Weather

Showers cross the northern-half of the Corn Belt

On the Plains, mild, mostly dry weather favors summer crop maturation and harvesting. However, several locations on the central and southern High Plains, including Garden City, Kansas, have not yet received any measurable rain in October, leaving some winter wheat with inadequate moisture for proper establishment.

Across the Corn Belt, a chilly rain is halting harvest activities in several areas, especially across northern corn and soybean production areas. On October 23, Michigan’s soybean harvest was only 51% complete, 12 percentage points behind the 5-year average.

In the South, a warm, dry weather pattern continues. Some Southeastern locations, including Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, continue to await their first measurable rainfall of October. Winter wheat planting has been delayed in the driest areas; for example, wheat seeding on October 23 was 10 percentage points behind the respective 5-year averages in Mississippi (17% planted) and Alabama (11%).

In the West, a new round of precipitation is overspreading the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies. From October 1-25, more than five times the normal precipitation has fallen at a few Northwestern locations, including Medford, Oregon. Elsewhere in the West, warm, dry weather favors autumn fieldwork.

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