weather WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN · 9/5/2018 · September 5, 2018 Weekly Weather and Crop...

Volume 105, No. 36 http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather September 5, 2018

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Contents

Crop Moisture Maps ................................................................. 2 Palmer Drought Maps ............................................................... 3 Extreme Maximum & Minimum Temperature Maps .................. 4 Temperature Departure Map .................................................... 5 August 28 Drought Monitor & U.S. Monthly Drought Outlook ............................................ 6 Growing Degree Day Maps ...................................................... 7 National Weather Data for Selected Cities ............................... 9 National Agricultural Summary ............................................... 12 Crop Progress and Condition Tables ...................................... 13 International Weather and Crop Summary & August Temperature/Precipitation Table ......................... 19 Bulletin Information & Pan Evaporation Map .......................... 34

WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN

renching rains (2 to 8 inches or more) in the upper Midwest sparked widespread flooding, while late-

season heat (5 to 10°F above normal) in the southern and eastern Corn Belt promoted corn and soybean maturation. Some of the most severe flooding unfolded early in the week across southern Wisconsin. Meanwhile, hot, humid weather covered much of the South and East, maintaining a rapid pace of summer crop development. Except in areas where locally heavy showers occurred, the heat also favored Southern fieldwork, including harvesting of crops

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board

HIGHLIGHTS August 26 – September 1, 2018

Highlights provided by USDA/WAOB

2 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin September 5, 2018

September 5, 2018 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 3

September 5, 2018 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 5 (Continued from front cover) such as corn, rice, and sorghum. Southern showers were heaviest along the Gulf Coast, well in advance of the September 3 formation of Tropical Storm Gordon. Farther west, hot, dry weather gripped the southern Plains, where weekly temperatures averaged at least 5°F above normal. In contrast, readings averaged more than 5°F below normal in numerous locations across northern sections of the Rockies and High Plains. In addition, scattered showers across the northern Plains slowed small grain harvesting but boosted topsoil moisture in advance of winter wheat planting. Elsewhere, isolated Western showers were limited to the Four Corners States and the nation’s northern tier. Wildfire containment efforts in the Northwest were aided by the rain (and high-elevation snow), as well as cooler conditions that extended southward into California. An impressive heat wave in the south-central U.S. continued through week’s end. High temperatures in McAllen, TX, reached or exceeded 100°F each day from August 6-31, followed by a daily-record high of 106°F on September 1. Triple-digit, daily-record highs were established in many other Texas locations, including El Paso (102°F on August 29); Dalhart (101°F on August 30); and Lubbock (100°F on August 27). Meanwhile, a surge of late-season heat also engulfed the lower Great Lakes region and the Northeast. Providence, RI, posted consecutive daily-record highs of 95°F on August 28-29. Other record-setting highs for August 29 included 98°F in Boston, MA, and 97°F in Burlington, VT. With a monthly average temperature of 68.9°F (5.3°F above normal), Caribou, ME, completed its warmest August on record (previously, 68.2°F in 2015). In contrast, chilly air settled across the Northwest. Pocatello, ID, posted consecutive daily-record lows (34°F both days) on August 28-29. Elsewhere on the 29th, daily-record lows in Wyoming dipped to 37°F in Casper and 38°F in Worland. At month’s end, even colder air settled across the northern Rockies, where West Yellowstone, MT, notched a daily record-tying low of 18°F on August 31. Early-week downpours in the upper Midwest triggered record flooding in southern Wisconsin. Twenty-four hour rainfall records for any time of year were broken on August 27-28 in Wisconsin communities such as Cashton (10.52 inches), in Monroe County, and Westby (9.98 inches), in Vernon County. Cashton’s previous record had been 6.15 inches on July 19-20, 2017; Westby’s standard had been 7.17 inches on August 18-19, 2007. Elsewhere in Wisconsin, La Crosse reported 3.04 inches on the 27th—its third-wettest August day behind 4.05 inches on August 18, 2007, and 3.18 inches on August 11, 1909. A day later, record-setting Midwestern totals for August 28 included 4.07 inches in Ottumwa, IA; 3.31 inches in Moline, IL; and 3.25 inches in Grand Rapids, MI. Meanwhile in Minnesota, Caledonia—in Houston County—netted a record-high 8.10 inches in a 24-hour period on August 27-28 (previously, 6.60 inches on July 20-21, 1951). By August 29-30, crest records were established in Wisconsin along portions of the Baraboo and Kickapoo Rivers. For example, the Kickapoo River at Steuben, WI, crested 7.84 feet above flood stage on the 30th, exceeding the June 2008 high-water mark by 0.68 foot. The Baraboo River at Reedsburg, WI, also eclipsed a June 2008 record by surging more than 7.5 feet above flood stage on the 30th. During the mid- to

