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Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin

Volume 108, No. 39 www.usda.gov/oce/weather-drought-monitor 28, 2021

WEEKLY AND CROP BULLETIN

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Agricultural Statistics Service and Agricultural Outlook Board

HIGHLIGHTS

September 19 – 25, 2021 Contents Highlights provided by USDA/WAOB Crop Moisture Maps ...... 2 ocally heavy showers lingered in the Southeast, even Drought Monitor & Pan Evaporation Map ...... 3 after the remnants of Hurricane Nicholas decayed on Extreme Maximum & Minimum Maps ...... 4 L Temperature Departure Map ...... 5 September 17 over northern . Eventually, the Growing Degree Day Maps ...... 6 tropical moisture was swept away by a cold front, which National Weather Data for Selected ...... 8 was also responsible for heavy from the lower Great Weather Review ...... 11 region into the Northeast. Meanwhile, little or no Summer & Temperature Maps ...... 13 precipitation occurred from the . Summer Weather Data for Selected Cities ...... 16 Pacific to the Plains National Agricultural Summary ...... 17 In those areas, the dry weather favored summer crop Crop Progress and Condition Tables ...... 18 maturation and harvesting, as well as International Weather and Crop Summary ...... 25 planting. However, topsoil moisture in many key wheat Bulletin Information & September 16 Satellite Image of Western Burn Scars .... 38 (Continued on page 5) 2 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

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(Continued from front cover) production areas remained insufficient for even germination and proper establishment. Agricultural drought impacts were amplified in areas— primarily along and northwest of a line from to the Dakotas— where rangeland and pastures have not recovered from a hot, dry summer and surface water supplies largely remain limited. Farther south, short-term drought impacts have become more apparent in recent weeks, especially in Texas and Oklahoma. Elsewhere, near- or above-normal covered much of the country, with widespread cooler-than-normal conditions limited to the Southeast. Weekly temperatures averaged as much as 5°F above normal in northern and central California, while similar departures (at least 5°F above normal) were common across the northern Plains and the Northeast. Readings averaged up to 5°F below normal in the Southeast, where temperatures were suppressed in part by cloudiness and showers and 1.46 inches in Plattsburgh. Bangor, ME, received 4.19 associated with the remnants of Nicholas. inches of rain from September 24-26. In contrast, the 8-week (56- day) period from – September 25 featured rainfall Lingering Northwestern showers ended on September 19; totaling just 0.88 inch (13 percent of normal) in Tulsa, OK. following a daily-record sum of 1.14 inches in Portland, OR, on Similarly, Wichita Falls, TX, received no measurable rain in the that date, Portland’s September 17-19 rainfall totaled 2.52 37-day period from August 20 – September 25. inches. Meanwhile, locally heavy showers dotted the South and East. Sanford, FL, was deluged with 5.17 inches of rain on Early-week spread from the central and southern Plains September 19, marking the wettest day in that location since into the Midwest. On the Plains, record-setting highs for September 10, 2017. Daily-record rainfall amounts for the 19th September 19 soared to 99°F in Borger, TX, and McCook, NE. included 3.31 inches in Huntsville, AL, and 2.26 inches in On the same date, Rockford, IL, collected a daily-record high of Chattanooga, TN. On the 20th, a 6.66-inch total in Savannah, 93°F. By the 20th, triple-digit, daily-record highs in Texas soared GA, represented the wettest September day in that since to 106°F in Del Rio, 104°F in Abilene, 102°F in San Angelo, September 4, 1979, when 6.79 inches fell. Meanwhile, showers 101°F in Waco, and 100°F in San Antonio. Later, heat briefly and developed across the upper Midwest, where affected coastal California, where record-setting highs for International Falls, MN (2.02 inches on September 20), reported September 21 included 104°F in Anaheim and 101°F in Gilroy. its first day with a least 2 inches of rain since July 17, 2019. Even In contrast, cooler air settled across the Northwest, where Butte, with the rain, International Falls’ January 1 – September 25 MT (21°F on September 21), registered a daily-record low. precipitation stood at 14.39 inches, just 71 percent of normal. As During the second half of the week, cooler air also arrived across the week progressed, rain spread into other areas of the Midwest. the nation’s mid-section. Austin, TX, notched a daily-record On September 21, Carbondale, IL, collected a daily-record sum low of 50°F on September 24, just 4 days after posting a high of of 2.89 inches. The following day in Indiana, record-setting 99°F. amounts for included 2.11 inches in Fort Wayne and 2.07 inches in Indianapolis. In the lower Great Lakes Winter-like weather developed across mainland Alaska, where region, 4-day (September 20-23) rainfall totals included 4.83 weekly temperatures averaged as much as 10°F below normal. inches in Toledo, OH, and 4.47 inches in Detroit, MI. King Salmon started and ended the week with daily-record lows— Meanwhile, heavy rain also overspread the middle and northern 21 and 15°F, respectively, on September 19 and 25. Fairbanks Atlantic States. Blacksburg, VA, measured 3.00 inches on reported its first measurable of the , 0.3 inch, on September 21, a record for the date. Elsewhere in the mid- September 20, followed by a 2.0-inch total on September 24-25. Atlantic, record-setting rainfall totals for the 22nd reached 4.31 Anchorage collected a daily-record precipitation total of 0.57 inch inches in Wilmington, NC, and 2.11 inches in Roanoke, VA. on September 23. The following day, Anchorage received a trace Wilmington’s 4-day (September 20-23) rainfall climbed to 9.43 of snow. Farther south, mostly dry weather returned across Hawaii, inches. Rain swept into the Northeast by September 23, when except some windward locations. Through September 25, - daily-record totals included 2.83 inches in Williamsport, PA, and to-date rainfall at the state’s major airport observation sites ranged 1.69 inches in Rochester, NY. Elsewhere in New York, record- from 0.12 inch (16 percent of normal) in Honolulu, Oahu, to 6.32 setting amounts for the 24th reached 1.52 inches in Glens Falls inches (88 percent) in Hilo, on the Big Island. 6 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

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8 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021 National Weather Data for Selected Cities Weather Data for the Week Ending September 25, 2021 Data Provided by Prediction Center RELATIVE NUMBER OF DAYS TEMPERATURE ˚F PRECIPITATION TEMP. ˚F PRECIP STATES PERCENT AND STATIONS LOW HIGH .01 INCH .50 INCH WEEKLY MINIMUM MINIMUM OR MORE OR MORE OR MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AVERAGE AVERAGE EXTREME EXTREME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE TOTAL, IN. TOTAL, TOTAL, IN., IN., TOTAL, IN., TOTAL, SINCE JAN 1 SINCE JAN 1 DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE 24-HOUR, IN. GREATEST IN IN GREATEST PCT. NORMAL PCT. NORMAL 90 AND ABOVE AND 90 32 AND BELOW AND 32 FROM NORMAL FROM NORMAL

