Weather
Warm & wet across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, a band of locally heavy rain is occurring across central Illinois, northern Missouri, and environs. Meanwhile, hot weather is returning to the eastern Corn Belt, where the condition of immature summer crops, such as soybeans, had begun to improve during a recent spell of showery weather.
On the Plains, widespread showers are heaviest in parts of Kansas. Localized flash flooding is occurring in parts of south-central and southeastern Kansas. The rain is causing some fieldwork delays but generally benefiting immature summer crops.
In the South, locally heavy showers are returning to the western Gulf Coast region, maintaining soggy conditions and causing additional fieldwork delays. In contrast, a strong ridge of high pressure over the Southeast is resulting in very hot, humid weather, leading to increased stress on immature summer crops.
In the West, record-setting heat has returned to the Pacific Northwest, while cool, occasionally showery conditions linger across the central and southern Rockies and parts of the Southwest.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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