late-week period, locally heavy showers shifted into parts of the East and South. In the latter region, daily-record amounts reached 2.41 inches (on August 29) in Columbus, GA, and 1.94 inches (on August 30) in Blacksburg, VA. The last day of August featured daily-record totals in Mid-Atlantic locations such as Georgetown, DE (3.03 inches), and Reading, PA (2.11 inches). September began with a record-setting total (3.05 inches) in Charleston, WV, on the 1st. At the same time, downpours returned to the upper Midwest. In Iowa, daily-record amounts on September 1 totaled 3.23 inches in Waterloo and 2.15 inches in Dubuque. Meanwhile, U.S. wildfires consumed more than 6.8 million acres of vegetation (nearly 130 percent of average) during the first 8 months of 2018. About eight dozen Western wildfires—in various stages of containment—were active at the end of August. Near- to below-normal temperatures covered much of Alaska, while much of the state continued to receive widespread showers. Sitka measured 2.40 inches of rain during the last 5 days of the month, aided by a daily-record total of 1.33 inches on August 28. Yakutat netted 1.76 inches of rain on August 27-28, helping to boost its monthly sum to 20.01 inches (142 percent of normal). Meanwhile, Bettles reported a low of 28°F on August 31—the lowest reading in that location since May 7. Farther south, locally torrential Hawaiian showers lingered early in the week as former Hurricane Lane drifted westward, away from the islands. During a 72-hour period from August 26-29, rainfall on Kauai totaled 41.26 inches on Mount Waialeale and 19.85 inches in Hanalei. Daily-record rainfall totals were established on August 28 in Lihue, Kauai (2.13 inches), and Honolulu, Oahu (0.56 inch). Meanwhile on the Big Island, Hilo’s August rainfall totaled at least 48.85 inches (496 percent of normal), pending verification of late-month data. Hilo’s previous wettest August occurred in 1991, when 26.92 inches fell. If the total is certified, August 2018 would become Hilo’s wettest month since March 1980, when 49.93 inches fell. Elsewhere on the Big Island, Mountain View received a tentative, Hurricane Lane-related total of 52.02 inches of rain in a 96-hour period from August 22-26. Hawaii’s highest verified rainfall total associated with a tropical cyclone was 52.00 inches in August 1950 at the Kanalohuluhulu Ranger Station on Kauai during Hurricane Hiki’s passage just north of the islands.


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http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

U.S. Drought Monitor August 28, 2018

Valid 8 a.m. EDT

(Released Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018)

Intensity:D0 Abnormally DryD1 Moderate DroughtD2 Severe DroughtD3 Extreme DroughtD4 Exceptional Drought

Author:Jessica Blunden

Drought Impact Types:

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AL BIRMINGHAM 92 71 94 70 82 4 0.54 -0.22 0.47 0.00 0 40.70 108 89 45 6 0 2 0HUNTSVILLE 95 71 97 69 83 6 0.03 -0.76 0.03 0.00 0 36.01 92 92 50 7 0 1 0MOBILE 90 75 94 74 82 1 1.23 -0.22 0.65 0.65 310 41.04 87 95 62 4 0 4 1MONTGOMERY 93 71 94 70 82 2 0.95 0.12 0.58 0.00 0 33.44 87 95 52 7 0 3 1

AK ANCHORAGE 63 50 66 44 57 3 0.25 -0.46 0.25 0.00 0 10.94 121 83 70 0 0 1 0BARROW 40 32 46 30 36 -1 0.52 0.32 0.37 0.01 33 7.25 257 99 81 0 4 4 0FAIRBANKS 56 44 60 35 50 -3 0.62 0.28 0.35 0.01 20 10.28 149 96 84 0 0 4 0JUNEAU 60 51 67 46 56 2 1.84 0.51 0.57 0.41 205 31.67 99 100 93 0 0 5 1KODIAK 66 50 71 44 58 4 0.44 -0.81 0.31 0.00 0 44.69 99 81 66 0 0 2 0NOME 53 42 56 34 47 -2 0.78 0.04 0.76 0.00 0 12.02 117 92 83 0 0 2 1

AZ FLAGSTAFF 76 47 79 44 61 -2 0.01 -0.56 0.01 0.01 13 14.28 94 82 31 0 0 1 0PHOENIX 104 83 106 79 94 4 0.00 -0.16 0.00 0.00 0 2.97 58 39 23 7 0 0 0PRESCOTT 86 58 88 54 72 2 0.00 -0.63 0.00 0.00 0 9.80 73 69 24 0 0 0 0TUCSON 98 75 101 73 87 3 0.00 -0.41 0.00 0.00 0 7.90 100 61 37 7 0 0 0

AR FORT SMITH 93 73 96 71 83 3 0.65 0.01 0.62 0.00 0 32.65 116 91 54 7 0 2 1LITTLE ROCK 91 72 92 70 81 1 0.00 -0.73 0.00 0.00 0 41.19 126 99 56 7 0 0 0

