Weather

Excessive heat continues on the southern Plains

On the Plains, beneficial showers and thunderstorms dot Kansas. However, excessively hot weather persists on the southern Plains, where high temperatures in some locations will again exceed 110°. Elsewhere, a strong cold front is producing showers on the northern Plains, slowing fieldwork but aiding rangeland and pastures.

Across the Corn Belt, warm, mostly dry weather is maintaining stressful conditions for many pastures and immature summer crops. Scattered showers in advance of a cold front are moving into the upper Midwest.

In the South, widespread showers and thunderstorms are affecting interior portions of the region. Although the rain is too late for Southeastern corn, pastures and immature summer crops continue to benefit from ongoing soil moisture improvements.

In the West, warm, mostly dry weather prevails, although a few showers are returning to the Southwest. The Northwestern winter wheat harvest is advancing under favorable conditions.