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Precipitation outlook for 2020

Above average rain and snowfall is likely in the new year, according to Brownfield Meteorologist Greg Soulje.

“Some early January rain systems- we’ll see one come about just beyond the New Year holiday,” he says. “Above average precipitation is likely to start as rain and transition to above average snowfall- that will be the central and southern corn belt and much of the central and southern plains as well.”

He anticipates similar conditions in February and March.

“We anticipate above average snowfall over many areas of the heartland heading through the month of February and frequent spells of cold weather as well as March- at least with above average precipitation,” he says. 

But, Soulje says there should be a shift in conditions in May and June.  

“June does begin to turn the tide here into a drier and warmer set up and I dare say we’re kind of keeping an eye on a season that could feature some early season summer heat and the start of some maybe extended drier spells across many areas of the plains and corn belt,” he says. “So, it will swing the pendulum from one direction to the other over the next four to six months.”  

He says it’s too soon for growers to be worried about planting delays.