s what we call EC or equal chance of above, below, or near average.”

High temperatures this week are expected in the upper 70s and lower 80s, with overnight lows in the mid-50s. A mostly sunny sky is expected through the week. Listen to KCII for weather updates.