Weather
A favorable temperature pattern across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers extend southward from the Great Lakes region. Currently, some of the heaviest rain is falling across southern Missouri, where some flash flooding is occurring. Midwestern temperatures remain highly favorable for corn and soybeans.
On the Plains, showers and thunderstorms draped across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma mark the boundary between warm conditions to the north and excessively hot weather in much of Texas and southern Oklahoma. Dry weather on the northern Plains favors small grain harvesting, while extreme heat across much of the southern Plains is increasing stress on immature summer crops.
In the South, very hot, humid weather persists from the western Gulf Coast region to the Mississippi Delta. Monday’s high temperatures could reach or exceed 105° in parts of northeastern Texas, northern Louisiana, and neighboring areas. Elsewhere, showers and thunderstorms are pushing into the northern tier of the South.
In the West, isolated showers are mostly limited to Arizona and New Mexico. Heat is returning to the drought-stricken interior Northwest, favoring a rapid pace of small grain harvesting but maintaining significant stress on rangeland, pastures, and immature summer crops.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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