It may not be looking a lot like summer, but to many, it surely feels that way.

Temperatures of 70 and 80 degrees are unusual to the region during this time of the year, especially since daily highs were recently in the 30s, and maybe on a good day, the 40s.

Mother nature is causing residents and meteorologists alike to scratch their heads. According to the National Weather Service’s Aaron Tyburski, based in State College, the surrounding area will be experiencing days more mild than those of the unforgiving hot temperatures and high humidity.

“Warm temperatures will be getting milder for about a week or two,” he said.

Tyburski also explained that normal daily-high temperatures in the area for this time of year are usually in the 60s. However, the news that nearly everybody, as well as Tyburski, has eagerly been waiting to hear is that there is no snow currently on the radar. Nonetheless, Tyburski acknowledged the fact that snow is still possible until the end of May — but it’s not likely at the moment.

The weather has made the ground ripe for wildfires, and red flag warnings have been issued.

Tyburski said, “Over the course of the next week or so, it is possible. Once we get leaves on the trees, fires are much harder to develop once the vegetation to comes in and it gets much harder for the dried leaves to catch fire.” He also advised that when residents burn, supervising and controlling the fire is vital.

In regards to future rain and thunderstorms, Tyburski added, “We will possibly see some more rain coming (today) and Sunday evening, but probably rain without thunderstorms. Most of next week looks pretty good so far.”

When asked about flooding, he said, “We don’t see much concern with flooding. The storms seem to be moving pretty quickly. The slower the storms move, the more rain they can drop and create flooding. But we see the next few days’ storms as moving quick enough to avoid flooding.”

As far as how long we will be away from air conditioning weather, he said it will be around seven to ten days. After that, the heat and humidity will return.