Lazarus crop of North Iowa

[timetippingpt]

Over the years, I have found that simply reviewing the AHPS Precip site is farm more valuable than any one local report.  The big take away over the last week is: it really didn't rain much in IA despite a "wet" forecast. Streaks like where BA is located won, but lots of others didn't. Even spots in the east are getting dry by normal standards. I like to review the rainfall data based upon the growing season, so am looking at the 60 day at this point vs. average.60 Rainfall % of normal

https://water.weather.gov/precip/

7 day rainfall vs average

[timetippingpt]

Just a sidebar, no one needs average rain to grow a record crop, but if you are going to be below average, you have to be below average on heat. With this pattern, the below average on rain are also above on heat. Bottom line is that it is way to early to tell. A lot of IL corn is made and will be huge, a lot of MN corn is on the edge of dramatic yield loss. What will next week bring?

[dwillinois]

Im well aware it was mainly a bust on the wet forecasts I have maps as well the Bam wx guys from your area do pretty good just was reporting a crazy amount of rain close to home that doesn't happen very often I'm not killing a crop or hyping a record one either.

[sdholloway56]

Temps also a mixed bag with below normal out two weeks for most of the belt,  but the ridge still menacing the NW corner.

BTW, keep an eye on the Atlantic. 

National Hurricane Center (noaa.gov)

Just plain weird for a tropical storm to pop up out of nowhere along the East coast although if it affects crop weather much it will be a second or third order effect, not a direct one.

And the third tropical wave of the year is coming past the Azores. This years' preferred pathway contines to be into the Gulf although the crop region least likely to benefit from a hurricane is the dry one.

[RJG640v8]

Kickapoo River valley, Crawford County WI. Over 10" in a couple hours. Normally the river is about 40 ft wide here.

Grew up as a kid in this area.  Had major floods in recent history of 1959 , 1978 , 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018 and now 2021.

[roarintiger1]

“No one needs average rain to grow a record crop.”

It’s time to go feed the unicorn in your barn.