Weather
A more typical October feel underway
On the Plains, dry weather favors autumn fieldwork, including late-season winter wheat planting. A Frost Advisory was in effect Friday morning on the central High Plains, but warmer, breezy conditions are imminent throughout the nation’s mid-section.
Across the Corn Belt, cool, rainy weather across Ohio and environs is halting summer crop harvesting and winter wheat planting. Farther west, Frost Advisories were in effect early Friday from northern Missouri to southern Wisconsin. Dry weather in the western Corn Belt favors corn and soybean harvest activities.
In the South, warmth lingers in the southern Atlantic States in advance of a cold front. Meanwhile, shower activity in the vicinity of the front is rapidly diminishing across the drought-stricken interior Southeast.
In the West, showery weather is confined to the Pacific Northwest. Elsewhere, very warm, dry weather favors fieldwork. In California, rice and cotton harvest activities were ahead of schedule on October 16—72% complete for rice, versus the 5-year average of 62%, and 31% for cotton, compared to the average of 27%.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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