AK ANCHORAGE 48 36 58 29 42 -4 0.80 0.12 0.43 1.79 72 11.21 94 78 48 0 1 3 0 BARROW 32 25 34 13 28 -2 0.52 0.37 0.20 1.68 259 5.15 132 88 67 0 7 5 0 FAIRBANKS 42 31 50 25 37 -5 0.24 0.02 0.22 0.37 38 10.89 125 81 53 0 5 2 0 JUNEAU 53 45 57 41 49 0 2.75 0.61 0.87 8.87 124 54.28 134 90 71 0 0 7 3 KODIAK 51 39 55 30 45 -3 0.00 -1.89 0.00 3.29 55 47.67 90 78 48 0 2 0 0 NOME 42 30 46 22 36 -4 0.11 -0.41 0.08 1.54 72 16.85 133 84 53 0 5 2 0 AL BIRMINGHAM 81 61 87 50 71 -2 0.54 -0.36 0.51 1.56 48 54.11 133 91 53 0 0 2 1 HUNTSVILLE 77 59 82 48 68 -3 4.40 3.49 3.30 5.95 193 53.12 134 98 59 0 0 4 2 MOBILE 82 62 89 53 72 -4 0.63 -0.54 0.32 7.75 179 71.07 138 98 51 0 0 3 0 MONTGOMERY 83 63 89 52 73 -1 0.12 -0.78 0.11 4.81 142 41.50 103 94 51 0 0 2 0 AR FORT SMITH 87 57 98 47 72 1 0.06 -0.94 0.06 1.88 56 33.62 102 90 29 2 0 1 0 LITTLE ROCK 83 59 91 50 71 -1 0.23 -0.48 0.23 1.10 43 31.96 94 90 41 1 0 1 0 AZ FLAGSTAFF 74 42 77 35 58 3 0.00 -0.53 0.00 0.84 40 18.47 113 78 26 0 0 0 0 PHOENIX 98 76 103 74 87 1 0.07 -0.06 0.07 0.62 113 4.83 81 51 17 7 0 1 0 PRESCOTT 81 53 85 49 67 1 0.00 -0.33 0.00 1.19 90 9.71 87 70 24 0 0 0 0 TUCSON 94 67 98 64 80 1 0.07 -0.19 0.04 0.43 38 11.41 124 67 23 6 0 2 0 CA BAKERSFIELD 90 66 99 61 78 2 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 1.97 42 53 25 3 0 0 0 EUREKA 69 50 81 46 60 3 0.08 -0.08 0.08 0.94 205 14.74 60 95 74 0 0 1 0 FRESNO 92 65 100 60 78 4 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.00 0 5.11 62 63 24 5 0 0 0 LOS ANGELES 74 62 82 60 68 0 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.00 0 3.33 36 89 60 0 0 0 0 REDDING 93 62 99 57 77 5 0.01 -0.14 0.01 0.42 84 9.61 45 52 14 6 0 1 0 SACRAMENTO 91 59 96 57 75 5 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.05 20 4.54 37 78 19 5 0 0 0 78 66 85 62 72 2 0.50 0.45 0.50 0.50 423 4.24 58 82 57 0 0 1 1 SAN FRANCISCO 76 57 89 54 67 2 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.00 0 5.43 40 88 46 0 0 0 0 STOCKTON 89 57 94 55 73 2 0.00 -0.09 0.00 0.01 4 5.93 63 79 23 4 0 0 0 CO ALAMOSA 77 33 80 27 55 3 0.00 -0.20 0.00 0.26 31 5.11 86 76 13 0 4 0 0 CO SPRINGS 77 47 87 37 62 4 0.00 -0.24 0.00 0.83 76 14.02 93 57 18 0 0 0 0 DENVER INTL 78 49 88 39 63 3 0.02 -0.20 0.01 0.19 23 11.09 90 59 16 0 0 2 0 GRAND JUNCTION 79 49 85 43 64 1 0.00 -0.30 0.00 0.85 85 5.02 71 48 14 0 0 0 0 PUEBLO 82 47 94 36 65 3 0.00 -0.16 0.00 0.88 129 15.83 143 56 16 2 0 0 0 CT BRIDGEPORT 77 61 82 56 69 5 1.32 0.53 0.83 8.14 286 36.38 114 90 56 0 0 3 1 HARTFORD 77 55 83 48 66 5 0.85 -0.15 0.70 6.32 202 44.42 133 100 54 0 0 2 1 DC 79 63 83 55 71 2 1.63 0.70 1.29 4.02 130 37.46 127 86 50 0 0 2 1 DE WILMINGTON 79 58 83 50 69 3 2.69 1.59 1.93 5.61 159 30.88 95 96 52 0 0 2 2 FL DAYTONA BEACH 87 74 90 72 80 1 0.31 -1.22 0.19 3.34 56 34.20 87 94 61 1 0 2 0 JACKSONVILLE 86 68 89 60 77 0 1.73 -0.14 1.39 4.82 69 42.03 99 98 59 0 0 4 1 KEY WEST 88 79 90 77 83 0 0.95 -0.66 0.39 2.47 44 22.31 76 88 53 1 0 5 0 MIAMI 89 76 91 74 82 0 4.58 2.19 2.24 11.08 134 45.55 93 96 65 2 0 5 3 ORLANDO 91 74 92 73 83 2 1.44 0.10 1.02 5.62 109 35.44 85 92 56 6 0 5 1 PENSACOLA 85 67 88 59 76 -1 1.49 0.07 1.01 9.74 194 70.16 140 89 55 0 0 3 1 TALLAHASSEE 86 66 91 55 76 -1 1.53 0.52 1.42 8.24 204 41.09 85 95 53 1 0 3 1 TAMPA 90 77 93 76 83 2 1.50 0.23 1.19 7.19 130 43.11 109 87 59 4 0 2 1 WEST PALM BEACH 88 75 90 73 82 0 2.89 0.93 1.00 6.42 90 33.68 70 95 66 3 0 5 3 GA ATHENS 81 61 86 50 71 0 1.10 0.11 0.54 1.96 61 37.58 109 89 55 0 0 3 1 ATLANTA 78 62 85 53 70 -2 2.44 1.41 0.94 3.59 97 42.57 113 89 56 0 0 4 2 AUGUSTA 84 63 90 51 73 1 1.04 0.34 0.84 6.61 251 47.13 140 96 51 1 0 2 1 COLUMBUS 83 62 90 51 73 -2 2.15 1.47 1.18 6.18 241 43.10 122 92 49 1 0 4 2 MACON 83 64 90 50 73 0 0.80 0.07 0.43 3.92 129 37.94 108 98 57 1 0 2 0 SAVANNAH 82 65 88 55 73 -2 7.32 6.41 6.64 9.47 244 42.12 110 99 62 0 0 3 2 HI HILO 83 69 86 66 76 0 1.40 -1.04 0.53 5.88 71 93.79 106 90 60 0 0 6 1 HONOLULU 87 76 88 73 82 0 0.07 -0.12 0.04 0.13 22 9.72 102 73 46 0 0 3 0 KAHULUI 88 71 89 68 80 1 0.07 -0.03 0.07 0.13 40 14.68 132 80 47 0 0 1 0 LIHUE 82 75 84 73 79 -1 0.44 -0.11 0.26 1.71 102 24.80 107 89 66 0 0 5 0 IA BURLINGTON 78 53 90 45 66 1 2.24 1.43 2.20 2.57 85 32.15 106 94 38 1 0 3 1 CEDAR RAPIDS 76 48 89 38 62 2 0.31 -0.41 0.31 1.58 59 13.95 49 100 39 0 0 1 0 DES MOINES 78 51 90 42 64 1 0.43 -0.24 0.40 0.78 30 18.75 63 87 37 1 0 2 0 DUBUQUE 75 50 88 43 62 3 0.94 0.12 0.94 1.30 44 22.46 77 94 44 0 0 1 1 SIOUX CITY 76 44 87 34 60 -1 0.28 -0.39 0.28 1.63 66 17.83 77 89 39 0 0 1 0 WATERLOO 78 49 90 39 63 3 0.34 -0.25 0.28 1.31 59 17.98 62 87 39 1 0 2 0 ID BOISE 77 50 86 41 63 1 0.05 -0.10 0.05 0.14 30 7.28 90 65 22 0 0 1 0 LEWISTON 78 53 88 48 65 3 0.09 -0.07 0.09 0.43 77 3.87 42 72 24 0 0 1 0 POCATELLO 72 39 84 32 56 -1 0.19 -0.03 0.18 0.28 39 6.67 75 81 25 0 1 2 0 IL /O_HARE 74 57 89 50 66 4 0.76 0.00 0.39 1.22 45 20.21 72 88 45 0 0 4 0 MOLINE 79 53 91 45 66 4 0.77 0.07 0.71 0.86 33 27.51 92 91 38 1 0 2 1 PEORIA 78 55 91 49 67 3 1.06 0.36 0.66 1.09 41 31.78 115 88 40 1 0 3 1 ROCKFORD 78 53 93 46 65 4 0.33 -0.44 0.16 0.51 18 15.71 55 87 34 1 0 3 0 SPRINGFIELD 78 52 89 42 65 1 1.48 0.82 1.01 3.84 159 36.77 131 95 41 0 0 4 1 IN EVANSVILLE 75 56 85 46 66 -1 2.17 1.47 0.70 4.75 189 35.80 107 98 58 0 0 5 3 FORT WAYNE 72 53 90 44 62 1 3.28 2.62 2.07 3.74 159 30.84 105 95 58 1 0 5 2 INDIANAPOLIS 73 56 89 46 64 0 3.27 2.52 2.06 5.24 203 35.97 112 91 54 0 0 4 2 SOUTH BEND 73 56 90 48 64 3 1.55 0.69 0.48 1.94 66 30.20 107 90 50 1 0 6 0 KS CONCORDIA 82 54 92 45 68 3 0.02 -0.67 0.02 0.91 37 19.30 81 80 28 1 0 1 0 DODGE CITY 83 53 93 44 68 1 0.00 -0.34 0.00 1.76 122 15.11 84 73 26 1 0 0 0 GOODLAND 82 49 96 42 65 4 0.00 -0.27 0.00 0.21 20 11.88 72 74 19 2 0 0 0 TOPEKA 82 51 89 44 67 1 0.01 -0.85 0.01 2.57 84 29.63 99 87 34 0 0 1 0 Based on 1981-2010 normals *** Not Available September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 9 Weather Data for the Week Ending September 25, 2021 RELATIVE NUMBER OF DAYS HUMIDITY TEMPERATURE ˚F PRECIPITATION TEMP. ˚F PRECIP STATES PERCENT AND STATIONS LOW HIGH .01 INCH .50 INCH WEEKLY MINIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM MAXIMUM OR MORE OR MORE OR AVERAGE AVERAGE EXTREME EXTREME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE TOTAL, IN. TOTAL, TOTAL, IN., IN., TOTAL, IN., TOTAL, SINCE JAN 1 SINCE JAN 1 DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE 24-HOUR, IN. GREATEST IN IN GREATEST PCT. NORMAL PCT. NORMAL 90 AND ABOVE AND 90 32 AND BELOW AND 32 FROM NORMAL FROM NORMAL

