Ag Weather Forum

An active pattern over the next couple of weeks will feature storm systems that seem to be on the heels of the last. Models are understandably inconsistent with these features.

Ongoing drought has both hard red winter wheat and soft red winter wheat off to a slow start for the 2022-23 cycle.

A persistent ridge in the west and trough in the east feature that is bringing some near-record cold air to the eastern U.S. this week will completely flip next week. What is causing the big swings in the pattern?

A top-five ranking for temperatures and a bottom-ten precipitation total, plus more billion-dollar level storm damage, all hit the U.S. during September.

Drought has been a major topic of concern for farmers this season. Very few areas have not seen some category of dryness or drought show up on the Drought Monitor this season. That begs the question: With drought so entrenched across the country, how much rain will it...

A series of cold fronts moving through the country will bring in some colder air to the eastern half of the country through next week. This pattern will not be locked into place for long as the pattern starts to flip for the end of October.

A wildfire which destroyed a prominent 4-H camp and the lowest harvested winter wheat acreage in over 130 years point to more impact of the La Nina-enhanced drought of 2022.

A brief but potent shot of cold air will come sweeping down through the U.S. later this week. It will likely bring widespread frosts and freezes to the Corn Belt, which may damage corn and soybeans that have yet to reach maturity.

Ogallala Aquifer water ran out in some areas of the southwestern Plains during late summer due to extreme drought and high irrigation demand.

Hurricane Ian is likely to produce widespread heavy rains and potential flooding for Southeastern U.S. farmers. Producers with citrus groves in Florida, cottonfields in Georgia, and mature corn stands in North Carolina are taking note of the storm's track through their...

Dryness boosted by La Nina continues to deny drought recovery in much of the lower 48 states this fall season.

A stretch of mostly good weather continues for harvesting corn and soybeans. It is more detrimental for winter wheat planting and establishment, especially in the southwestern Plains.

La Nina-enhanced dryness is dragging even drought-tolerant crop yields down.

Heat and dryness are sapping soil moisture for winter wheat planting and establishment in the southwestern Plains. Models keep that pattern going through early next week, but there is a chance for a better rainfall event mid-late next week.

Late-summer dryness in Nebraska is an example of how crops, pastures and hay supplies are withering.

After a record-long period of tropical-free conditions in the Atlantic Ocean, two tropical storms have developed and more disturbances are coming off the coast of Africa. Meanwhile, the Eastern Pacific has had a fair number of systems so far this season. Hurricane Kay off the...

Much of Texas received beneficial rains in August, but the remainder of the Southern Plains remained under the influence of La Nina-enhanced drought.

A relatively persistent ridge of high pressure should dominate the country's growing regions during September. Hot and dry weather throughout the month will make good early harvest weather but be detrimental to crops with some filling yet to do. However, the tropics could...

Severe thunderstorms developed across the eastern Midwest on Aug. 29 in several clusters. Storm damage from the winds may have affected maturing corn and soybeans.

Severe thunderstorms developed across the eastern Midwest on Aug. 29 in several clusters. Storm damage from the winds may have affected maturing corn and soybeans.