Ag Weather Forum

Smoky skies can have a favorable or unfavorable impact on filling corn depending on thickness and duration.

The strong ridge in the West is breaking down, at least temporarily. That will allow a few disturbances to finally move through the northern U.S. and Canadian Prairies.

The strong ridge in the West is breaking down, at least temporarily. That will allow a few disturbances to finally move through the northern U.S. and Canadian Prairies.

A front moving southeast through the Midwest produced a good round of severe weather, but it could have been much worse.

A frontal boundary will bring severe storms to portions of the Upper Midwest Wednesday afternoon through the overnight hours. All forms of severe weather will be possible but very strong wind gusts are the largest threat.

While the weather pattern is not changing very much, it will allow cooler conditions to filter down from Canada east of the Rockies except in the dry northwest Corn Belt.

Raging fires are leaving some California wineries with no insurance.

A move to strongly positive by the atmosphere portion of ENSO may indicate stressful crop conditions during late summer.

A ridge of high pressure over the Rockies will continue to be a dominant feature for the next two weeks, spreading eastward at times. A trough over Canada could mean some shower potential for the northern U.S.

Damage from climate change-related disasters in the past 40 years totals $2 trillion.

A system will slowly move across the Corn Belt through July 17 with widespread moderate to heavy rain potential.

An upper-level disturbance deepened rapidly July 9-10, producing widespread severe storms across the Central and Southern Plains into the southwestern Midwest.

Drought over the northwestern Corn Belt has been troublesome for producers. Despite isolated showers, rainfall amounts have been significantly below normal. DTN Long Range Team Lead Nathan Hamblin and I discus how that may or may not change for corn and soybeans in the Corn...

The Rocky Mountains and Interstate 80 form definite boundaries when it comes to 2020-21 water year precipitation totals.

The worst conditions for some crops in more than 20 years put a premium on rainfall through the rest of the season.

Statistics and contributing factors to the record heat wave in the northwestern U.S.

A front that has been stuck from West Texas to Lower Michigan since the weekend will be moving south later this week, setting up a drier pattern going into next week.

Record heat and drought is badly damaging the wheat crop in the northwestern U.S.

A system produced some good rainfall for portions of the Corn Belt last week. Another system will do something similar this week.

Why does it seem that sometimes rain is spotty and other times more widespread? Here are some analogies to help you visualize some of the reasons why.