WICHITA 84 54 92 47 69 1 0.00 -0.74 0.00 2.37 90 24.02 89 80 28 2 0 0 0 KY LEXINGTON 73 55 84 45 64 -2 1.68 1.02 1.13 3.09 128 43.37 127 95 65 0 0 5 1 LOUISVILLE 75 59 86 50 67 -1 3.53 2.82 1.78 4.72 189 38.11 113 93 57 0 0 5 3 PADUCAH 80 56 87 47 68 1 0.71 -0.19 0.60 3.76 123 38.85 109 92 44 0 0 3 1 LA BATON ROUGE 83 62 90 53 73 -6 0.10 -0.98 0.10 6.15 123 69.16 148 99 50 1 0 1 0 CHARLES 86 65 93 57 76 -1 0.48 -0.67 0.43 4.59 101 60.43 141 97 44 2 0 2 0 NEW ORLEANS 84 69 89 61 76 -2 0.39 -0.67 0.20 7.71 177 74.93 154 91 49 0 0 3 0 SHREVEPORT 89 62 95 53 75 1 0.02 -0.70 0.02 0.53 20 37.57 102 84 35 3 0 1 0 MA BOSTON 76 63 82 57 70 7 0.23 -0.62 0.16 6.20 222 39.96 127 88 54 0 0 3 0 WORCESTER 72 57 76 52 65 6 0.79 -0.22 0.42 7.24 228 44.51 129 94 63 0 0 3 0 MD BALTIMORE 80 58 84 50 69 4 0.95 -0.04 0.67 6.00 181 32.91 106 91 47 0 0 2 1 ME CARIBOU 72 51 79 37 61 9 0.97 0.17 0.63 4.70 172 26.00 95 90 51 0 0 2 1 PORTLAND 71 56 74 47 64 6 0.21 -0.70 0.20 3.78 128 29.21 89 100 70 0 0 2 0 MI ALPENA 68 49 83 37 58 3 1.09 0.42 0.63 2.17 89 20.23 95 95 59 0 0 5 1 GRAND RAPIDS 70 52 84 47 61 1 1.76 0.70 1.10 3.30 91 26.27 93 97 59 0 0 5 1 HOUGHTON LAKE 66 49 79 40 57 2 1.11 0.37 0.78 2.87 111 21.82 101 90 55 0 0 4 1 LANSING 69 52 82 46 60 1 2.30 1.44 0.81 3.49 119 25.72 107 92 61 0 0 4 2 MUSKEGON 72 55 87 44 63 4 0.53 -0.45 0.24 1.63 50 23.03 97 88 51 0 0 5 0 TRAVERSE CITY 71 55 84 48 63 6 1.08 0.24 0.38 2.34 79 22.69 94 86 49 0 0 5 0 MN DULUTH 69 47 85 39 58 5 0.75 -0.22 0.55 3.56 101 18.81 77 88 49 0 0 2 1 INT_L FALLS 69 47 83 39 58 7 2.28 1.60 2.00 3.19 127 13.43 69 89 38 0 0 4 1 73 51 90 44 62 3 0.15 -0.56 0.10 1.48 57 21.06 84 88 41 1 0 2 0 ROCHESTER 73 47 86 39 60 0 0.46 -0.33 0.38 1.61 55 22.33 82 90 44 0 0 2 0 ST. 72 47 89 39 59 4 0.87 0.10 0.83 3.61 121 19.76 87 93 38 0 0 2 1 MO COLUMBIA 80 56 92 49 68 3 1.66 0.74 1.53 2.28 71 40.06 121 96 36 2 0 3 1 KANSAS CITY 78 53 87 45 65 0 0.25 -0.84 0.24 1.92 49 33.39 106 89 37 0 0 2 0 SAINT LOUIS 80 60 88 51 70 2 1.79 1.05 1.70 3.04 118 34.76 114 85 41 0 0 3 1 SPRINGFIELD 79 54 92 44 67 0 0.84 -0.24 0.63 1.71 44 37.39 110 95 38 1 0 2 1 MS JACKSON 84 60 92 49 72 -2 0.65 -0.05 0.62 1.89 76 42.67 107 94 45 1 0 2 1 MERIDIAN 83 61 89 50 72 -1 0.26 -0.52 0.23 4.03 142 58.13 138 91 48 0 0 2 0 TUPELO 82 61 90 52 72 0 0.55 -0.29 0.33 2.75 100 60.60 154 92 47 1 0 2 0 MT BILLINGS 75 49 87 41 62 5 0.03 -0.30 0.02 0.04 4 7.31 65 58 20 0 0 2 0 BUTTE 67 31 79 21 49 0 0.00 -0.23 0.00 0.07 8 4.99 46 95 33 0 4 0 0 CUT BANK 72 40 82 33 56 5 0.00 -0.27 0.00 0.13 12 4.77 48 67 23 0 0 0 0 GLASGOW 75 44 90 37 60 5 0.03 -0.20 0.03 0.04 5 4.69 46 65 25 1 0 1 0 GREAT FALLS 74 43 85 35 58 5 0.00 -0.31 0.00 0.24 20 9.93 79 66 23 0 0 0 0 HAVRE 77 45 91 42 61 7 0.00 -0.26 0.00 0.04 4 5.76 59 61 21 1 0 0 0 MISSOULA 71 39 84 31 55 0 0.41 0.15 0.24 0.41 41 7.76 69 90 32 0 1 2 0 NC ASHEVILLE 72 55 79 45 63 -1 1.56 0.73 0.83 2.40 74 46.87 134 98 59 0 0 4 1 CHARLOTTE 80 59 87 48 69 1 0.74 0.00 0.50 2.73 102 30.87 99 95 49 0 0 3 0 GREENSBORO 77 58 88 48 68 0 1.97 1.09 1.18 3.50 97 34.10 105 94 54 0 0 2 2 HATTERAS 83 72 89 66 78 5 1.03 -0.29 0.65 3.39 64 47.23 111 88 62 0 0 4 1 RALEIGH 81 59 90 49 70 0 1.00 0.12 0.65 2.82 75 33.72 101 100 54 1 0 2 1 WILMINGTON 82 67 86 58 74 1 9.22 7.46 4.28 10.44 156 55.57 121 95 64 0 0 4 3 ND BISMARCK 78 44 86 33 61 6 0.23 -0.12 0.15 0.94 68 7.56 49 82 22 0 0 3 0 DICKINSON 77 43 86 37 60 5 0.10 -0.26 0.10 0.23 18 9.77 71 72 19 0 0 1 0 FARGO 73 49 83 41 61 5 0.24 -0.27 0.24 2.70 124 12.40 68 77 33 0 0 1 0 GRAND FORKS 74 47 83 41 60 6 0.37 -0.07 0.34 1.37 79 13.19 77 83 31 0 0 2 0 JAMESTOWN 73 46 83 39 60 5 0.48 0.08 0.43 1.74 102 8.80 55 76 33 0 0 2 0 NE GRAND ISLAND 79 49 91 41 64 1 0.02 -0.50 0.02 1.13 59 23.66 104 84 32 1 0 1 0 LINCOLN 79 47 93 37 63 0 0.03 -0.63 0.02 0.31 12 20.89 86 88 35 1 0 2 0 NORFOLK 78 46 90 35 62 1 0.03 -0.61 0.03 0.45 20 20.97 92 82 35 1 0 1 0 NORTH PLATTE 81 44 90 34 62 3 0.05 -0.28 0.05 1.01 85 19.76 113 84 27 2 0 1 0 OMAHA 78 51 91 43 64 1 0.13 -0.44 0.10 0.95 42 25.53 100 91 37 1 0 2 0 SCOTTSBLUFF 80 43 92 34 62 3 0.27 0.00 0.27 0.47 48 7.85 59 80 19 2 0 1 0 VALENTINE 80 46 92 40 63 4 0.13 -0.25 0.12 3.46 254 19.00 108 78 27 1 0 2 0 NH CONCORD 75 55 79 44 65 8 0.20 -0.64 0.12 3.74 136 32.19 111 97 59 0 0 2 0 NJ ATLANTIC_CITY 78 57 81 50 68 3 0.87 0.08 0.78 3.39 132 38.52 125 97 56 0 0 3 1 NEWARK 80 63 83 58 71 5 0.79 -0.16 0.52 9.57 307 45.91 133 84 46 0 0 3 1 NM ALBUQUERQUE 83 59 87 54 71 4 0.06 -0.19 0.03 0.55 61 4.43 60 53 19 0 0 2 0 NV ELY 76 35 81 26 55 1 0.00 -0.23 0.00 0.15 21 4.77 63 53 11 0 3 0 0 LAS VEGAS 93 72 97 65 82 2 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.12 45 1.26 38 24 11 6 0 0 0 RENO 81 50 89 45 65 2 0.00 -0.11 0.00 0.09 30 1.83 35 52 14 0 0 0 0 WINNEMUCCA 80 38 88 32 59 1 0.02 -0.11 0.02 0.04 11 4.87 82 63 15 0 1 1 0 NY ALBANY 73 52 79 46 62 3 2.04 1.21 1.22 5.18 193 32.21 112 100 56 0 0 2 2 BINGHAMTON 69 51 73 46 60 3 1.35 0.49 1.27 3.20 127 37.76 132 96 59 0 0 3 1 BUFFALO 75 58 84 52 66 6 1.83 0.81 1.01 5.00 156 25.28 89 88 52 0 0 5 2 ROCHESTER 74 55 81 48 65 5 1.91 1.10 1.64 3.06 108 22.92 90 97 53 0 0 3 1 SYRACUSE 76 54 80 49 65 6 0.72 -0.17 0.49 2.54 83 32.56 118 96 54 0 0 2 0 OH AKRON-CANTON 74 56 87 48 65 4 1.39 0.62 0.85 2.13 74 30.78 102 85 57 0 0 3 2 CINCINNATI 74 57 86 46 65 0 1.76 1.17 0.83 2.67 123 37.94 119 89 57 0 0 5 2 CLEVELAND 73 57 86 50 65 2 2.02 1.11 1.94 3.05 96 31.84 111 83 57 0 0 2 1 COLUMBUS 73 57 88 47 65 1 1.16 0.51 0.87 1.94 81 30.05 100 92 56 0 0 4 1 DAYTON 73 56 89 48 64 1 2.45 1.68 1.76 3.29 119 29.70 95 84 55 0 0 4 1 MANSFIELD 71 55 85 46 63 2 0.98 0.22 0.81 1.33 47 28.94 85 90 62 0 0 3 1 Based on 1981-2010 normals *** Not Available 10 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021 Weather Data for the Week Ending September 25, 2021 RELATIVE NUMBER OF DAYS HUMIDITY TEMPERATURE ˚F PRECIPITATION TEMP. ˚F PRECIP STATES PERCENT AND STATIONS LOW HIGH .01 INCH .50 INCH WEEKLY MINIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM MAXIMUM OR MORE OR MORE OR AVERAGE AVERAGE EXTREME EXTREME AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE TOTAL, IN. TOTAL, TOTAL, IN., IN., TOTAL, IN., TOTAL, SINCE JAN 1 SINCE JAN 1 DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE SINCE SEP 1 SINCE 24-HOUR, IN. GREATEST IN IN GREATEST PCT. NORMAL PCT. NORMAL 90 AND ABOVE AND 90 32 AND BELOW AND 32 FROM NORMAL FROM NORMAL

