Weather
Summer-like across the Heartland
On the Plains, locally heavy showers and thunderstorms are developing in conjunction with an approaching low-pressure system. Cooler air is replacing weekend heat across the northern Plains, but hot weather continues farther south. High temperatures Monday could reach 100° on the southern High Plains.
In the Corn Belt, cool, showery weather prevails in the vicinity of the Great Lakes, especially in parts of Michigan and Wisconsin. In the southern Corn Belt, warm, dry weather favors a rapid corn and soybean development pace, as well as late-season planting efforts.
In the South, showers and thunderstorms stretch from eastern Texas to the central Gulf Coast. Elsewhere, warm, dry weather is promoting crop growth and fieldwork, including late-season cotton, peanut, and soybean planting.
In the West, cooler conditions have replaced last week’s heat wave. Weekend showers provided beneficial moisture in some areas, but more rain would be welcomed for rangeland, pastures, and spring-sown small grains. A few wildfires have flared in parts of Arizona and the Northwest.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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