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Corn Belt sees unusually warm weather
Temperatures will rise across the Corn Belt as we head into August, affecting some crops, but “it's going to be hard to get yields down nationwide to a bullish (grain) market level,” said agricultural meteorologist Drew Lerner. or something like that.
Lerner said the Plains states will be affected the longest by unseasonably warm temperatures heading into the first week of August.
“High temperatures will be frequent from South Dakota to Texas and occasionally into western Iowa and western Missouri.”
He said temperatures will continue to be hot in the Missouri Valley for three to four days this week, but then…
“The ridge of high pressure responsible for all the hot air will move retrograde or westward. Temperatures will still be in the 90s and certainly the 80s, so it will still be warm, but it won't be what we see over the midweek days 100 degree temperatures.
Lerner said the Mississippi Valley in the southeastern United States will see above-normal temperatures, but the high temperatures will also bring some rain and thunderstorms.
