Ag Weather Forum

Conditions in the Atlantic Ocean are becoming more favorable for tropical storms and hurricanes to form this time of the year, leading to impacts along the Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S.

Private analysis shows 15 billion-dollar weather and climate damage events in the U.S. for January to June 2025.

Soybeans are entering their reproductive stages across the Corn Belt and soybean aphids may be a problem, depending on the weather pattern.

Heavy July precipitation brought beneficial moisture for filling crops.

A destructive windstorm was intense enough to be labelled a derecho as it tore through parts of South Dakota and Iowa Monday night, July 28-29. An additional windstorm farther north produced plenty of strong winds, but did not meet the strict criteria of a derecho.

There's potential Monday for a major windstorm and possible derecho across South Dakota and Minnesota. Other than the extreme winds, areas of hail and tornadoes will be possible as well as heavy rainfall that may produce flooding.

Prospects are for the central and eastern U.S. to have the lowest levels of dryness and drought in seven years when corn harvest gets underway.

An upper-level ridge of high pressure is creating a dome of heat that is spreading through a large portion of the U.S. this week.

Flash flood warnings between January and mid-July have hit record numbers in 2025.

The weather through much of the U.S. east of the Rockies has been active with seasonable temperatures. But a ridge developing over the South this week could be the catalyst for major changes the rest of summer.

The tendency for air temperature to increase because of heat from dry soils is key to drought enhancing heat waves.

Usually this time of year, drought is developing over portions of the primary agricultural areas of the country and threatens crop production. It is this year, too, but for smaller areas than usual.

Meteorologists tend to talk about weather in terms of being above or below normal, especially in the longer ranges. But what do they mean, and why are they used?

Recent research points to increased midsummer rain prospects due to corn's humidity contribution.

Models have continually pushed back the start time to a hot and dry summer forecast. How long can they continue to do that?

Soil moisture and duration of extreme temperatures are key to avoiding yield loss.

The prospect of hot upper-atmosphere high pressure formation is the main signal from very hot northern Corn Belt conditions before Memorial Day.

Heat building in the West will move eastward through the Plains later this week, the Midwest this weekend, and the East Coast early next week. Some records are likely to be broken.

A wet spring has delayed wheat harvest in Kansas quite a bit, leaving much of it still in the fields. A moderate risk of severe weather Tuesday could cause some damage.

Talks of hot and dry conditions may have to be placed on the backburner for the second half of June in the northern Corn Belt.