NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has called for colder than average temperatures for January. South Dakota state climatologist, Dennis Todey, says the mild winter so far has been good for livestock producers.

After an abnormally cold November and warmer start to December, Todey says those kinds of temperature swings could continue, but livestock producers should be ready for the chill.

Todey says there are no large snow events expected for January, but the possibility for smaller amounts of precipitation are likely.