• BROOKINGS, S.D. - Cooler than average temperatures are expected to persist through the remainder of the spring season in South Dakota, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center. The most recent update was released March 20, 2014, which includes projections for temperature, precipitation and drought for the spring and early summer.
• "The cool Canadian flow is expected to continue well into April," said Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist. "The pattern that we've experienced the last few months is going to stay put for a while longer."
• This means, Edwards explains, that most of the state will likely have below aver

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