Weather
Weather report: Mild and dry in the Corn Belt
In the West, generally hot weather prevails, except for cool conditions along the Pacific Coast. On the Plains, mostly dry weather prevails. In the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather prevails in the wake of recent rainfall. In the South, scattered showers and thunderstorms are currently heaviest in parts of Florida.
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Weather report: Hot conditions return to the northern High Plains
In the West, cool conditions linger along and near the Pacific Coast. On the Plains, beneficial showers linger across southern areas, mainly in parts of Texas. In the Corn Belt, isolated showers are mainly confined to the Great Lakes region. In the South, scattered showers in the vicinity of a cold front are moving across northern portions of the region.
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Weather report: Scattered showers dot the central Plains
In the West, isolated showers are confined to the southern Rockies. On the Plains, cool weather in Montana and the Dakotas contrasts with lingering heat in parts of Oklahoma and Texas. In the Corn Belt, hot weather persists in the Ohio Valley, but cool air covers the upper Midwest. In the South, hot, dry conditions are bringing renewed stress to pastures and immature summer crops that had been benefiting from an extended period of showery weather.
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Weather report: Final day of excessive heat in the Corn Belt
In the West, isolated showers are mostly confined to the central and southern Rockies. On the Plains, crop-withering heat persists across central and southern portions of the region, where many locations will again record highs above 100°F. In the Corn Belt, a final day of excessively hot weather (highs of 100°F or greater) is further damaging Midwestern corn and soybeans. In the South, thundershowers are mainly confined to the southern Appalachians and surrounding areas.
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Weather report: Another day of heat in the Corn Belt
In the West, the monsoon circulation continues to generate isolated showers. On the Plains, showers associated with a cold front signal a transition to cooler weather across northern areas. In the Corn Belt, another day of crop-damaging heat is underway across the southern half of the region. In the South, hot, mostly dry weather prevails.
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Weather report: Cooler conditions arrive on the northern Plains
In the West, monsoon showers are affecting the Great Basin and the Intermountain region. On the Plains, favorably cooler weather prevails in the Dakotas. In the Corn Belt, a band of widely scattered but highly beneficial showers stretches from South Dakota into northern Ohio. In the South, a weak tropical disturbance continues to spark scattered showers across Florida’s peninsula.
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Weather report: Heat lingers in the western Corn Belt
In the West, cool conditions persist in the Pacific Coast States. On the Plains, blazing heat continues to severely stress pastures and both rain-fed and irrigated summer crops. In the Corn Belt, favorably cooler weather prevails, although heat lingers across westernmost areas. In the South, scattered showers and thunderstorms stretch from the central Gulf Coast into the Tennessee Valley.
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Weather report: Searing heat continues on the Plains
In the West, mostly dry weather favors fieldwork, including initial Northwestern winter wheat harvesting. On the Plains, searing heat continues to wither pastures and both rain-fed and irrigated summer crops. In the Corn Belt, cooler weather prevails in the Great Lakes region. In the South, hot weather prevails.
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Weather report: Hot and dry on the Plains, in the Corn Belt
In the West, unusually warm weather is confined to the interior Northwest, where the winter wheat harvest is just getting underway. On the Plains, extremely hot weather is maintaining severe stress on pastures and summer crops, especially across central portions of the region. In the Corn Belt, heat and drought continue to reduce yield and production potential for corn and soybeans. In the South, beneficial showers are occurring in several areas, including southern Texas and the Southeast.
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Weather report: Blazing heat dominates the Plains
In the West, most areas are experiencing dry weather and below-normal temperatures. On the Plains, blazing heat continues to severely stress pastures and summer crops, especially across central portions of the region. In the Corn Belt, devastatingly hot, dry conditions persist in most areas, although showers and thunderstorms are spreading across the far upper Midwest. In the South, pastures and summer crops continue to benefit from last week’s soil moisture improvements, despite a return to hot weather.
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Weather report: Heatwave returns to the Plains
In the West, scattered monsoon showers stretch from the Arizona-New Mexico border northward into the Intermountain region. On the Plains, another crop- and pasture-withering heat wave is underway. In the Corn Belt, weekend showers provided only limited and localized relief from the worst drought since 1988. In the South, summer crops and pastures continue to benefit from recent soil moisture improvements, despite a return to very warm, mostly dry weather.
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