It looks like folks in the northern plains can look forward to a cold October.

Climatologist Ken Dewey with the University of Nebraska says forecasts for the next two weeks shows cold air will settle in

Dewey says that’s the bad news. He says the good news is that a cold October is usually indicative of a warmer than usual winter, due to a phenomenon known as El Nino

Dewey says many people in the state may very well prefer a warmer winter after the bitter cold that swept through last winter.