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Heavy rains across the southwestern Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are returning from the Mississippi Valley westward, with the heaviest rain currently affecting Missouri. On June 28, Missouri’s topsoil moisture was rated 60% surplus, while planting for both soybeans and sorghum was just 62% complete.
On the Plains, cool weather in the Dakotas accompanies a few showers. Across the remainder of the nation’s mid-section, warm, mostly dry weather favors crop growth and fieldwork, including winter wheat harvesting.
In the South, thunderstorms are pushing into the northwestern fringe of the region, including northern Arkansas and western Kentucky. Across much of the South, dry weather favors fieldwork and crop development, although a few showers are developing along and near the Gulf Coast.
In the West, monsoon-related showers dot the southern half of the region, including southern California. Meanwhile, record-setting heat in the Northwest is further stressing rangeland, pastures, and dryland crops.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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