CA BAKERSFIELD 91 65 97 62 78 -2 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 3.88 83 55 40 4 0 0 0FRESNO 91 63 97 61 77 -1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 6.32 80 67 43 5 0 0 0LOS ANGELES 78 66 79 64 72 1 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.00 0 3.68 38 84 65 0 0 0 0REDDING 92 59 101 57 76 -1 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.00 0 14.02 63 66 37 6 0 0 0SACRAMENTO 82 57 90 55 70 -4 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.00 0 13.54 112 90 38 1 0 0 0SAN DIEGO 80 70 82 67 75 2 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.00 0 3.24 42 78 61 0 0 0 0SAN FRANCISCO 71 57 74 55 64 0 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 10.81 80 84 66 0 0 0 0STOCKTON 85 56 90 53 71 -4 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 8.26 91 83 52 1 0 0 0

CO ALAMOSA 81 40 87 36 61 1 0.01 -0.24 0.01 0.00 0 3.10 63 79 26 0 0 1 0CO SPRINGS 85 58 91 54 71 6 0.04 -0.61 0.02 0.02 25 12.87 89 66 22 1 0 2 0DENVER INTL 89 57 94 50 73 5 0.01 -0.27 0.01 0.00 0 7.28 67 60 21 5 0 1 0GRAND JUNCTION 90 62 92 56 76 4 0.01 -0.16 0.01 0.00 0 4.31 73 39 22 6 0 1 0PUEBLO 93 61 100 54 77 6 0.00 -0.41 0.00 0.00 0 5.67 57 56 30 4 0 0 0

CT BRIDGEPORT 86 71 94 62 78 7 0.01 -0.82 0.01 0.01 8 33.25 111 81 59 3 0 1 0HARTFORD 87 65 95 55 76 7 0.00 -0.94 0.00 0.00 0 39.61 130 84 53 2 0 0 0

DC WASHINGTON 91 75 94 68 83 7 1.19 0.41 0.83 0.83 755 40.94 155 88 53 5 0 3 1DE WILMINGTON 88 71 94 64 79 6 1.04 0.24 0.81 0.23 192 37.67 129 96 58 4 0 2 1FL DAYTONA BEACH 88 75 89 73 81 0 0.57 -0.98 0.25 0.06 26 48.67 149 100 71 0 0 4 0

JACKSONVILLE 89 73 91 72 81 1 0.20 -1.59 0.08 0.08 30 44.80 125 99 64 4 0 3 0KEY WEST 91 80 92 78 85 1 0.31 -1.07 0.10 0.10 50 24.11 98 76 64 6 0 5 0MIAMI 89 77 90 75 83 -1 1.66 -0.56 0.56 0.56 175 48.01 124 93 67 2 0 6 2ORLANDO 90 75 92 73 82 -1 0.98 -0.50 0.35 0.02 10 37.99 107 97 64 5 0 4 0PENSACOLA 88 76 92 73 82 0 1.81 0.32 1.56 0.18 86 46.03 100 88 67 3 0 3 1TALLAHASSEE 91 73 94 71 82 0 1.20 -0.26 0.63 0.01 5 50.95 108 95 62 5 0 5 1TAMPA 93 76 95 73 85 2 5.51 3.69 2.17 0.00 0 42.34 131 88 57 7 0 5 3WEST PALM BEACH 89 78 90 74 84 1 0.77 -1.05 0.35 0.15 56 45.76 116 83 67 4 0 6 0

GA ATHENS 92 68 94 64 80 3 0.00 -0.80 0.00 0.00 0 45.02 134 97 54 7 0 0 0ATLANTA 90 72 91 70 81 3 0.00 -0.81 0.00 0.00 0 44.69 127 83 54 4 0 0 0AUGUSTA 95 68 96 66 82 4 0.03 -0.96 0.03 0.03 21 33.23 103 96 45 7 0 1 0COLUMBUS 91 72 94 70 81 1 2.93 2.18 2.41 0.00 0 41.91 120 93 50 5 0 4 1MACON 93 69 96 66 81 2 0.00 -0.83 0.00 0.00 0 32.07 99 97 47 6 0 0 0SAVANNAH 91 72 92 70 81 1 0.24 -1.37 0.22 0.00 0 31.01 85 97 66 6 0 2 0

HI HILO 83 71 84 68 77 1 5.85 3.61 3.81 0.00 0 127.56 156 90 82 0 0 6 3HONOLULU 87 76 89 74 82 0 0.92 0.86 0.63 0.00 0 9.60 94 77 69 0 0 3 1KAHULUI 89 73 91 68 81 1 0.99 0.90 0.94 0.00 0 16.40 135 87 76 1 0 3 1LIHUE 82 75 84 72 78 -2 2.59 2.17 2.20 0.06 100 33.19 143 91 84 0 0 5 1

