Weather
Summer-like warmth across parts of the Heartland
On the Plains, slightly cooler weather accompanies scattered showers in Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Farther south, however, record-setting warmth continues to promote fieldwork on the central and southern Plains, although soil moisture shortages are a growing concern with respect to winter wheat establishment.
Across the Corn Belt, significant rainfall is confined to the upper Great Lakes region. Elsewhere, unusually warm weather favors corn and soybean maturation and harvesting. Monday’s high temperatures will exceed the 90-degree mark in parts of the southern Corn Belt, especially in Missouri.
In the South, flood recovery continues in the southern Mid-Atlantic coastal plain under a warm, dry weather regime. In stark contrast, worsening drought stretches from the northern Mississippi Delta to the southern Appalachians, aggravated by persistently warm, dry weather.
In the West, warm, dry weather is limited to the Four Corners region. In contrast, cool weather accompanies scattered showers across northern and central California and the Northwest. Although the cool, unsettled weather has curtailed fieldwork, rangeland, pastures, and emerging winter grains are benefiting.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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