TOLEDO 72 55 85 47 64 2 5.01 4.36 3.16 6.18 264 29.95 117 85 57 0 0 4 2 YOUNGSTOWN 74 54 85 45 64 4 0.70 -0.18 0.50 1.27 40 33.28 113 90 53 0 0 3 1 OK OKLAHOMA CITY 87 57 98 50 72 1 0.00 -1.00 0.00 0.35 10 23.96 84 75 23 2 0 0 0 TULSA 87 59 99 48 73 3 0.06 -0.96 0.06 0.10 2 27.89 89 85 26 2 0 1 0 OR ASTORIA 70 50 83 45 60 2 0.17 -0.38 0.16 2.53 153 40.77 102 97 61 0 0 2 0 BURNS 75 33 86 24 54 0 0.01 -0.10 0.01 0.54 140 6.18 82 79 21 0 2 1 0 EUGENE 78 52 85 48 65 4 0.73 0.39 0.73 1.81 178 16.21 59 94 41 0 0 1 1 MEDFORD 85 51 95 46 68 3 0.20 0.05 0.20 1.11 239 7.48 69 85 21 2 0 1 0 PENDLETON 77 47 87 42 62 1 0.00 -0.15 0.00 0.29 62 4.54 52 79 26 0 0 0 0 PORTLAND 78 55 89 50 66 4 1.23 0.84 1.23 2.50 216 17.13 79 88 41 0 0 1 1 SALEM 78 54 91 50 66 5 0.16 -0.19 0.15 1.39 138 20.44 88 90 37 1 0 2 0 PA ALLENTOWN 76 53 82 47 65 3 1.78 0.60 1.76 5.17 137 33.80 101 93 52 0 0 2 1 ERIE 75 58 86 53 66 5 1.18 0.00 1.04 3.49 92 27.88 94 81 53 0 0 4 1 MIDDLETOWN 77 58 80 51 67 4 1.80 0.78 1.33 11.19 333 40.74 135 85 48 0 0 2 1 PHILADELPHIA 80 61 84 55 70 3 1.56 0.65 1.56 4.50 145 36.34 117 89 48 0 0 1 1 PITTSBURGH 75 56 84 47 65 4 0.91 0.19 0.80 3.80 143 30.00 102 91 53 0 0 2 1 WILKES-BARRE 75 53 80 47 64 4 1.38 0.39 1.35 8.17 314 35.30 128 93 54 0 0 2 1 WILLIAMSPORT 75 54 78 46 64 3 3.84 2.85 2.82 8.31 236 35.30 115 92 52 0 0 3 2 RI PROVIDENCE 76 61 81 52 69 6 0.17 -0.77 0.12 4.65 143 36.11 106 95 58 0 0 5 0 SC CHARLESTON 81 65 86 54 73 -1 3.19 1.97 2.10 7.08 135 48.81 119 96 60 0 0 3 2 COLUMBIA 82 63 88 50 73 0 0.96 0.23 0.57 4.05 137 41.78 120 96 54 0 0 3 1 FLORENCE 85 64 91 53 75 3 1.96 1.18 1.31 2.42 78 37.70 112 85 46 2 0 3 2 GREENVILLE 76 61 82 48 68 -2 0.00 -0.75 0.00 1.56 55 34.75 99 84 53 0 0 0 0 SD ABERDEEN 76 44 87 31 60 4 0.24 -0.26 0.24 2.03 110 13.50 74 82 33 0 1 1 0 HURON 76 47 88 35 62 3 0.21 -0.33 0.17 2.55 121 12.86 66 86 38 0 0 2 0 RAPID CITY 78 41 91 37 60 2 0.14 -0.16 0.08 0.66 61 12.19 88 83 24 1 0 3 0 SIOUX FALLS 76 48 89 39 62 4 1.20 0.56 1.17 2.08 89 21.74 100 86 38 0 0 2 1 TN BRISTOL 77 54 88 43 65 1 0.64 -0.02 0.36 1.58 62 33.01 103 95 49 0 0 3 0 CHATTANOOGA 76 59 84 48 68 -2 4.33 3.37 2.23 6.64 198 52.30 135 94 57 0 0 4 3 KNOXVILLE 75 58 81 45 66 -3 1.04 0.28 0.58 1.67 62 36.79 101 99 61 0 0 3 1 MEMPHIS 82 62 86 52 72 -1 0.81 0.06 0.73 1.43 58 40.31 106 91 49 0 0 3 1 NASHVILLE 76 59 83 49 67 -2 3.09 2.27 1.57 4.40 158 48.53 138 88 55 0 0 4 3 TX ABILENE 91 60 104 48 75 2 0.00 -0.50 0.00 0.11 5 16.46 87 60 19 3 0 0 0 AMARILLO 86 54 97 46 70 3 0.00 -0.43 0.00 0.67 41 13.74 81 65 19 2 0 0 0 AUSTIN 90 61 90 60 75 -2 0.00 -0.18 0.00 0.10 5 24.76 103 72 23 1 0 0 0 BEAUMONT 86 63 93 56 75 -3 0.43 -0.90 0.37 8.37 164 54.28 122 100 49 3 0 2 0 BROWNSVILLE 90 72 97 66 81 0 0.23 -1.17 0.19 2.19 44 19.91 100 91 50 2 0 2 0 CORPUS CHRISTI 91 67 97 57 79 -1 0.04 -1.04 0.04 3.18 74 33.21 141 94 41 3 0 1 0 DEL RIO 96 69 106 62 83 4 0.00 -0.45 0.00 0.00 0 13.00 86 64 23 7 0 0 0 EL PASO 88 65 97 58 76 3 0.05 -0.27 0.04 0.29 22 10.92 140 53 24 2 0 2 0 FORT WORTH 90 64 100 56 77 1 0.01 -0.53 0.01 1.17 53 26.49 100 70 24 3 0 1 0 GALVESTON 87 75 92 70 81 0 0.39 0.00 0.23 4.52 0 32.91 0 73 47 2 0 2 0 HOUSTON 89 65 96 57 77 -1 0.04 -0.85 0.04 6.77 194 39.15 111 88 37 3 0 1 0 LUBBOCK 87 55 99 46 71 1 0.00 -0.59 0.00 0.03 1 18.36 120 60 19 2 0 0 0 MIDLAND 88 58 101 52 73 0 0.00 -0.40 0.00 0.05 3 13.48 119 58 19 2 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 90 56 102 44 73 0 0.00 -0.53 0.00 0.03 1 18.94 116 72 19 2 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO 92 66 100 56 79 1 0.05 -0.60 0.05 0.30 11 22.72 96 78 25 3 0 1 0 VICTORIA 92 64 99 55 78 -1 0.22 -0.65 0.22 1.20 34 47.55 156 92 33 3 0 1 0 WACO 91 60 101 49 76 0 0.00 -0.72 0.00 0.00 0 22.89 92 85 26 4 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS 91 57 102 51 74 1 0.00 -0.64 0.00 0.00 0 21.62 97 72 21 3 0 0 0 UT SALT LAKE CITY 78 50 87 44 64 1 0.00 -0.33 0.00 0.13 13 9.39 81 61 18 0 0 0 0 VA LYNCHBURG 78 56 91 45 67 2 1.88 1.02 1.32 2.62 80 28.33 91 93 54 1 0 2 2 NORFOLK 78 66 84 59 72 2 0.46 -0.60 0.42 2.31 56 31.78 88 92 64 0 0 2 0 RICHMOND 82 61 88 53 71 3 2.17 1.24 1.46 5.75 162 39.59 118 97 49 0 0 2 2 ROANOKE 77 57 89 47 67 1 4.12 3.29 2.39 4.82 145 32.70 104 92 53 0 0 3 2 WASH/DULLES 78 56 81 47 67 2 1.67 0.73 1.24 4.62 142 28.70 92 94 53 0 0 2 1 VT BURLINGTON 77 57 86 48 67 9 0.75 -0.19 0.75 2.88 96 23.28 86 89 46 0 0 1 1 WA OLYMPIA 72 47 78 43 60 2 0.13 -0.29 0.11 1.56 115 29.65 102 99 49 0 0 2 0 QUILLAYUTE 68 46 78 42 57 1 0.04 -0.94 0.03 5.09 172 48.74 81 100 60 0 0 2 0 SEATTLE-TACOMA 70 53 77 50 62 2 0.01 -0.38 0.01 1.50 128 21.32 98 94 51 0 0 1 0 SPOKANE 71 48 79 43 60 2 0.00 -0.17 0.00 0.52 95 5.43 50 84 30 0 0 0 0 YAKIMA 77 43 84 40 60 1 0.02 -0.07 0.02 0.17 50 2.91 55 93 28 0 0 1 0 WI EAU CLAIRE 74 47 89 40 60 3 1.04 0.18 1.01 1.85 59 19.47 77 90 44 0 0 2 1 GREEN BAY 74 49 86 42 61 5 0.72 -0.02 0.58 1.15 45 24.71 108 91 45 0 0 3 1 LA CROSSE 76 53 90 45 65 5 0.90 0.06 0.71 1.43 47 31.46 116 88 42 1 0 2 1 MADISON 74 50 88 44 62 4 0.91 0.19 0.87 2.32 87 18.67 68 91 40 0 0 3 1 MILWAUKEE 74 58 80 51 66 5 0.42 -0.37 0.23 1.66 62 13.20 49 82 47 0 0 3 0 WV BECKLEY 70 52 81 41 61 0 0.28 -0.39 0.16 1.85 73 31.71 98 98 62 0 0 2 0 CHARLESTON 77 56 88 44 66 1 0.51 -0.22 0.29 1.97 72 29.58 87 100 53 0 0 4 0 ELKINS 75 52 85 41 64 4 1.22 0.39 0.65 5.35 176 31.26 87 92 46 0 0 2 2 HUNTINGTON 74 57 86 45 66 1 0.90 0.30 0.50 2.81 121 40.80 125 94 59 0 0 4 1 WY CASPER 74 37 85 32 55 1 0.12 -0.17 0.07 0.29 32 10.50 104 78 19 0 1 2 0 CHEYENNE 73 42 82 34 58 2 0.04 -0.31 0.04 0.21 16 9.52 68 66 17 0 0 1 0 LANDER 73 41 82 31 57 1 0.00 -0.30 0.00 0.43 52 10.72 109 58 18 0 1 0 0 SHERIDAN 77 41 89 34 59 5 0.16 -0.23 0.16 0.18 15 9.00 80 74 21 0 0 1 0 Based on 1981-2010 normals *** Not Available September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 11

Summer Weather Review Weather summary provided by USDA/WAOB

Highlights: The drought situation took a turn for the worse unusually warm nights contributed to an increase in disease across the Pacific Coast States and the Northwest, as a hot, dry pressure in some Midwestern fields. summer led to another active season and severe stress on rangeland, pastures, and rain-fed summer crops. In the During the summer of 2021, drought coverage remained nearly hardest-hit drought areas, surface water storage continued to steady at 44 to 48 percent of the Lower 48 States, according to dwindle; California’s 154 primary intrastate reservoirs held the U.S. Drought Monitor, down slightly from a December less than 60 percent of their normal volume by August 31, 2020 peak of 49.6 percent. Large-scale improvement in the compared with 93 percent a earlier—a loss of 7.8 million drought situation was mostly limited to the Southwest and an acre-feet of water reserves, statewide, in 12 . By area stretching from the lower Great Lakes region into the summer’s end, statewide storage was also less than one-half of Northeast. Early signs of drought development were generally average in and Oregon. Farther south, however, a vanquished in the middle and southern Atlantic States. Late in robust North American circulation delivered drought the summer, however, hotter, drier weather led to pockets of relief, starting in July. , New , southern , drought development across the southern half of the Plains. and southwestern experienced some of the heaviest, monsoon-related rainfall, which vanquished short-term Historical Perspective: According to preliminary data drought but caused local flooding and landslides. Even with provided by the National Centers for Environmental the summer downpours, New Mexico’s statewide reservoir Information, the contiguous U.S. experienced its hottest storage stood at just 41 percent of average on August 31, summer during the 127-year period of record, with a national reflecting lingering long-term drought impacts. average temperature of 74.01°F (2.61°F above the 20th century mean). This value narrowly edged the Dust Bowl-era, summer Regarding Western , four of northern California’s of 1936 standard of 74.00°F. That brutally hot summer had blazes made the statewide top-20 list for acreage burned. withstood recent challenges from 2012 (73.70°F), 2011 Those wildfires were the Dixie Fire (more than 963,000 acres), (73.65°F), and 2020 (73.55°F). Meanwhile, it was the second only to last year’s 1.03 million-acre August Complex; nation’s eighth-wettest summer, with an average of 9.48 inches the 224,000-acre Monument Fire; the 222,000-acre Caldor Fire; and the 199,000-acre River Complex. Among them, the Dixie Fire (1,329 structures burned) and the Caldor Fire (1,003 Figure 1 structures) made California’s all-, top-20 list for property destruction. Rampant Western fires, which shifted northward as monsoon-related rainfall aided Southwestern containment efforts, also resulted in widespread air-quality degradation, with hazy conditions occasionally extending into the central and eastern U.S.

The line delineating generally favorable growing conditions from major drought impacts on pastures and crops extended from the Pacific Coast States into the upper Midwest. On August 29, rangeland and pastures were rated more than one- half very poor to poor in every state along and northwest of a line from California to Minnesota, led by Washington (92 percent very poor to poor) and Montana (90 percent). Northwestern small grains, including winter wheat, wheat, and barley, were severely affected by drought. Significant crop stress reached into the upper Midwest, where corn and in Minnesota and the Dakotas were adversely affected by heat and drought. Figure 2 In contrast, abundant summer rainfall and relatively cool conditions across the South led to mostly favorable growing conditions, albeit at a slower-than-normal pace, for crops such as cotton, peanuts, and rice. Tropical rainfall contributed to the cloudy, damp pattern; making a U.S. included Category 4 (southeastern Louisiana on August 29) and Tropical Storms Claudette (June 19), Danny (June 28), Elsa (July 7), Fred (August 15), and Henri (August 22). Ida’s surge and were tremendously destructive to infrastructure across southeastern Louisiana; the remnant circulation later sparked catastrophic flooding in the mid-Atlantic. However, the five tropical storms mainly delivered rain. Claudette moved ashore in Louisiana, while two tropical storms (Elsa and Fred made landfall on Florida’s Gulf coast. Danny crossed the coast in South Carolina; Henri came ashore in Rhode Island. Abundant summer rainfall extended into much of the Midwest, particularly the central and eastern Corn Belt. However, high humidity levels and 12 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