ID BOISE 81 55 88 46 68 -3 0.01 -0.09 0.01 0.00 0 7.06 89 52 34 0 0 1 0LEWISTON 78 56 90 50 67 -4 0.45 0.28 0.27 0.00 0 9.64 111 76 48 1 0 2 0POCATELLO 79 44 89 34 61 -5 0.00 -0.15 0.00 0.00 0 6.17 72 66 31 0 0 0 0

IL CHICAGO/O'HARE 85 68 93 60 77 7 1.97 0.92 1.38 0.16 107 34.58 138 84 64 3 0 3 1MOLINE 84 66 91 57 75 4 2.38 1.42 1.70 0.35 269 29.78 109 90 71 2 0 3 1PEORIA 86 67 94 59 77 6 2.97 2.29 2.02 0.17 170 31.60 127 96 64 3 0 3 2ROCKFORD 83 63 90 55 73 4 3.48 2.52 1.71 1.71 1221 38.51 148 91 70 1 0 3 2SPRINGFIELD 88 71 94 65 80 8 2.29 1.56 2.29 0.00 0 31.64 128 95 63 3 0 1 1

IN EVANSVILLE 91 71 95 69 81 6 0.00 -0.70 0.00 0.00 0 39.81 129 92 62 6 0 0 0FORT WAYNE 86 66 90 58 76 7 0.00 -0.79 0.00 0.00 0 31.80 125 98 65 1 0 0 0INDIANAPOLIS 87 70 91 65 79 7 0.06 -0.72 0.04 0.04 36 31.38 109 91 59 3 0 2 0SOUTH BEND 84 64 89 51 74 5 0.38 -0.56 0.23 0.01 7 37.58 143 93 69 0 0 4 0

IA BURLINGTON 86 67 92 57 77 5 0.48 -0.37 0.30 0.14 117 22.92 86 95 61 3 0 3 0CEDAR RAPIDS 82 64 88 53 73 3 1.54 0.58 0.88 0.88 677 30.66 126 99 68 0 0 3 1DES MOINES 83 65 91 57 74 2 2.76 1.79 1.22 1.22 938 27.81 108 93 72 1 0 4 3DUBUQUE 80 63 84 54 71 3 2.92 1.86 2.14 2.14 1427 34.31 135 91 74 0 0 3 2SIOUX CITY 79 61 85 48 70 0 0.50 -0.11 0.44 0.06 67 26.83 137 93 76 0 0 2 0WATERLOO 81 62 88 51 71 2 3.65 2.77 3.23 3.23 2692 34.60 141 97 72 0 0 4 1

KS CONCORDIA 88 65 94 52 77 3 0.26 -0.37 0.25 0.25 278 19.95 91 85 63 3 0 2 0DODGE CITY 92 67 100 58 80 4 0.22 -0.30 0.16 0.16 229 18.09 103 72 39 5 0 2 0GOODLAND 90 58 100 49 74 3 0.01 -0.38 0.01 0.01 20 16.81 102 90 44 4 0 1 0TOPEKA 90 70 95 60 80 6 0.51 -0.38 0.43 0.00 0 18.07 71 90 69 5 0 3 0

Based on 1971-2000 normals *** Not Available

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National Weather Data for Selected CitiesWeather Data for the Week Ending September 1, 2018

Data Provided by Climate Prediction Center

PRECIPSTATES

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WICHITA 95 72 101 64 83 5 0.07 -0.59 0.05 0.00 0 20.04 92 87 54 6 0 2 0

KY JACKSON 89 70 90 68 79 7 1.03 0.12 1.00 0.00 0 42.26 124 92 55 2 0 2 1LEXINGTON 89 71 91 68 80 7 0.75 -0.01 0.46 0.46 418 48.86 149 89 65 3 0 4 0LOUISVILLE 90 75 93 72 83 8 1.34 0.65 1.21 0.00 0 45.95 147 82 55 4 0 2 1PADUCAH 91 73 94 71 82 7 0.06 -0.62 0.04 0.00 0 38.85 116 86 61 7 0 2 0

LA BATON ROUGE 91 73 94 71 82 1 1.41 0.11 0.62 0.16 84 42.92 96 98 59 5 0 5 2LAKE CHARLES 91 77 94 74 84 2 1.16 -0.10 0.37 0.16 84 35.30 92 91 59 5 0 6 0NEW ORLEANS 88 78 93 76 83 1 2.17 0.64 0.71 0.57 259 40.66 89 93 83 2 0 6 3SHREVEPORT 97 74 99 72 86 4 0.15 -0.43 0.12 0.00 0 29.57 86 93 40 7 0 2 0

ME CARIBOU 78 56 86 45 67 6 0.27 -0.62 0.25 0.00 0 26.38 106 91 49 0 0 3 0PORTLAND 81 61 93 51 71 6 0.00 -0.68 0.00 0.00 0 28.17 96 92 57 1 0 0 0

