Weather
Record, near-record warmth across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, unusually warm weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system. Wednesday’s high temperatures will approach 75° as far north as the middle Mississippi Valley.
On the Plains, cooler air is overspreading Montana and the Dakotas, accompanied by patches of rain and snow. Meanwhile, record-setting warmth continues from Nebraska southward; Wednesday’s high temperatures will again approach or reach 80° as far north as Kansas, causing wheat to further lose winter hardiness and promoting some early-season crop growth. On February 19, one-quarter of Texas’ wheat was rated very poor to poor.
In the South, beneficial showers are overspreading Florida, where topsoil moisture was rated 56% very short to short on February 19. Scattered showers are also occurring elsewhere in the Southeast, but warm, dry weather favors early-season fieldwork from the Mississippi Delta westward.
In the West, rain and snow showers are gradually subsiding across northern and central California. Showery weather also lingers in several other areas, including the Northwest and northern Intermountain West. Cold air continues to push farther inland, but warm, breezy weather prevails in the southern Rockies.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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