(114 percent of normal) falling across the Lower 48 States. from the southern Plains to the middle and southern Atlantic The only wetter since the mid-20th century occurred States, accompanied the Southern wetness. in 1992, 1993, and 2004. Western wildfire and water-supply concerns continued to Only a few Southern States ranked in the lower half of the mount, fueled by depleted soil moisture, prematurely melted historical temperature distribution; Texas, with its 50th-coolest mountain snow, low reservoir levels, and ample cured summer, was one. In contrast, it was the hottest summer on vegetation. In Arizona, the Telegraph Fire started on June 4 record in five Western States: California, , Nevada, and soon became the sixth-largest wildfire in modern state Oregon, and Utah (figure 1). Top-ten rankings for summer history, charring more than 180,000 acres. warmth were prevalent, covering every state bordering Canada by land or water, except Ohio; ; South Dakota; July: During July, the country was evenly split between hot and seven additional states in the mid-Atlantic and West. weather across the North and West and relatively cool Elsewhere, state precipitation rankings ranged from the conditions in the South and East. In fact, it was the hottest seventh-driest summer in Minnesota to the wettest on record in July (and month) on record in numerous Western communities, (figure 2). Montana also ranked in the top ten for including Lewiston, ID; Medford, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; and summer dryness, while eleven Southern and Eastern States, Spokane, WA. Northwestern heat hastened crop maturation stretching from Arizona to , northward to Michigan, and promoted small grain harvest efforts, but left rangeland, New York, and New Hampshire, had one of their ten wettest pastures, and immature summer crops in terrible condition. By summers. August 1, Washington led the nation in rangeland and pastures rated very poor to poor (96 percent; tied with Montana), along June: Heat gripped the northern Plains and upper Midwest with spring wheat (90 percent). Northern California and the during the first half of June, followed by a late-month cooling Northwest also contended with dozens of wildfires, which trend. However, the westward-shifting heat core resulted in swept across hundreds of thousands of acres of varying the worst-ever Northwestern , which climaxed from and broadly degraded air quality. June 26-29 with widespread temperatures above 110°F—even in normally temperate near-coastal locations. The remainder Meanwhile, a robust Southwestern monsoon circulation of the western U.S. also experienced a hot month, with pre- provided some drought relief in the Four Corners States and monsoon temperatures in the Southwest and Intermountain neighboring regions, but barely dented longer-term impacts West peaking in mid-June. Late-month, monsoon-related such as subsoil moisture depletion and low reservoir levels. showers were mostly limited to a few Southwestern locations. However, the benefits of Southwestern rainfall included reducing the wildfire threat and improving vegetation health, The Western heat, which boosted monthly temperatures as albeit gradually. In some cases, however, high Southwestern much as 5 to 10°F above normal, contributed to soil moisture precipitation rates led to flash flooding and landslides, depletion and maintained severe stress on rangeland, pastures, especially in areas where hillsides had been scarred or denuded immature winter wheat, and many spring-sown crops. By July by recent fires. 4, at least two-thirds of the rangeland and pastures were rated in very poor to poor condition in Washington (84 percent), Farther east, punishing drought persisted across the northern Arizona (83 percent), Montana (77 percent), North Dakota (77 Plains and far upper Midwest, leading to significant stress on percent), South Dakota (74 percent), Oregon (71 percent), rangeland, pastures, winter wheat, and spring-sown crops. By Utah (69 percent), and New Mexico (67 percent). On the same August 1, rangeland and pastures were rated more than three- date, topsoil moisture was rated more than three-quarters very quarters very poor to poor, ranging from 77 to 96 percent, in short to short in six of those states (Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Montana, and the Dakotas. On the same date, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, and Utah), along with North Dakota led the nation—among major production Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Vermont. states—in very poor to poor ratings for oats (55 percent; tied with South Dakota), soybeans (45 percent), corn (44 percent), On July 4, one-quarter to one-half of the spring wheat (50 while Montana led for barley (79 percent). percent), rangeland and pastures (42 percent), barley (39 percent), oats (30 percent) were rated in very poor to poor Summer crops in the heart of the Midwest fared better, condition. In contrast, good to excellent crop ratings were benefiting from abundant rainfall (through mid-July) and observed on the same date for more than two-thirds of mostly moderate temperatures. Although large sections of the predominantly Southern crops such as rice (73 percent), Midwest experienced a late-July drying trend, crops in much sorghum (72 percent), and peanuts (69 percent). Meanwhile, of the central and eastern Corn Belt were able to draw on drier June weather favored winter wheat maturation and plentiful soil moisture reserves. Southern crops also generally harvesting on the central Plains, although some rain-related fared well amid widespread showers and near- to below- harvest delays persisted across the southern Plains. The normal temperatures, with good to excellent ratings noted on majority of Midwestern crops—64 percent of the corn and 59 August 1 for 73 percent of the U.S. peanuts, 72 percent of the percent of the soybeans—were rated in good to excellent rice, and 60 percent of the cotton. condition by early July, though some drought-related crop stress was noted in the northwestern Corn Belt. Elsewhere, cool, rainy weather eased or eradicated Northeastern drought, while hotter, drier weather developed Farther east, pockets of excessive wetness plagued parts of the late in the month across the central and southern Plains. Most South and lower Midwest, disrupting fieldwork and resulting of the central and southern Plains’ crops were able to in some lowland flooding. June rainfall totaled 10 inches or withstand the short-term dryness by tapping into soil moisture more in scattered locations from northern Missouri to southern reserves, although pockets of triple-digit temperatures (100°F Michigan. Similar rainfall amounts occurred in parts of the or greater) arrived late in the month. eastern Gulf Coast region, including Florida, as well as the coastal Carolinas and portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and August: A complete summary appeared in the Weekly southeastern Arkansas. Near-normal temperatures, extending Weather and Crop Bulletin dated September 14, 2021. September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 13

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16 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021 National Weather Data for Selected Cities Summer 2021 Data Provided by Climate Prediction Center

TEMP, ˚F PRECIP. TEMP, ˚F PRECIP. TEMP, ˚F PRECIP. STATES STATES STATES AND AND AND

STATIONS TOTAL STATIONS TOTAL STATIONS TOTAL AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE AK ANCHORAGE 58 1 5.58 -0.48 WICHITA 79 0 9.15 -3.04 TOLEDO 75 4 11.83 1.94 BARROW 39 1 2.55 0.11 KY LEXINGTON 74 -1 18.86 6.50 YOUNGSTOWN 72 3 20.36 8.93 FAIRBANKS 62 2 6.56 1.15 LOUISVILLE 79 2 12.46 1.12 OK OKLAHOMA CITY 79 -2 12.96 1.84 JUNEAU 58 2 17.22 3.66 PADUCAH 78 1 12.15 0.87 TULSA 81 1 12.58 1.62 KODIAK 55 1 11.33 -4.10 LA BATON ROUGE 81 -1 27.24 7.41 OR ASTORIA 61 1 2.63 -2.13 NOME 50 0 10.91 4.60 LAKE CHARLES 83 1 21.00 3.64 BURNS 70 6 0.55 -1.07 AL BIRMINGHAM 80 0 24.74 11.59 NEW ORLEANS 84 2 25.96 5.96 EUGENE 70 5 1.60 -1.11 HUNTSVILLE 78 -1 21.01 9.06 SHREVEPORT 83 1 11.52 -0.22 MEDFORD 77 5 0.91 -0.50 MOBILE 80 -1 34.50 14.20 MA BOSTON 74 3 17.69 7.28 PENDLETON 75 5 0.33 -1.44 MONTGOMERY 81 0 17.15 3.91 WORCESTER 70 2 20.70 8.57 PORTLAND 72 5 1.28 -1.78 AR FORT SMITH 81 1 11.66 1.51 MD BALTIMORE 78 4 10.58 -0.20 SALEM 72 6 1.74 -0.78 LITTLE ROCK 81 -1 12.05 2.58 ME CARIBOU 66 3 8.62 -2.66 PA ALLENTOWN 73 2 14.57 1.60 AZ FLAGSTAFF 66 3 9.77 3.69 PORTLAND 69 2 12.37 1.89 ERIE 73 4 12.60 1.89 PHOENIX 94 1 3.39 1.29 MI ALPENA 69 4 10.33 1.50 MIDDLETOWN 77 3 15.59 4.23 PRESCOTT 75 2 5.86 0.72 GRAND RAPIDS 72 2 15.20 4.16 PHILADELPHIA 78 2 15.49 4.25 TUCSON 87 1 9.96 5.11 HOUGHTON LAKE 68 3 12.09 2.98 PITTSBURGH 73 2 13.17 1.58 CA BAKERSFIELD 87 5 0.00 -0.14 LANSING 73 3 14.85 5.37 WILKES-BARRE 73 3 13.69 2.49 EUREKA 56 -2 1.63 0.30 MUSKEGON 72 3 14.08 5.80 WILLIAMSPORT 74 3 14.00 1.90 FRESNO 86 5 0.00 -0.27 TRAVERSE CITY 71 4 14.55 5.04 RI PROVIDENCE 73 2 14.58 4.09 LOS ANGELES 68 0 0.13 -0.06 MN DULUTH 68 4 6.91 -4.83 SC CHARLESTON 80 -1 25.66 6.34 REDDING 84 5 0.01 -1.02 INT_L FALLS 67 4 5.28 -5.12 COLUMBIA 80 -1 19.32 3.89 SACRAMENTO 76 2 0.00 -0.30 MINNEAPOLIS 76 4 9.69 -2.91 FLORENCE 80 1 18.61 3.47 SAN DIEGO 71 2 0.24 0.10 ROCHESTER 71 0 12.26 -1.55 GREENVILLE 78 -1 12.81 -0.02 SAN FRANCISCO 65 1 0.00 -0.18 ST. CLOUD 71 3 7.11 -4.13 SD ABERDEEN 74 5 6.06 -3.03 STOCKTON 76 1 0.00 -0.11 MO COLUMBIA 78 3 17.80 4.57 HURON 74 3 5.78 -3.50 CO ALAMOSA 65 3 2.11 -0.65 KANSAS CITY 78 2 14.97 1.41 RAPID CITY 72 3 7.17 1.25 CO SPRINGS 72 4 5.62 -3.02 SAINT LOUIS 80 2 14.71 3.33 SIOUX FALLS 75 5 11.87 1.87 DENVER INTL 75 3 1.54 -4.28 SPRINGFIELD 77 1 8.73 -3.34 TN BRISTOL 75 2 12.66 0.61 GRAND JUNCTION 79 3 2.13 0.05 MS JACKSON 81 1 16.30 3.09 CHATTANOOGA 79 1 20.91 8.47 PUEBLO 76 3 7.78 2.04 MERIDIAN 80 0 23.48 9.92 KNOXVILLE 78 0 14.43 2.32 CT BRIDGEPORT 74 2 12.25 1.23 TUPELO 81 1 28.95 17.12 MEMPHIS 81 0 12.43 1.34 HARTFORD 73 2 21.53 9.08 MT BILLINGS 74 5 2.86 -1.33 NASHVILLE 80 2 17.80 6.90 DC WASHINGTON 79 2 17.56 7.17 BUTTE 64 4 2.00 -2.96 TX ABILENE 82 0 4.08 -3.92 DE WILMINGTON 76 2 8.75 -2.94 CUT BANK 65 3 2.38 -2.63 AMARILLO 78 1 4.57 -4.29 FL DAYTONA BEACH 82 1 20.62 2.59 GLASGOW 74 6 2.68 -2.67 AUSTIN 84 0 9.78 1.22 JACKSONVILLE 81 -1 21.67 1.90 GREAT FALLS 68 4 2.97 -2.61 BEAUMONT 83 0 21.45 3.01 KEY WEST 84 0 14.21 1.15 HAVRE 70 4 1.67 -3.30 BROWNSVILLE 85 1 10.98 3.96 MIAMI 84 0 23.85 -1.20 MISSOULA 70 4 2.41 -1.87 CORPUS CHRISTI 84 0 14.67 5.66 ORLANDO 83 1 18.49 -3.50 NC ASHEVILLE 73 1 22.62 9.18 DEL RIO 88 3 7.06 0.76 PENSACOLA 83 1 31.56 10.77 CHARLOTTE 79 2 11.47 -0.15 EL PASO 83 1 9.49 4.99 TALLAHASSEE 82 0 15.87 -6.38 GREENSBORO 77 0 12.25 0.19 FORT WORTH 84 0 7.69 -0.24 TAMPA 85 2 26.92 5.35 HATTERAS 80 3 21.85 5.87 GALVESTON 85 1 16.88 0.00 WEST PALM BEACH 83 1 20.60 -1.44 RALEIGH 79 0 15.82 3.32 HOUSTON 85 1 13.19 -0.26 GA ATHENS 80 1 17.11 4.92 WILMINGTON 80 1 30.61 10.52 LUBBOCK 79 0 8.87 2.04 ATLANTA 79 0 19.20 6.09 ND BISMARCK 75 6 4.19 -4.11 MIDLAND 80 -2 8.03 2.59 AUGUSTA 81 1 20.56 7.15 DICKINSON 71 4 5.19 -2.01 SAN ANGELO 82 0 13.70 7.65 COLUMBUS 80 -1 16.44 4.21 FARGO 73 4 7.00 -2.24 SAN ANTONIO 83 -1 7.79 -1.20 MACON 80 0 17.20 4.07 GRAND FORKS 71 4 7.95 -1.50 VICTORIA 84 0 19.40 7.91 SAVANNAH 81 -1 17.79 -0.31 JAMESTOWN 72 5 4.50 -4.08 WACO 83 -1 9.67 2.41 HI HILO 77 1 18.88 -9.14 NE GRAND ISLAND 76 3 9.15 -1.67 WICHITA FALLS 81 -1 9.76 1.54 HONOLULU 81 0 0.43 -0.96 LINCOLN 77 2 9.52 -1.67 UT SALT LAKE CITY 81 6 2.87 0.56 KAHULUI 79 0 1.38 0.11 NORFOLK 75 3 10.17 -0.65 VA LYNCHBURG 77 4 10.14 -1.06 LIHUE 81 2 4.12 -1.50 NORTH PLATTE 75 4 7.27 -1.46 NORFOLK 80 2 12.67 -2.29 IA BURLINGTON 75 -1 14.56 1.52 OMAHA 78 3 13.29 1.50 RICHMOND 78 1 17.78 4.65 CEDAR RAPIDS 73 2 5.56 -8.36 SCOTTSBLUFF 75 4 2.39 -3.57 ROANOKE 77 2 12.72 1.34 DES MOINES 76 2 9.96 -3.63 VALENTINE 77 5 6.36 -2.54 WASH/DULLES 77 2 10.66 -0.46 DUBUQUE 72 2 12.93 -0.24 NH CONCORD 70 2 17.04 6.48 VT BURLINGTON 72 3 10.83 -0.91 SIOUX CITY 74 2 6.65 -3.87 NJ ATLANTIC_CITY 76 2 16.43 5.52 WA OLYMPIA 65 3 3.25 -0.13 WATERLOO 75 3 8.73 -5.46 NEWARK 78 3 19.37 6.88 QUILLAYUTE 60 2 3.38 -4.58 ID BOISE 78 5 1.49 0.13 NM ALBUQUERQUE 78 2 2.33 -1.44 SEATTLE-TACOMA 67 3 2.01 -1.17 LEWISTON 78 7 0.65 -1.98 NV ELY 68 4 1.49 -0.80 SPOKANE 73 6 0.69 -1.82 POCATELLO 71 4 1.48 -0.76 LAS VEGAS 93 3 0.43 -0.46 YAKIMA 75 7 0.21 -0.98 IL CHICAGO/O_HARE 75 3 12.96 0.94 RENO 77 5 0.15 -0.85 WI EAU CLAIRE 72 3 11.19 -1.30 MOLINE 76 2 10.69 -2.65 WINNEMUCCA 76 7 0.67 -0.42 GREEN BAY 71 4 17.12 6.43 PEORIA 76 2 12.46 1.94 NY ALBANY 69 -1 14.65 3.30 LA CROSSE 75 4 20.85 7.88 ROCKFORD 75 3 7.09 -6.12 BINGHAMTON 69 2 18.10 6.67 MADISON 72 3 9.37 -3.65 SPRINGFIELD 76 1 14.86 3.23 BUFFALO 73 3 12.77 2.69 MILWAUKEE 74 4 4.21 -7.30 IN EVANSVILLE 77 1 13.02 2.37 ROCHESTER 71 2 10.87 0.81 WV BECKLEY 71 2 12.49 -0.03 FORT WAYNE 73 2 13.78 1.74 SYRACUSE 73 4 19.31 8.72 CHARLESTON 75 1 12.18 -0.83 INDIANAPOLIS 75 1 15.77 3.82 OH AKRON-CANTON 74 4 16.15 4.71 ELKINS 71 2 11.28 -2.35 SOUTH BEND 74 3 17.48 5.98 CINCINNATI 75 1 17.48 6.33 HUNTINGTON 75 1 21.05 8.91 KS CONCORDIA 79 2 8.16 -2.97 CLEVELAND 73 1 18.16 7.82 WY CASPER 70 3 4.68 0.78 DODGE CITY 79 2 4.21 -4.79 COLUMBUS 75 2 14.31 2.18 CHEYENNE 70 3 3.60 -2.86 GOODLAND 75 2 2.86 -6.53 DAYTON 75 3 12.69 1.41 LANDER 71 3 2.69 -0.02 TOPEKA 78 2 11.57 -1.90 MANSFIELD 74 4 12.96 -0.61 SHERIDAN 71 4 1.75 -2.27