MD BALTIMORE 90 71 96 61 80 7 0.88 0.02 0.84 0.01 8 46.68 164 94 60 4 0 3 1MA BOSTON 87 70 98 62 78 8 0.00 -0.80 0.00 0.00 0 32.83 119 81 48 4 0 0 0

WORCESTER 81 63 90 57 72 6 0.00 -0.92 0.00 0.00 0 36.39 113 94 56 1 0 0 0MI ALPENA 77 58 83 43 68 6 1.10 0.34 0.96 0.00 0 20.00 103 97 65 0 0 3 1

GRAND RAPIDS 82 63 88 52 72 5 4.44 3.46 2.88 0.66 440 31.19 129 97 66 0 0 5 2HOUGHTON LAKE 77 59 85 44 68 6 1.45 0.57 0.77 0.13 100 20.12 104 95 78 0 0 5 1LANSING 83 62 89 50 72 6 1.22 0.31 0.94 0.15 115 26.44 126 95 69 0 0 3 1MUSKEGON 81 63 87 53 72 6 6.06 5.12 2.42 1.02 785 29.13 140 89 69 0 0 5 4TRAVERSE CITY 79 63 84 54 71 5 3.21 2.37 1.57 0.26 217 23.61 109 94 61 0 0 5 2

MN DULUTH 74 55 82 49 65 4 1.71 0.68 0.71 0.00 0 18.99 88 90 70 0 0 4 1INT'L FALLS 71 49 78 37 60 -1 0.29 -0.46 0.15 0.15 136 15.38 91 100 68 0 0 4 0MINNEAPOLIS 80 62 88 52 71 3 0.43 -0.44 0.20 0.00 0 21.51 99 92 70 0 0 3 0ROCHESTER 78 59 85 49 69 4 1.45 0.54 0.87 0.10 77 27.53 119 97 75 0 0 5 1ST. CLOUD 76 56 84 46 66 2 1.71 0.80 1.42 0.00 0 22.29 112 98 65 0 0 3 1

MS JACKSON 92 71 95 70 82 2 0.35 -0.39 0.30 0.05 45 49.01 126 97 55 5 0 2 0MERIDIAN 92 72 95 72 82 1 0.47 -0.21 0.37 0.02 20 44.57 107 91 56 7 0 3 0TUPELO 92 72 93 70 82 4 0.79 0.16 0.43 0.00 0 48.76 128 88 55 6 0 2 0

MO COLUMBIA 89 72 99 68 81 7 1.69 0.86 1.17 0.00 0 21.69 78 89 60 4 0 2 2KANSAS CITY 86 70 92 60 78 4 0.78 -0.06 0.35 0.00 0 25.46 97 90 63 4 0 4 0SAINT LOUIS 90 74 96 68 82 6 0.89 0.24 0.87 0.00 0 32.19 121 89 63 4 0 2 1SPRINGFIELD 86 71 92 66 79 4 2.69 1.72 2.60 0.00 0 30.31 104 89 70 3 0 2 1

MT BILLINGS 76 51 87 44 64 -4 0.13 -0.07 0.08 0.00 0 20.34 189 70 35 0 0 2 0BUTTE 68 40 76 35 54 -5 0.39 0.10 0.22 0.00 0 11.92 122 83 27 0 0 2 0CUT BANK 69 43 78 33 56 -4 0.32 -0.07 0.32 0.00 0 9.23 91 77 33 0 0 1 0GLASGOW 73 50 85 47 62 -4 0.50 0.25 0.28 0.00 0 9.55 108 81 50 0 0 3 0GREAT FALLS 72 46 81 36 59 -4 0.49 0.13 0.49 0.00 0 13.00 113 77 30 0 0 1 0HAVRE 74 48 83 38 61 -3 0.18 -0.07 0.13 0.00 0 10.93 123 70 46 0 0 2 0MISSOULA 71 45 82 38 58 -6 0.18 -0.09 0.17 0.00 0 11.63 118 81 51 0 0 2 0

NE GRAND ISLAND 83 61 92 46 72 1 0.64 -0.05 0.63 0.63 700 21.78 109 91 66 1 0 2 1LINCOLN 86 65 93 50 75 2 1.73 0.99 1.03 1.03 936 25.00 118 83 65 2 0 4 2NORFOLK 81 60 90 45 71 1 0.03 -0.55 0.02 0.02 25 24.58 119 93 66 1 0 2 0NORTH PLATTE 87 55 95 43 71 1 0.08 -0.28 0.04 0.00 0 20.71 130 91 48 4 0 3 0OMAHA 85 66 94 53 76 4 0.45 -0.26 0.26 0.26 260 27.80 125 85 65 1 0 4 0SCOTTSBLUFF 90 55 99 49 73 5 0.03 -0.20 0.02 0.00 0 19.57 153 90 38 4 0 2 0VALENTINE 86 55 97 43 71 2 0.02 -0.37 0.01 0.00 0 26.96 172 92 49 3 0 2 0

