Weather

Cool, damp weather lingers in the Corn Belt

On the Plains, chilly conditions and some clouds linger across eastern areas. In contrast, warm weather is returning to the High Plains. Winter wheat is exhibiting some favorable growth across the southern half of the region, but drought continues to limit crop emergence and establishment across the northwestern half of the Plains.

Across the Corn Belt, cool, showery, breezy weather is slowing or halting fieldwork but providing much-needed moisture for soil moisture recharge.

In the South, a few showers linger along the Atlantic Coast. Elsewhere, a return to dry weather accompanies slightly cooler conditions. In areas where fieldwork has resumed, activities include winter wheat planting and cotton, peanut, and soybean harvesting.

In the West, mild, dry weather favors fieldwork from California to the central and southern Rockies. Meanwhile, scattered showers are returning to the Northwest, where recent rainfall has benefited rangeland, pastures, and winter wheat.