Hot and dry weather dominated the Corn Belt through much of June 2021, but the final week of the month brings some relief from the dry conditions, at least for parts of the region. Meanwhile, a historic heatwave in the final weekend of June melts the region with widespread triple-digit heat. Hot and dry weather will scorch Oregon and Washington where spring wheat conditions are already in rather poor condition.
June 2021, through June 24, has been one of the hottest and driest of the past 30 years in the Corn Belt, according to data from WeatherTrends360. However, the final week of the month brings relief to parts of the Corn Belt as rains finally arrive. A stalled cold front brought heavy showers and storms primarily from the Central Plains to the Great Lakes in the last weekend of June 2021. Chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue through the final days of the month.
Despite all the good news surrounding the recent rains, too much rain at once can cause harm. Flash flooding broke out in the final weekend of June as heavy rains dumped several inches of rain across the Central Plains, Midwest, and Great Lakes. Additionally, severe storms that brought hail and strong winds caused damage to some crop fields including in parts of Iowa, eastern Nebraska, and northern Missouri. While the rainfall is much needed, smaller and more persistent doses would be preferred to a violent and heavy dumping of precipitation at one time.
While rains arrived in parts of the Corn Belt in the final week of June, some areas remained on the drier side. This includes areas that have to date seen some of the worst drought conditions so far this season, like North Dakota and Minnesota, according to data from WeatherTrends360. Additionally, this area is favored for above-normal temperatures through the week-ending July 1, 2021, which will help to deplete soil moisture rapidly.
While the Corn Belt deals with its own drought challenges, the drought-ridden Pacific Northwest is enduring one of the hottest spells of weather on record here in late June. WeatherTrends360 forecasts that exceptionally hot and dry weather will stick around through much of the week ending July 1, which will be among the hottest and driest on record for the Pacific Northwest. This spell of hot and dry weather will do little to help the spring wheat crop in Washington state where more than half of the crop was rated in poor to very poor condition as of the week ending June 20, 2021.
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The Link LonkJune 28, 2021 at 11:08PM
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