NV ELY 84 43 87 39 63 0 0.00 -0.19 0.00 0.00 0 5.59 81 37 15 0 0 0 0LAS VEGAS 101 79 103 75 90 3 0.00 -0.07 0.00 0.00 0 2.85 88 18 11 7 0 0 0RENO 88 54 92 50 71 3 0.00 -0.07 0.00 0.00 0 6.98 141 45 21 1 0 0 0WINNEMUCCA 86 44 92 40 65 -2 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.00 0 6.55 118 47 22 1 0 0 0

NH CONCORD 85 60 95 54 73 7 0.00 -0.72 0.00 0.00 0 33.59 137 93 51 2 0 0 0NJ NEWARK 89 73 96 66 81 7 0.05 -0.83 0.05 0.00 0 37.13 117 81 53 4 0 1 0NM ALBUQUERQUE 89 63 93 60 76 2 0.23 -0.11 0.20 0.20 400 5.60 88 55 24 5 0 2 0NY ALBANY 85 66 96 58 76 9 0.44 -0.39 0.41 0.00 0 27.55 107 85 54 2 0 2 0

BINGHAMTON 78 63 87 55 71 7 0.63 -0.18 0.56 0.00 0 35.44 137 96 70 0 0 2 1BUFFALO 82 67 87 61 74 7 0.10 -0.86 0.06 0.06 43 25.63 99 91 63 0 0 2 0ROCHESTER 85 66 92 57 76 9 0.08 -0.79 0.05 0.00 0 21.58 96 93 63 2 0 2 0SYRACUSE 83 65 92 55 74 7 0.30 -0.57 0.27 0.00 0 25.78 99 97 69 2 0 3 0

NC ASHEVILLE 87 64 89 61 76 6 0.29 -0.70 0.28 0.00 0 51.66 156 97 53 0 0 2 0CHARLOTTE 93 70 95 63 82 4 2.24 1.41 1.16 0.07 58 31.53 107 97 48 7 0 5 1GREENSBORO 90 70 92 64 80 5 0.52 -0.33 0.50 0.50 385 34.78 117 96 56 6 0 2 1HATTERAS 89 78 91 73 83 5 0.00 -1.49 0.00 0.00 0 58.36 156 91 64 2 0 0 0RALEIGH 93 69 95 60 81 5 0.48 -0.39 0.28 0.19 146 34.54 116 95 55 6 0 3 0WILMINGTON 90 72 93 68 81 2 1.59 -0.08 1.32 0.00 0 63.17 157 94 53 4 0 2 1

ND BISMARCK 77 51 88 43 64 -2 0.37 -0.06 0.16 0.16 267 15.05 117 91 51 0 0 3 0DICKINSON 75 45 91 39 60 -5 0.52 0.16 0.33 0.10 200 16.10 129 87 41 1 0 3 0FARGO 74 54 80 46 64 -2 1.25 0.70 0.78 0.01 14 18.56 120 95 61 0 0 4 1GRAND FORKS 74 52 81 46 63 -2 1.23 0.68 1.13 0.03 43 16.99 117 99 53 0 0 4 1JAMESTOWN 72 52 82 45 62 -4 0.56 0.11 0.36 0.00 0 21.80 153 97 57 0 0 3 0WILLISTON 75 45 90 39 60 -5 0.51 0.21 0.27 0.00 0 18.11 168 84 47 1 0 3 0

OH AKRON-CANTON 88 68 93 62 78 9 0.60 -0.21 0.39 0.00 0 31.67 119 86 56 3 0 2 0CINCINNATI 88 71 91 68 79 6 0.63 -0.18 0.37 0.12 109 39.79 132 95 70 4 0 3 0CLEVELAND 87 69 92 61 78 9 1.04 0.13 0.75 0.15 115 37.34 145 89 57 3 0 4 1COLUMBUS 88 70 91 65 79 7 0.80 0.03 0.38 0.38 345 39.44 145 90 61 3 0 3 0DAYTON 88 69 90 62 78 7 0.36 -0.38 0.36 0.36 360 34.01 122 94 56 3 0 1 0MANSFIELD 87 68 91 61 78 10 0.70 -0.34 0.53 0.05 33 34.00 112 96 57 3 0 3 1


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TOLEDO 86 67 91 58 77 8 0.01 -0.76 0.01 0.00 0 25.10 111 89 63 2 0 1 0YOUNGSTOWN 86 67 91 60 77 10 0.79 -0.04 0.78 0.00 0 34.59 134 94 61 3 0 2 1

OK OKLAHOMA CITY 93 72 94 69 82 3 0.00 -0.64 0.00 0.00 0 25.41 104 82 45 7 0 0 0TULSA 95 76 96 72 85 5 0.08 -0.72 0.08 0.00 0 23.00 83 85 57 7 0 1 0

