Weather
Favorable weather continues across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, warm, dry weather is promoting a rapid crop development pace. In addition, current conditions are helping to ease the effects of lingering wetness across the southern and eastern Corn Belt.
On the Plains, warm, dry weather prevails, aside from scattered showers in western Oklahoma and neighboring areas. Overall conditions remain mostly favorable for rangeland, pastures, and summer crops and—on the northern Plains—winter wheat harvesting.
In the South, warm, humid conditions persist. Scattered showers associated with a weak cold front dot the lower Southeast. Despite the showers, varying degrees of crop and pasture stress exist from the western Gulf Coast region to the Carolinas. On July 26, topsoil moisture in South Carolina was rated 73% very short to short.
In the West, isolated showers are confined to the southern half of the region. In contrast, very hot, dry weather covers the Northwest, promoting small grain harvesting but stressing rangeland, pastures, and immature crops. On July 26, topsoil moisture was rated 80% very short to short in Oregon and California—leading the nation.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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