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Favorably cool, dry weather across the Corn Belt
On the Plains, clouds and isolated showers linger across Texas. Farther north, warm, dry weather is ideal for fieldwork, including summer crop harvesting and winter wheat planting. Late-season warmth is also hastening summer crop maturation and promoting winter wheat emergence. On Sep. 25, Nebraska led the nation with winter wheat 72% planted and 42% emerged, compared to the respective 5-year averages of 61 and 21%.
Across the Corn Belt, cool but favorably dry weather prevails in still-soggy sections of the upper Midwest. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Cedar River is cresting Tuesday morning nearly 10 feet above flood stage—the second-highest level in that location behind the June 2008 high-water mark. Dry weather covers the remainder of the Corn Belt.
In the South, showers have begun to diminish but persist along the southern Atlantic Coast. In the interior Southeast, September’s hot, dry weather has depleted topsoil moisture and stressed pastures. On Sep. 25, top-soil moisture was rated more than 50% very short to short in five Southern States (AL, GA, MS, TN, and VA).
In the West, lingering showers are mostly confined to Arizona. Elsewhere, dry weather and record-setting high temperatures favor summer crop maturation and harvesting, as well as winter wheat planting and emergence.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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