OR ASTORIA 68 53 76 49 60 0 0.18 -0.23 0.13 0.00 0 36.31 95 99 81 0 0 3 0BURNS 78 38 87 30 58 -3 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.00 0 4.89 70 62 32 0 1 0 0EUGENE 80 53 90 48 66 1 0.00 -0.32 0.00 0.00 0 16.76 57 79 56 1 0 0 0MEDFORD 87 55 93 51 71 0 0.00 -0.15 0.00 0.00 0 6.63 63 63 26 2 0 0 0PENDLETON 79 53 89 46 66 -4 0.03 -0.11 0.03 0.00 0 6.52 81 69 40 0 0 1 0PORTLAND 78 57 89 52 68 0 0.04 -0.24 0.04 0.00 0 14.34 67 79 58 0 0 1 0SALEM 79 55 90 50 67 1 0.00 -0.23 0.00 0.00 0 18.80 83 78 54 1 0 0 0

PA ALLENTOWN 87 69 95 62 78 9 0.22 -0.80 0.22 0.00 0 43.84 144 85 57 4 0 1 0ERIE 86 68 93 59 77 8 0.83 -0.27 0.67 0.00 0 29.84 112 83 63 4 0 2 1MIDDLETOWN 87 70 93 63 78 6 0.58 -0.20 0.54 0.04 36 43.82 160 94 60 3 0 2 1PHILADELPHIA 88 72 95 65 80 5 0.19 -0.66 0.11 0.08 62 35.74 123 86 59 4 0 2 0PITTSBURGH 88 70 92 66 79 10 0.29 -0.49 0.29 0.00 0 39.02 147 90 54 3 0 1 0WILKES-BARRE 83 66 91 60 75 7 0.94 0.17 0.94 0.00 0 40.00 159 93 61 2 0 1 1WILLIAMSPORT 85 67 94 62 76 7 0.21 -0.62 0.18 0.00 0 45.80 164 91 62 2 0 2 0

RI PROVIDENCE 87 66 95 56 77 7 0.00 -0.94 0.00 0.00 0 36.28 118 88 51 3 0 0 0SC BEAUFORT 92 73 94 71 83 4 0.02 -1.71 0.01 0.00 0 29.44 82 100 59 6 0 2 0

CHARLESTON 90 73 93 72 82 2 0.40 -1.25 0.40 0.00 0 41.11 112 98 61 6 0 1 0COLUMBIA 96 72 98 67 84 5 0.00 -1.17 0.00 0.00 0 23.79 67 94 45 7 0 0 0GREENVILLE 92 69 93 64 80 4 0.15 -0.70 0.11 0.00 0 36.67 105 95 46 7 0 2 0

SD ABERDEEN 78 55 89 44 66 -1 0.05 -0.44 0.03 0.00 0 12.27 78 96 67 0 0 2 0HURON 81 57 91 45 69 1 0.16 -0.25 0.10 0.00 0 15.70 96 94 55 1 0 3 0RAPID CITY 83 50 96 42 67 -1 1.09 0.80 1.09 1.09 2725 22.49 171 83 40 2 0 1 1SIOUX FALLS 78 61 87 49 70 2 0.83 0.14 0.65 0.00 0 31.35 170 93 78 0 0 4 1

TN BRISTOL 90 64 93 62 77 5 0.00 -0.64 0.00 0.00 0 36.20 122 100 51 4 0 0 0CHATTANOOGA 90 71 93 69 80 3 0.94 0.09 0.94 0.00 0 39.70 106 89 52 5 0 1 1KNOXVILLE 89 68 92 66 79 3 0.70 0.12 0.58 0.00 0 37.53 110 98 56 4 0 2 1MEMPHIS 92 74 94 72 83 3 0.69 0.01 0.67 0.00 0 42.22 115 92 55 6 0 2 1NASHVILLE 93 73 95 72 83 7 0.34 -0.43 0.23 0.02 18 39.35 120 82 47 7 0 3 0