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National Agricultural Summary September 20 – 26, 2021 Weekly National Agricultural Summary provided by USDA/NASS

HIGHLIGHTS

The western half of the nation was drier than northern Rockies, Pacific Coast, and Southwest. normal, except in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, Much of New England, as well as some locations in where at least twice the normal amount of weekly Montana and North Dakota, recorded temperatures precipitation was recorded. In contrast, most of the averaging 6°F or more above normal. In contrast, it eastern half of the country received above-average was cooler than normal in the lower Mississippi amounts of rain. Parts of the Great Lakes, mid- Valley and large sections of the southern Plains, Atlantic, Ohio Valley, Southeast, and central Rockies, and Southeast. Parts of Alabama, Valley received weekly rainfall totaling 3 inches or Kentucky, the lower Mississippi Valley, and more. Meanwhile, it was warmer than normal for Tennessee recorded temperatures 4°F or more most of the Great Lakes, Northeast, northern Plains, below normal for the week.

Corn: By September 26, ninety-seven percent of this year’s harvested, 2 percentage points behind last year and 3 points corn acreage was denting, 1 percentage point behind last year behind average. On September 26, sixty-five percent of the but 3 points ahead of the 5-year average. Seventy-four percent cotton acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, of the nation’s corn was mature by September 26, 1 percentage point above the previous week and 22 points above one percentage point ahead of last year and 10 points ahead of the same time last year. average. During the week, corn maturation advanced 11 percentage points or more in 15 of the 18 estimating states. Sorghum: Ninety-six percent of the nation’s sorghum was at Eighteen percent of the 2021 corn acreage was harvested by or beyond the coloring stage by September 26, one percentage week’s end, 4 percentage points ahead of last year and 3 points point ahead of last year and 2 points ahead of the 5-year average. ahead of the average harvest pace. On September 26, fifty- Coloring was at or nearing completion in all estimating states. nine percent of the nation’s corn was rated in good to excellent By September 26, sixty-five percent of the sorghum was condition, unchanged from the previous week but 2 percentage mature, 5 percentage points ahead of last year and 9 points points below the same time last year. ahead of average. Ninety percent of Texas’ sorghum was mature by September 26, equal to last year but 6 percentage : Nationally, leaf drop was 75 percent complete by points ahead of average. Thirty-one percent of the 2021 September 26, three percentage points ahead of last year and 9 sorghum acreage had been harvested by September 26, points ahead of the 5-year average. During the week, leaf drop one percentage point ahead of last year but 1 point behind advanced 10 percentage points or more in 16 of the average. Fifty-six percent of the nation’s sorghum was rated in 18 estimating states. Soybean harvest across the nation was good to excellent condition on September 26, unchanged from 16 percent complete by week’s end, 2 percentage points behind the previous week but 5 percentage points above the same time last year but 3 points ahead of average. On September 26, fifty- last year. eight percent of the nation’s soybean acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week but Rice: Nationally, 61 percent of the rice acreage was harvested 6 percentage points below the same time last year. by September 26, five percentage points ahead of last year but 5 points behind the 5-year average. Winter Wheat: Nationwide, producers had sown 34 percent of the intended 2022 winter wheat acreage by September 26, Other Crops: Ten percent of the nation’s peanut acreage was one percentage point ahead of last year and 2 points ahead of the harvested by September 26, equal to last year but 6 percentage 5-year average. Planting progress was most advanced in points behind the 5-year average. On September 26, seventy- Washington—67 percent planted, 9 percentage points ahead of one percent of the peanut acreage was rated in good to excellent last year and 7 points ahead of average. Nationwide, 9 percent condition, unchanged from the previous week but 8 percentage of the winter wheat acreage had emerged by September 26, points above the same time last year. equal to last year but 1 percentage point ahead of average. By September 26, sugarbeet producers had harvested 14 percent Cotton: By September 26, sixty percent of the nation’s cotton of the nation’s crop, 6 percentage points behind last year and 3 had open bolls, 5 percentage points behind last year and 4 points points behind the 5-year average. behind the 5-year average. Advances of 10 percentage points or more from the previous week occurred in 10 of the 15 estimating By September 26, two percent of this year’s sunflower crop was states. By September 26, eleven percent of the cotton was harvested, 1 percentage point ahead of last year.

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Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS

Corn Percent Dented Corn Percent Mature Corn Percent Harvested Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg CO 96 91 96 92 CO 53 36 53 42 CO 12 4 16 7 IL 98 96 97 95 IL 70 72 83 69 IL 12 11 21 18 IN 95 94 97 93 IN 64 55 72 64 IN 11 9 15 13 IA 97 93 97 95 IA 80 50 72 64 IA 11 4 9 6 KS 98 93 97 97 KS 82 62 81 79 KS 27 20 36 30 KY 98 89 91 97 KY 90 75 82 88 KY 51 28 39 52 MI 95 80 89 85 MI 52 44 57 43 MI 3 2 7 3 MN 99 94 97 94 MN 82 59 75 57 MN 5 6 10 3 MO 99 96 100 98 MO 68 73 86 80 MO 19 17 34 34 NE 99 94 97 97 NE 78 54 71 66 NE 13 7 13 10 NC 100 100 100 100 NC 96 96 97 97 NC 72 66 77 80 ND 89 90 96 88 ND 55 43 65 47 ND 4 3 9 3 OH 92 91 95 88 OH 44 49 65 46 OH 4 3 6 6 PA 94 72 86 89 PA 61 8 30 58 PA 5 1 2 11 SD 99 95 98 93 SD 78 50 70 55 SD 9 4 10 5 TN 100 98 100 100 TN 87 79 90 94 TN 38 31 43 62 TX 100 98 100 98 TX 88 85 94 82 TX 70 70 83 69 WI 95 90 96 86 WI 67 36 61 48 WI 4 1 5 3 18 Sts 98 93 97 94 18 Sts 73 57 74 64 18 Sts 14 10 18 15 These 18 States planted 92% These 18 States planted 92% These 18 States harvested 94% of last year's corn acreage. of last year's corn acreage. of last year's corn acreage.

