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A wetter Corn Belt pattern gets underway

Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers and thunderstorms stretch from Michigan to Missouri. Prior to this rainfall, most of the Midwest had experienced several days of “open” weather, promoting a rapid corn and soybean planting pace.

On the Plains, generally beneficial showers and thunderstorms stretch from South Dakota to western Texas. However, a few of Sunday’s thunderstorms—especially those in eastern Nebraska—featured large hail or damaging winds. Prior to this rainfall, several communities in South Dakota—including Kennebec, Philip, and Pierre—reported record-low precipitation totals for the January-April period.

In the South, warm, dry weather favors fieldwork, including planting activities that had been delayed in some areas—such as the northern Mississippi Delta—by surplus soil moisture.

In the West, cooler weather accompanies scattered showers and thunderstorms from the Desert Southwest to the central and southern Rockies. In contrast, warm, dry weather prevails from the Pacific Coast to the northern Rockies. On April 26, California led the nation in very short to short ratings for both topsoil moisture (80%) and subsoil moisture (85%).

 

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