Weather
Some pockets of planting in the southern Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, cool weather prevails in the wake of a departing cold front. A few showers linger across the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region. Corn planting is underway in the southern Corn Belt—5% complete in Missouri and 1% in Illinois—but is slightly behind schedule due to residual wetness from recent rainfall.
On the Plains, dry weather accompanies a gradual warming trend. Following a recent boost in soil moisture, winter wheat rated very poor to poor declined from 26 to 23% in Colorado and from 20 to 17% in Kansas during the week ending April 9
In the South, a band of showers in the vicinity of a cold front stretches from the Tennessee Valley to southern and eastern Texas. Cooler air trails the front, while warm, dry weather is promoting Southeastern fieldwork and crop development. Core Southeastern drought areas remain centered over the southern Appalachians and Florida’s peninsula.
In the West, rain and snow showers are occurring in northern and central California. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather in the Northwest contrasts with warm, dry conditions in the Southwest.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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