Corn Condition by Sorghum Percent Coloring Sorghum Percent Mature Percent Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr VP P F G EX Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg CO 14 20 25 33 8 CO 91 96 98 92 CO 52 39 53 36 IL 1 4 23 51 21 KS 95 89 95 93 KS 43 37 53 40 IN 2 5 23 57 13 NE 97 96 98 97 NE 68 35 62 55 IA 2 8 31 49 10 OK 89 87 94 90 OK 49 35 60 53 KS 8 13 25 44 10 SD 99 98 100 91 SD 72 42 66 45 KY 2 5 14 64 15 TX 96 95 97 96 TX 90 83 90 84 MI 2 5 22 54 17 6 Sts 95 92 96 94 6 Sts 60 51 65 56 MN 9 17 36 32 6 These 6 States planted 100% These 6 States planted 100% MO 2 7 24 54 13 of last year's sorghum acreage. of last year's sorghum acreage. NE 4 7 19 46 24 NC 1 2 16 62 19 Sorghum Percent Harvested Sorghum Condition by ND 16 26 41 17 0 Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Percent OH 0 5 20 59 16 Year Week 2021 Avg VP P F G EX PA 0 1 13 72 14 CO 16 8 10 5 CO 9 10 19 48 14 SD 16 26 35 21 2 KS 5 5 11 7 KS 5 9 29 48 9 TN 0 2 16 58 24 NE 6 3 11 9 NE 8 16 29 34 13 TX 1 9 29 44 17 OK 19 0 10 24 OK 10 23 28 31 8 WI 3 5 16 46 30 SD 14 5 18 7 SD 15 33 33 19 0 18 Sts 5 10 26 45 14 TX 84 73 80 76 TX 1 8 28 48 15 Prev Wk 5 10 26 45 14 6 Sts 30 25 31 32 6 Sts 5 11 28 45 11 Prev Yr 5 9 25 47 14 These 6 States harvested 100% Prev Wk 4 11 29 46 10 of last year's sorghum acreage. Prev Yr 6 12 31 40 11 September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 19

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS

Soybeans Percent Dropping Soybeans Percent Harvested Soybean Condition by Leaves Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Percent Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Year Week 2021 Avg VP P F G EX Year Week 2021 Avg AR 16 15 25 26 AR 2 6 28 44 20 AR 58 52 67 65 IL 10 1 10 11 IL 2 4 22 52 20 IL 58 54 66 59 IN 15 8 13 12 IN 3 6 25 56 10 IN 78 64 80 68 IA 27 4 18 11 IA 2 6 30 51 11 IA 81 53 77 67 KS 9 0 4 5 KS 5 9 28 50 8 KS 65 36 57 52 KY 16 9 17 15 KY 2 5 16 64 13 KY 52 38 48 48 LA 71 41 54 68 LA 1 3 9 77 10 LA 91 67 76 89 MI 11 5 12 7 MI 2 6 23 54 15 MI 86 76 89 68 MN 28 11 30 15 MN 8 18 39 31 4 MN 87 74 90 76 MS 30 29 36 43 MS 2 2 15 67 14 MS 73 63 70 78 MO 1 1 5 4 MO 2 6 28 56 8 MO 28 26 50 36 NE 26 4 17 15 NE 3 6 20 49 22 NE 91 71 87 81 NC 4 1 5 7 NC 2 10 29 53 6 NC 37 35 51 44 ND 24 11 26 16 ND 15 28 41 16 0 ND 86 80 91 87 OH 11 2 5 8 OH 1 6 25 55 13 OH 72 59 78 65 SD 26 3 17 13 SD 11 25 40 22 2 SD 89 79 92 78 TN 11 5 9 15 TN 0 4 21 58 17 TN 50 37 48 61 WI 9 2 11 5 WI 3 6 16 51 24 WI 76 52 80 62 18 Sts 18 6 16 13 18 Sts 4 10 28 47 11 18 Sts 72 58 75 66 These 18 States harvested 96% Prev Wk 4 10 28 47 11 These 18 States planted 96% of last year's soybean acreage. Prev Yr 3 7 26 51 13 of last year's soybean acreage.

Cotton Percent Bolls Opening Cotton Percent Harvested Cotton Condition by Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Percent Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg VP P F G EX AL 74 41 51 78 AL 0 1 3 4 AL 0 5 21 67 7 AZ 99 95 96 96 AZ 15 12 14 16 AZ 0 3 17 53 27 AR 94 79 95 94 AR 5 0 3 13 AR 0 1 11 42 46 CA 53 70 80 52 CA 0 0 0 0 CA 0 0 15 85 0 GA 73 54 67 79 GA 4 1 2 8 GA 2 8 30 51 9 KS 52 46 54 46 KS 1 0 1 1 KS 0 3 41 54 2 LA 97 85 95 97 LA 22 6 11 29 LA 0 3 39 55 3 MS 82 66 73 85 MS 9 2 4 15 MS 4 5 20 58 13 MO 86 55 70 79 MO 3 0 0 7 MO 0 5 26 69 0 NC 58 53 67 73 NC 1 1 2 3 NC 2 9 35 47 7 OK 54 57 68 57 OK 0 0 0 1 OK 0 7 19 73 1 SC 55 45 54 69 SC 0 0 1 5 SC 0 0 22 58 20 TN 64 20 40 77 TN 2 0 0 7 TN 3 9 20 60 8 TX 59 42 54 54 TX 22 19 21 19 TX 1 4 33 53 9 VA 55 56 64 63 VA 1 2 2 1 VA 0 2 22 73 3 15 Sts 65 48 60 64 15 Sts 13 9 11 14 15 Sts 1 5 29 55 10 These 15 States planted 99% These 15 States harvested 99% Prev Wk 1 7 28 51 13 of last year's cotton acreage. of last year's cotton acreage. Prev Yr 10 14 33 36 7 20 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS

Peanuts Percent Harvested Peanut Condition by Rice Percent Harvested Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Percent Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Year Week 2021 Avg VP P F G EX Year Week 2021 Avg AL 114 1215AL 0 1 136323AR 55486172 FL 30 17 28 36 FL 1 3 28 66 2 CA 20 18 25 17 GA 7 3 717GA1 4265712LA 94919495 NC 4 1 4 7 NC 2 6 21 62 9 MS 56 64 71 73 OK 2 0 0 1 OK 0 0 25 75 0 MO 25 26 38 52 SC 12 5 10 12 SC 0 1 7 76 16 TX 99 92 94 98 TX 7 0 4 3 TX 0 1 38 51 10 6 Sts 56 51 61 66 VA 13 3 17 14 VA 0 0 19 77 4 These 6 States harvested 100% 8 Sts 10 4 10 16 8 Sts 1 3 25 59 12 of last year's rice acreage. These 8 States harvested 96% Prev Wk 1 3 25 60 11 of last year's peanut acreage. Prev Yr 3 8 26 53 10

Sugarbeets Percent Harvested Sunflowers Percent Harvested Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg ID 23 14 16 23 CO 0 NA 0 0 MI 30 20 25 20 KS 0 NA 3 1 MN 17 10 11 14 ND 5 0 2 2 ND 15 11 13 15 SD 2 NA 2 1 4 Sts 20 12 14 17 4 Sts 1 NA 2 0 These 4 States harvested 85% These 4 States harvested 87% of last year's sugarbeet acreage. of last year's sunflower acreage.

Winter Wheat Percent Planted Winter Wheat Percent Emerged Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 26 5-Yr Year Week 2021 Avg Year Week 2021 Avg AR 2 1 4 4 AR 0 0 0 0 CA 9 0 5 8 CA 0 0 0 0 CO 63 48 57 55 CO 18 15 25 23 ID 35 34 54 40 ID 8 4 15 10 IL 7 0 2 4 IL 0 0 0 0 IN 12 6 11 8 IN 0 0 3 0 KS 32 13 27 25 KS 9 1 6 7 MI 24 10 17 18 MI 5 0 4 3 MO 1 0 1 4 MO 0 0 0 1 MT 31 26 42 32 MT 5 3 10 4 NE 57 35 61 62 NE 13 5 20 22 NC 2 3 6 1 NC 0 0 0 0 OH 12 2 5 10 OH 0 0 1 0 OK 25 15 28 28 OK 6 1 5 3 OR 16 7 10 23 OR 5 0 1 5 SD 51 33 58 50 SD 15 1 4 12 TX 29 20 37 32 TX 4 0 10 6 WA 58 58 67 60 WA 30 16 26 26 18 Sts 33 21 34 32 18 Sts 9 3 9 8 These 18 States planted 90% These 18 States planted 90% of last year's winter wheat acreage. of last year's winter wheat acreage. September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 21

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS

Pasture and Range Condition by Percent Week Ending Sep 26, 2021 VP P F G EX VP P F G EX AL 0 2 9 77 12 NH 0 0 20 65 15 AZ 2 5 32 54 7 NJ 0 4 9 83 4 AR 10 22 47 19 2 NM 9 28 50 13 0 CA 45 25 15 15 0 NY 1 6 9 67 17 CO 15 20 22 30 13 NC 2 14 45 38 1 CT 0 0 10 70 20 ND 48 28 18 6 0 DE 1 9 49 31 10 OH 0 7 37 51 5 FL 1 3 20 52 24 OK 5 16 47 31 1 VP - Very Poor; P - Poor; GA 3 7 24 57 9 OR 69 17 11 3 0 F - Fair; ID 28 29 28 15 0 PA 0 6 23 65 6 G - Good; EX - Excellent IL 6 14 33 40 7 RI 0 0 20 62 18 IN 6 13 38 39 4 SC 0 2 14 72 12 NA - Not Available IA 10 21 39 28 2 SD 46 36 15 3 0 * Revised KS 9 17 40 32 2 TN 2 7 28 53 10 KY 2 5 29 53 11 TX 15 22 37 23 3 LA 0 5 40 51 4 UT 21 37 32 10 0 ME 0 1 36 37 26 VT 0 2 19 79 0 MD 0 6 49 40 5 VA 2 16 47 31 4 MA 0 0 10 70 20 WA 80 18 1 1 0 MI 2 16 31 44 7 WV 2 5 20 70 3 MN 26 29 32 11 2 WI 9 10 17 44 20 MS 2 8 36 46 8 WY 32 36 25 7 0 MO 4 12 41 40 3 48 Sts 23 23 31 20 3 MT 58 34 8 0 0 NE 12 15 56 15 2 Prev Wk 23 23 30 21 3 NV 45 30 25 0 0 Prev Yr 17 23 34 23 3 22 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 23

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS 24 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 28, 2021

Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 26, 2021 Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS September 28, 2021 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 25

International Weather and Crop Summary

September 19-25, 2021 International Weather and Crop Highlights and Summaries provided by USDA/WAOB

HIGHLIGHTS

EUROPE: Additional showers boosted moisture supplies in : Dry weather in the west and northeast reduced southern and western growing areas, though rainfall deficits soil moisture for reproductive to filling winter grains and oilseeds. lingered in parts of the Balkans. ARGENTINA: Rain benefited reproductive winter grains over WESTERN FSU: Widespread moderate to heavy rain halted parts of central Argentina. summer crop harvesting but left soils with vastly improved moisture supplies for winter wheat establishment versus last year. : Showers provided timely moisture for soybean germination in sections of central Brazil. MIDDLE EAST: Some additional showers were reported in Turkey, while the rest of the region remained seasonably dry. MEXICO: Light rain returned to northwestern watersheds, as conditions favored immature summer crops elsewhere. SOUTH : Late-season rainfall benefited most kharif crops in . CANADIAN PRAIRIES: Dry weather supported spring grain and oilseed harvesting across the region. EASTERN ASIA: Passing showers in eastern and southern China were untimely for mature summer crops but boosted SOUTHEASTERN CANADA: Widespread, locally heavy moisture reserves for the upcoming winter crop season. showers disrupted autumn fieldwork but provided abundant moisture for emerging winter wheat. SOUTHEAST ASIA: A tropical brought deluges to portions of Indochina and Thailand, while the was off to an early start in southern Indonesia.

