Ag Weather Forum

Some heat early in the fall in the middle of the country will be favorable for the continuing harvest for the next couple of weeks, but fall has to arrive at some point. Can it happen in mid or late October?

A strong Pacific Ocean El Nino and a dry-impact Indian Ocean Dipole indicate minimal rainfall in Australia's primary wheat regions for the 2023-24 wheat crop.

The average date for the start to the rainy or wet season in central Brazil is around Sept. 26. Are those rains going to be delayed?

With four months yet to go, the year 2023 already tops the old calendar-year billion-dollar disaster record by more than 40 percent.

Some isolated showers are developing early this week, but a stronger and slow-moving system could bring heavier rain amounts to the middle of the country later this week and weekend.

Some showers over the next week will not hamper much progress for soybean planting in Brazil next week.

Harvest has already begun but will be increasing over the next few weeks. What does the weather look like as combines roll?

Drought still covers almost half the major winter wheat areas as seeding gets underway for the 2023-24 crop.

The weather pattern has been more active thanks to El Nino across most of South America, but the heavy rain in southern Brazil has led to flooding concerns as spring planting begins.

It did not always feel like it, but bouts of extreme heat were quite frequent for much of the central and Western Corn Belt this summer. Drought conditions likely played a major role in the extreme heat.

Last week, models insisted on extreme heat for most of this week and through mid-September. They made a nearly 180-degree turn as milder air now floats into the Corn Belt and probably sticks around through mid-September instead of the heat.

With the turn to September, the spring planting season is in sight for South America. El Nino will be the biggest influence on the weather pattern for the next several months, and producers down there are likely to be happy about it.

Heat will return to the middle of the country during the next few days. Several days of well-above-normal temperatures are likely for next week, as are drier conditions. But some areas are going to luck out with some more moderate readings while rain is not completely out of...

Twice in the past 20 years, August heat waves caused a notable decline in projected record U.S. corn crops.

Recent rainfall has come too late to help this year's crop and is hampering harvest progress in some areas. The forecast remains a little volatile, especially toward the end of next week.

The Central U.S. has been in a major heat wave during the last week or so, but that will end this weekend. However, there are indications that the heat will return in September. Whether or not that comes with increased rainfall is still being determined.

High heat index values pose yield risk to crops along with safety and health stress to animals.

Hurricane Hilary, which underwent rapid intensification on Aug. 17, is forecast to move over southern California Aug. 20-21 with widespread heavy rainfall and concerns about flooding and mudslides.

The first seven months of 2023 rank the highest on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events.

Heat is starting to build across the Plains and will be spreading through much of the country over the next several days. The heat will lose its intensity for northern and eastern areas with time, but not before bringing stressful conditions to many areas.