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Early January will see several cooldowns, along with one solid statewide rain chance this weekend. After that, dry weather looks likely for the rest of the month, along with a warm-up for late January and early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outlook below summarizes the forecast for the next four weeks. See also the downloadable PDF<\/a> and our outlook archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Early January will see several cooldowns, along with one solid statewide rain chance this weekend. After that, dry weather looks likely for the rest of the month, along with a warm-up for late January and early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outlook below summarizes the forecast for the next four weeks. See also the downloadable PDF<\/a> and our outlook archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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