Widespread Showers (Western FSU) Dry Showers Wetter Dry (S&W ) Rain (Turkey) Untimely Showers Dianmu Showers Return (NW Mexico)

Late-Season Showers Rainfall (India) Drier Local Showers (C Argentina) Rain Needed (S Brazil) Drier

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EUROPE Additional widespread showers favored winter crop moisture for winter crops in the north but did little to ease establishment but slowed fieldwork across much of Europe, lingering long-term deficits in the drier parts of the Balkans though dry weather prevailed in central portions of the (60-day rainfall locally less than 50 percent of normal). . A pair of disturbances triggered moderate to heavy Showers were likewise inconsistent in England, with some rain (10-50 mm, locally more than 100 mm) across France, growing areas topping 25 mm while others reported no rain at , and Italy, with some storms producing flooding and all. Germany was mostly dry, enabling summer crop drydown locally . The rainfall impeded summer crop and harvesting as well as winter crop planting; soil moisture in harvesting and winter crop planting, though western France Germany remained favorable due to a very wet August. remained overall dry. The cool wet season has gotten off to a Temperatures covered a wide spectrum across Europe, with good start in Spain and northern Italy, while producers in warmth in the northwest (2-4°C above normal in England) southern Italy awaited the onset of seasonal which were giving way to near-normal temperatures in central Europe and now running nearly a month behind schedule. Highly variable cooler-than-normal conditions (up to 5°C below normal) in showers over eastern Europe (2-30 mm) maintained good soil Spain and the eastern Balkans.

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WESTERN FSU Widespread moderate to heavy rain halted fieldwork but left soil example, regional-average rainfall in Krasnodar Krai moisture supplies vastly improved over the same time last year. (southwestern Russia) since August 1 has totaled 235 mm, Rainfall tallied 10 to 70 mm (locally more near the central and nearly 3 the long-term average of 80 mm and almost 200 eastern Black Sea Coast) across the entire region save for mm more than last year’s 45 mm at the same juncture. In fact, Moldova and immediate environs (5-10 mm), bringing seasonal producers would welcome drier weather to resume summer crop fieldwork to a standstill but boosting moisture supplies for harvesting and other fieldwork activities. The rain was winter crops. Prospects for winter wheat establishment are accompanied and followed by unusually chilly weather, with vastly improved over last autumn’s drought, especially from temperatures averaging 3 to 6°C below normal over the western eastern Ukraine into western and southwestern Russia. For half of the region and 1 to 3°C below normal elsewhere.

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MIDDLE EAST Lingering showers in Turkey contrasted with seasonably The recent early-season moisture likely encouraged sowing dry weather elsewhere. Early-week showers in Turkey of winter wheat and barley across central Turkey, while netted northern portions of the country another 10 to 75 mm wheat areas in southern and southeastern Turkey typically (locally more), though key winter grain areas on the do not see cool-season rains until October. Sunny skies Anatolian Plateau reported 5 mm or less. Another smaller prevailed from the eastern Mediterranean Coast into Iran, area of light to moderate rain (2-25 mm) was noted near with the onset of seasonal rains typically occurring during Adana along the country’s eastern Mediterranean Coast. October in these locales as well.

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SOUTH ASIA Monsoon showers continued across India, providing late- remained well below average (66 percent of normal). season moisture to kharif crops. With only a few pockets of Elsewhere, showery weather (50-100 mm or more) was dry weather observed, most areas recorded 25 to 100 mm or untimely in northern India and nearby portions of Pakistan as more. The late-season rainfall continued to be particularly cotton and rice mature and harvest is set to begin. beneficial to western cotton and oilseeds, following poor Meanwhile, a tropical cyclone (Gulab) was approaching the moisture conditions in July and much of August. eastern coast of India by week’s end, with peak sustained Additionally, moisture improved in eastern rice areas (Odisha winds of 40 knots (more information on rainfall totals will to eastern Madhya Pradesh), although 90-day rainfall totals appear in next week’s summary).

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EASTERN ASIA Passing showers throughout the week across eastern and sowing set to begin in the coming weeks. Temperatures were southern China were generally unwelcome for mature summer near normal in the northeast corridor, with no signs of an early crops as well as some early harvesting. Rainfall totals varied freeze, and much above normal (up to 6°C above normal) in the between 10 and 50 mm in the northeast and south to over 150 south. Meanwhile, dry, locally warmer-than-normal weather in mm on the North China Plain. Although untimely for summer western China aided cotton maturation and harvesting while crops, the showers boosted moisture reserves for winter crop maintaining the high yields and quality typical for the area.

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SOUTHEAST ASIA A late-week tropical cyclone (Dianmu) moved into central deficits for rain-fed rice and boosted irrigation supplies for , bringing downpours to the northern half of the the upcoming crop. Elsewhere, seasonable rain country. Weekly rainfall totals were between 150 to 300 (25-150 mm) covered most of the Philippines, with only the mm or more up into key rice-producing areas of the Red northern-most reaches receiving lesser amounts. River Delta. Additionally, the remnants of Dianmu tracked Meanwhile, the wet season was off to a much earlier-than- westward through southern Laos into Thailand, pushing normal start in southern Indonesia (4-7 weeks earlier than weekly rainfall totals in these areas over 150 mm as well. normal across the western half of Java), as rainfall totals In all, severe flooding was limited to locales where the over the last 60 days surpassed 200 mm. Although moisture highest totals occurred. Most of the region welcomed the conditions are favorable now for rice, most growers will influx of rain to eradicate lingering seasonal moisture likely wait for the normal sowing window (Oct-Nov).

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AUSTRALIA Scattered showers (5-25 mm) benefited local winter grain moisture profile prior to sowing, and significant follow-up and oilseed development in southeastern Australia. rains after planting promoted crop development during the Elsewhere in the wheat belt, however, mostly dry weather first half of the growing season. In the northeast, the sunny reduced soil moisture for reproductive to filling winter weather during the past week favored early cotton, grains and oilseeds. Although rainfall has tapered off sorghum, and other summer crop planting. Cooler-than- recently in many areas, winter crop prospects remained normal weather (2-3ºC below normal) reduced evaporative good to excellent throughout most of Australia. Abundant losses in southern and eastern Australia, while near-normal rainfall earlier in the helped fill the soil temperatures prevailed in the west.

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ARGENTINA Scattered showers increased moisture for germination of production areas, with accumulations of 10 to 35 mm early-planted summer crops as well as for winter grains bringing localized relief from highs reaching the entering reproduction. Light to moderate rain (1-25 mm) upper 30s and lower 40s. In contrast, dry weather fell in recently dry farming areas of La Pampa, southern continued in high-yielding farming areas of central Cordoba, and southern and western Buenos Aires. Weekly Argentina (northern Buenos Aires and environs), where temperatures averaged near to above normal, with daytime additional moisture will be needed as summer crop planting highs in the southern and central 20s (degrees C), though becomes widespread. According to the government of lingering slowed grain growth in traditionally cooler Argentina, sunflowers were 20 percent planted as of locations in southern Buenos Aires. Warm, showery September 23, lagging last year’s pace by 3 points; corn weather also prevailed across Argentina’s northern-most was 11 percent planted, 5 points behind last year.

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BRAZIL Scattered showers continued over sections of central Brazil, year average. Showers were patchy and light farther south, helping to condition fields for soybean planting and with rainfall totaling just 5 to 25 mm from southern Parana supporting its early stages. Rainfall totaled 10 to 25 mm – southward, and near complete dryness elsewhere. Daytime locally approaching 50 mm – across northern Mato Grosso highs reached 40°C in the drier spots, hastening maturation eastward to Tocantins and northern Goias. Drier weather of wheat while drying topsoils ahead of summer crop prevailed elsewhere, however, limiting opportunities for planting. According to the government of Parana, wheat early planting. Additionally, heat (daytime highs reaching was 11 percent harvested as of September 20, with 58 the lower 40s degrees C) maintained high evaporative percent of the remaining crop mature or harvested; losses even in areas receiving rainfall. According to the soybeans were 3 percent planted. In Rio Grande do Sul, 86 government of Mato Grosso, soybeans were 1 percent percent of wheat had reportedly reached flowering by planted as of September 24, which is comparable to the 5- September 23, with 4 percent mature.

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MEXICO Scattered showers returned to the northwest, following several reaching the upper 30s and lower 40s degrees C) maintained weeks of diminished monsoon rainfall. Amounts totaled 10 to high evaporative losses and increased moisture demands on 50 mm – locally higher – from Durango northwestward toward . Farther south, widespread moderate to heavy rain the U.S. border. Similar amounts were recorded in the (10-100 mm, locally higher) provided a late-season boost in northeast (Coahuila to southern Tamaulipas), benefiting moisture for immature corn and other rain-fed summer crops immature summer crops as well as increasing reservoir levels. while also increasing irrigation reserves for crops grown Across the north, however, summer heat (daytime highs during the winter dry season.

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CANADIAN PRAIRIES Dry, warmer-than-normal weather promoted rapid to record a season-ending freeze, favoring late developing maturation and harvesting across the region. Most areas corn and soybeans. According to provincial reports were completely dry, though a few pockets of light rainfall released during the third week of September, harvesting of (1-5 mm) were recorded in southern Manitoba and eastern all crops reached 79 percent in Alberta, 89 percent in Alberta. Weekly average temperatures ranged from 2 to Saskatchewan, and 78 percent in Manitoba. 5°C above normal, with several reports of temperatures reaching 30°C along and near the U.S. border. Nighttime This is the final weekly summary of the growing season; lows dropped below freezing in southwestern Manitoba but weekly coverage will resume in of 2022 upon farming areas from the Red River Valley eastward have yet commencement of spring crop planting.

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SOUTHEASTERN CANADA Widespread, locally heavy rain overspread Ontario and southern Quebec, with daytime temperatures peaking into Quebec, slowing autumn fieldwork but providing abundant the middle and upper 20s (degrees C) in major production moisture for winter wheat establishment. Most areas. Nighttime lows reached 0°C locally but no agricultural districts recorded rainfall totaling 25 to 100 widespread freeze was reported. mm, though lesser amounts were recorded in Quebec’s eastern farming areas. Weekly average temperatures This is the final weekly summary of the growing season; ranged from near normal in southern Ontario’s western weekly coverage will resume in May of 2022 upon production areas to as much as 5°C above normal in commencement of summer crop planting.

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On September 16, 2021, the Archie Creek Bootleg Moderate Resolution Im- aging Spectroradiometer Fire (2020) Fire Cougar (MODIS) on board (2021) NASA’s Terra satellite ac- Oregon Peak quired a false-color image Upper Fire of northern California and southern Oregon, showing Klamath (2021) massive burn scars—some Slater Lake from 2020 and some from Fire Antelope this year. In fact, nine of the seventeen largest wild- (2020) Fire fires in California state (2021) history occurred in 2020 or River 2021, led by last year’s Complex August Complex (1.03 (2021) million acres) and this year’s Dixie Fire (0.96 million acres). Dixie Monument Fire Pyramid Fire (2021) Lake August (2021) Complex Beckwourth (2020) North Complex Nevada Complex (2021) (2020) Lake Pacific Tahoe California Caldor Fire Tamarack (2021) Fire (2021)

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