Weather

Wide-ranging crop, weather conditions Nationwide

    Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are primarily confined to the upper Midwest. Drought continues to adversely affect some corn and soybeans in the southwestern and northeastern Corn Belt. On July 8, at least one-tenth of the corn and soybeans were rated in very poor to poor condition in Missouri (17 and 16%, respectively) and Michigan (11 and 10%, respectively).

On the Plains, scattered showers and thunderstorms stretch from western Texas to southeastern South Dakota, providing summer crops with beneficial moisture. More rain is still needed, however, in a broad area stretching from western Texas to eastern Kansas. Meanwhile, hot, dry weather on the northern High Plains favors winter wheat harvesting and the rapid development of spring-sown small grains.

In the South, warm, humid weather continues, accompanied by a few showers. Pockets of dryness are adversely affecting summer crops in a few areas, including the mid-South and southern Mid-Atlantic region.

In the West, widely scattered showers dot the Great Basin and the Four Corners States. In contrast, hot, dry weather covers the Northwest, where an elevated to critical risk of wildfires exists in parts of Washington and Oregon.

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