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Many July Rainfall Deficits So Far

Bryce Anderson
By  Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
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Market eyes are all focused on the chance for rain in the Corn Belt through Wednesday, July 24--and with good reason. There are some big deficits recently on moisture--especially in the western Corn Belt.

Here's how July rainfall stacks up, through Thursday July 18, in totals catalogued by my colleague Joel Burgio:

MINNESOTA

Alexandria 2.31 31 pct above normal

St. Cloud 1.00 49 pct below normal

Minneapolis 3.16 55 pct above normal

Redwood Falls .77 66 pct below normal

Rochester 1.42 36 pct below normal

IOWA

Sioux City .19 90 pct below normal

Spencer .47 81 pct below normal

Mason City 1.57 36 pct below normal

Waterloo .30 89 pct below normal

Dubuque 1.13 55 pct below normal

Cedar Rapids 1.11 56 pct below normal

Des Moines .06 97 pct below normal

Ottumwa .16 94 pct below normal

Burlington .15 93 pct below normal

NEBRASKA

Norfolk .53 72 pct below normal

Omaha Eppley .35 83 pct below normal

Omaha Offutt .04 98 pct below normal

Grand Island .26 84 pct below normal

Lincoln 0 100 pct below normal

MISSOURI

Kirksville 0 100 pct below normal 

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Kansas City 0 100 pct below normal

Columbia .99 51 pct below normal

St. Louis 1.49 29 pct below normal

KANSAS

Topeka .07 97 pct below normal

Concordia .54 73 pct below normal

SOUTH DAKOTA

Aberdeen 2.35 69 pct above normal

Watertown 2.42 41 pct above normal

Huron 1.71 31 pct above normal

Sioux Falls .31 80 pct below normal

WISCONSIN

La Crosse .27 88 pct below normal

Milwaukee .60 71 pct below normal

Madison 1.66 24 pct below normal

ILLINOIS

Chicago .61 71 pct below normal

Rockford 1.01 61 pct below normal

Moline .73 74 pct below normal

Quincy .19 92 pct below normal

Springfield .98 52 pct below normal

Belleville 2.35 21 pct above normal

Champaign 1.27 44 pct below normal

MICHIGAN

Flint .32 80 pct below normal

Muskegon .56 60 pct below normal

Grand Rapids .86 51 pct below normal

Lansing .61 62 pct below normal

Detroit .82 55 pct below normal

INDIANA

South Bend 1.40 34 pct below normal

Ft. Wayne 2.63 34 pct above normal

Lafayette 1.12 48 pct below normal

Peru 1.76 34 pct below normal

Indianapolis 1.27 49 pct below normal

Terre Haute 1.39 46 pct below normal

Evansville .41 82 pct below normal

OHIO

Toledo 1.97 4 pct above normal

Findlay 4.80 112 pct above normal

Mansfield 4.37 101 pct above normal

Dayton 1.61 18 pct below normal

Cincinnati 3.79 61 pct above normal

KENTUCKY

Covington 3.72 49 pct above normal

Louisville 3.70 56 pct above normal

Lexington 5.86 103 pct above normal

Ft. Knox 2.27 5 pct below normal

Paducah 1.47 36 pct below normal

Bryce

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Greg Schipull
8/14/2013 | 12:35 PM CDT
Bryce, what are the long range forecasts for the Midwest? Lots of crops well behind in maturity and cooler than normal temps for the last few weeks. Wondering if we could be facing an early frost?
LYLE FISHER
7/23/2013 | 10:26 AM CDT
No rain in seven weeks and nothing this morning. This is looking to be worse that 2012. Only difference is that it is cooler. Major problems in this area!
Bill Liu
7/22/2013 | 8:16 AM CDT
Will there be flash drought for Iowa ? Just keep an eye on that high ridge
james earl
7/20/2013 | 8:23 PM CDT
get ready boys, I read Darin Newsoms article saying the funds are net short. What will happen when they must buy back those positions, let alone if they decide to go long, we will see the shift in prices explode. I hope. The whole story lies in Iowa, if they don't get the rain this week, look out!
Curt Zingula
7/20/2013 | 1:23 PM CDT
Here in eastern Iowa we couldn't wait until August to claim "flash drought" - it's already here I'm told! The five day forecast for rain (after Friday's zero precip with the cold front) calls for .39" of rain. Sounds nice until we read the evaporation forecast of .73" for the same period.
Paul Beiser
7/20/2013 | 7:50 AM CDT
so in august we will be witnessing another "flash drought" if this weather pattern doesn't change? I hav an unrelated question. .. how will the profarmer tour account for an empty field the walk into or will they ignore unplanted fields?