RON MOUNTAIN — A National Weather Service outlook slightly favors a warm summer for the Upper Peninsula with a neutral view on rainfall.

The Climate Prediction Center sees a 37% chance of above-average temperatures through August and a 29% chance of below average.

“The outlook favors above-normal temperatures for the entire contiguous U.S., and probabilities are enhanced over the West, Florida and Northeast,” said NWS forecaster Johnna Infanti.

The precipitation outlook favors below-normal rainfall stretching from the Northwest coast to the Upper Mississippi Valley, as well as parts of the central and southern Plains, Infanti said. Above-normal precipitation is favored over the Southeast and along the East Coast.

May was wet in the U.P. as 2.59 inches of rain was reported at Manistique. Both Marquette and Ironwood reported about 2 inches of rain for the month, according to NWS data.

The U.S. Drought Monitor as of Thursday shows abnormally dry conditions across northern Wisconsin, stretching across the Michigan border into Gogebic County and southern Iron and Menominee counties. The worst drought in the U.S. is in southwestern Texas and southern New Mexico, where conditions in some areas are exceptional.

Along with the outlook for a possibly warm U.S. summer, forecasters predict smoke from Canadian wildfires will continue to flow south in cycles throughout the season.

The first day of summer arrived with the solstice this year at 10:42 p.m. Friday, June 20.