Weather
Largely favorable weather across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, unusually cool weather prevails. In addition, scattered showers dot a few areas, including the upper Great Lakes region and the southwestern Corn Belt. As earlier-planted corn and soybeans approach the reproductive stage of development, Midwestern growing conditions remain mostly favorable.
On the Plains, dry weather persists in Montana and the Dakotas. Cool weather covers the Dakotas, but above-normal temperatures have returned to drought-stricken eastern Montana. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms from Nebraska to Texas are benefiting summer crops but causing minor fieldwork delays.
In the South, lingering showers are mostly confined to the lower Southeast and the western Gulf Coast region. The soggy central Gulf Coast region is beginning to dry out, while generally mild, dry weather across the remainder of the South is promoting fieldwork and crop growth.
In the West, extreme heat has begun to subside, although above-normal temperatures persist. Dry weather prevails throughout the region, except for isolated showers in the southern Rockies and the Northwest. In the latter region, the possibility of lightning without much rainfall is leading to an elevated risk of wildfires.
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