Ag Weather Forum

A heat wave typically ends with widespread showers and thunderstorms, but this one might not. If that is indeed the case, stress on crops will likely continue in the cooler air that follows.

Growing wildfires in Ontario and the Boundary Waters of Minnesota are creating thick smoke for some areas of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast for at least the next several days.

EU corn production may be the lowest in almost 20 years because of damage from extreme heat.

A heat wave is likely to move into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend, but models disagree on when it ends and how far south and east the heat may spread next week.

The end of a heatwave may make for some nasty weather in some parts of the country for your July 4 celebration.

Heavy rain across a lot of the U.S. has set up row crops, and corn in particular, in good shape heading into the important month of July.

El Nino developments bring memories of dryness-related Panama Canal delays back in 2023-24.

A storm system moving into the Canadian Prairies will linger well into next week. That will produce areas of heavy rain and severe weather.

A strong heatwave will develop over the eastern half of the country for next week. But that may bring some surprising benefits to a lot of U.S. farms.

Areas of dryness in parts of the northern Corn Belt are a continued possibility for summer 2026.

Hundreds of ocean weather and climate monitors are being taken out of the North Pacific and North Atlantic.

Severe weather has been intense and frequent across the Midwest over the last 10 days. That continues on Wednesday with a big event forecast.

A tropical low-pressure center in south Texas may become the Atlantic's first-named tropical system of the 2026 season. But even if it doesn't, it will produce heavy rain near the coast that could lead to significant flooding.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Thursday, June 11, that El Nino conditions have arrived in the tropical Pacific Ocean. A continued rise in sea surface temperatures is expected through winter 2026-27.

Late summer 2025 through spring 2026 was the sixth driest on record in the Lower 48 states.

Multiple systems moving through the country have the opportunity to produce significant severe weather each day through at least Saturday.

We have seen some spots in the Midwest get a little too dry lately; but those same areas should anticipate some potential heavy rainfall during the next week or so.

Australia SOI value shows 2026 compares favorably to recent analog strong El Nino years.

Though it has been very wet in a lot of areas lately, a drier pattern is setting up during the next two weeks across large portions of the Midwest and Southeast.

Extreme late spring-early summer heat in Europe is becoming more frequent.