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Heat, humidity abate somewhat across the Corn Belt

Across the Corn Belt, slightly cooler weather prevails in the wake of a weekend heat wave. In Midwestern areas experiencing drought, including portions of Missouri, the hot weather has increased stress on pastures and reproductive corn and soybeans.

On the Plains, cool weather covers Montana. In contrast, above-normal temperatures dominate the central and southern High Plains. Abundant rain has fallen in recent days in most areas from Oklahoma northward, favoring pastures and summer crops, while most of Texas and eastern sections of Colorado and New Mexico have remained mostly dry.

In the South, scattered showers extend northeastward from the central Gulf Coast. Hot, humid weather covers the remainder of the South. Patchy dryness is adversely affecting pastures and summer crops in a few areas, including parts of the mid-South and the southern Mid-Atlantic region.

In the West, cool weather prevails from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies. In contrast, near- to above-normal temperatures cover areas from California to the central and southern Rockies. Several erratic and dangerous wildfires continue to burn, mainly in Colorado and northern California, the Desert Southwest and from the southern Plains to the middle and southern Atlantic Coast.

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