Ag Weather Forum

Drought is a concern across parts of the Eastern Corn Belt as corn starts pollinating, but areas of heavy rain showers from remnants of Hurricane Beryl could lessen the threat of drought during the coming days.

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Stretches of heat and a lack of good rainfall in June have caused flash drought conditions to develop or worsen in portions of the Northwest, Eastern Corn Belt, South, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic.

A warm and active pattern has been the case for the last couple of months for most of the country, especially the Corn Belt, despite changes to the upper-level pattern. A bigger change coming this weekend should allow for more mild temperatures to settle into the middle of...

Milder winds with La Nina are expected to support more tropical storms and hurricanes than average during this season. Already we're seeing the first named hurricane of the season, an extremely dangerous Category 4 one, to start this week.

It has been an active pattern through the Canadian Prairies so far this year, but it has also been chilly. Summer temperatures have been very rare and frost damage has been more common than heat stress. The forecast for at least the next week is not promising to get more...

Fields across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa are experiencing above-normal precipitation this June, but this is a stark difference from June 2023 when these areas were experiencing flash droughts.

Most wheat areas have had beneficial rainfall in the past six weeks, notably in Western Australia.

A ridge anchoring into the Southeast will provide the opportunity for systems moving through Canada to drag cold fronts into and through the Corn Belt on a regular basis. Increased precipitation should be noted for many areas.

During the summertime, the storm track is often through the Canadian Prairies, but usually it takes a break, sometimes for long stretches. So far that hasn't happened, and the forecast is not counting on it either.

Only one of the top six DTN analog years had a NOAA Oceanic Nino Index (ONI) reading at the La Nina threshold before the July-August-September time frame.

Upper-level ridges of high pressure can be counted on for locating hot and usually dry weather. During the summertime, that can lead to excessive and stressful heat. Pay attention to the forecast of these ridges throughout the summer to follow the intense summer...

An active weather pattern across the Canadian Prairies this spring, and especially in May, has led to vast reduction in drought coverage across the region.

After coming off one of the strongest El Nino events on record in 2023, the forecast has been for La Nina to develop in summer 2024. That is taking longer to develop than models anticipated earlier this year, but is still forecast to take place. The longer that La Nina holds...

The impact of severe storms with tornadoes and high winds is evident in the year-to-date billion-dollar damage threshold summary.

Though some showers are moving through, it is a much drier and milder pattern in the Corn Belt this week. But the upper levels will do a 180-degree shift and bring in some heat while the middle of the country gets active. Some problems and benefits will result.

Soil moisture continues to run high in most areas of the Canadian Prairies. The forecast continues to trend wetter, especially for the second half of June, which should mostly maintain these conditions.

Weather conditions have not been kind to much of the winter crop in the Black Sea region in 2024. More adverse weather continues to plague the region, being worst for headed winter wheat, but also affecting corn, sunflowers, and other summer crops.

Row crops have promising root-zone moisture supplies following the rains of April and May.

After weeks of widespread heavy rain and severe weather, a drier pattern is about to set up east of the Rockies, at least temporarily. Not all areas will see these conditions though, which is both a benefit to some areas, and a hindrance to others.