TX ABILENE 98 76 102 73 87 6 0.00 -0.66 0.00 0.00 0 12.16 79 69 40 7 0 0 0AMARILLO 95 68 99 60 81 7 0.00 -0.61 0.00 0.00 0 8.04 53 71 28 6 0 0 0AUSTIN 101 74 102 68 87 3 0.00 -0.53 0.00 0.00 0 14.44 66 81 41 7 0 0 0BEAUMONT 91 76 96 75 84 2 4.29 3.03 2.16 2.16 1137 50.23 128 89 65 5 0 4 3BROWNSVILLE 98 78 99 77 88 4 0.10 -0.86 0.10 0.00 0 11.48 73 92 62 7 0 1 0CORPUS CHRISTI 94 76 96 74 85 2 0.13 -0.87 0.13 0.00 0 20.59 103 99 61 7 0 1 0DEL RIO 99 76 100 76 88 4 0.00 -0.36 0.00 0.00 0 8.40 67 81 55 7 0 0 0EL PASO 98 75 102 71 87 7 0.00 -0.39 0.00 0.00 0 3.33 57 44 18 7 0 0 0FORT WORTH 96 78 98 74 87 4 0.00 -0.39 0.00 0.00 0 22.44 97 76 40 7 0 0 0GALVESTON 90 80 92 76 85 1 0.84 -0.35 0.57 0.04 22 19.79 72 89 67 4 0 4 1HOUSTON 93 76 97 72 84 2 0.20 -0.78 0.19 0.19 136 31.21 100 98 68 6 0 2 0LUBBOCK 97 73 100 68 85 9 0.04 -0.55 0.04 0.00 0 5.85 45 58 37 7 0 1 0MIDLAND 99 74 102 69 86 7 0.88 0.47 0.52 0.52 867 9.02 95 65 37 7 0 2 1SAN ANGELO 98 74 99 70 86 6 0.00 -0.57 0.00 0.00 0 13.55 101 69 37 7 0 0 0SAN ANTONIO 99 77 100 74 88 5 0.00 -0.63 0.00 0.00 0 13.74 64 86 33 7 0 0 0VICTORIA 97 74 99 70 86 3 0.05 -0.82 0.05 0.00 0 17.84 69 94 45 7 0 1 0WACO 100 77 101 74 88 4 0.00 -0.41 0.00 0.00 0 9.61 45 83 43 7 0 0 0WICHITA FALLS 99 75 101 70 87 6 0.06 -0.59 0.06 0.06 67 17.70 92 73 39 7 0 1 0

UT SALT LAKE CITY 84 59 90 51 71 -2 0.00 -0.18 0.00 0.00 0 8.36 76 49 18 1 0 0 0VT BURLINGTON 84 64 97 50 74 8 0.45 -0.47 0.24 0.00 0 22.81 95 86 51 2 0 4 0VA LYNCHBURG 90 66 93 59 78 6 0.41 -0.34 0.25 0.25 227 40.19 135 99 58 4 0 2 0

NORFOLK 91 74 97 70 83 7 0.79 -0.21 0.70 0.06 43 42.57 132 92 58 4 0 3 1RICHMOND 92 70 96 61 81 6 1.40 0.52 1.02 1.02 785 45.48 150 91 57 4 0 4 1ROANOKE 90 68 94 62 79 6 0.21 -0.64 0.17 0.00 0 37.51 127 91 65 3 0 2 0WASH/DULLES 90 70 95 62 80 7 3.14 2.25 1.89 0.44 338 43.93 155 97 57 3 0 3 2

WA OLYMPIA 75 50 84 41 62 0 0.01 -0.35 0.01 0.00 0 24.70 86 92 66 0 0 1 0QUILLAYUTE 67 49 74 42 58 -1 0.05 -0.61 0.03 0.00 0 55.65 95 96 84 0 0 3 0SEATTLE-TACOMA 74 57 84 55 66 1 0.11 -0.19 0.10 0.00 0 19.41 93 82 62 0 0 2 0SPOKANE 74 51 83 48 63 -3 0.17 0.00 0.17 0.00 0 9.71 94 79 34 0 0 1 0YAKIMA 81 50 88 44 66 0 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.00 0 2.87 58 74 37 0 0 0 0

WV BECKLEY 83 64 85 61 74 6 0.25 -0.44 0.21 0.00 0 36.76 123 88 61 0 0 3 0CHARLESTON 88 68 92 66 78 7 3.14 2.28 3.05 3.05 2542 45.83 148 100 62 2 0 3 1ELKINS 84 62 87 58 73 6 0.11 -0.83 0.06 0.02 15 47.41 145 95 63 0 0 4 0HUNTINGTON 88 70 91 68 79 7 0.81 0.05 0.71 0.10 91 41.16 136 93 58 4 0 2 1

WI EAU CLAIRE 76 58 82 44 67 1 2.56 1.46 1.17 0.50 333 25.88 111 96 67 0 0 4 3GREEN BAY 78 59 84 51 69 4 4.64 3.76 2.88 0.00 0 27.09 133 95 71 0 0 4 3LA CROSSE 82 63 90 53 72 3 0.75 -0.21 0.39 0.04 29 25.10 106 96 62 1 0 4 0MADISON 80 63 87 53 71 4 1.81 0.84 0.83 0.12 92 36.18 152 92 69 0 0 4 2MILWAUKEE 80 65 89 57 73 4 1.95 1.01 1.14 0.09 69 28.13 116 92 73 0 0 5 2

WY CASPER 83 45 89 37 64 -1 0.03 -0.09 0.03 0.00 0 15.31 161 71 43 0 0 1 0CHEYENNE 83 52 88 46 67 4 0.00 -0.36 0.00 0.00 0 17.91 147 66 30 0 0 0 0LANDER 81 50 88 44 66 0 0.00 -0.13 0.00 0.00 0 14.32 153 52 15 0 0 0 0SHERIDAN 77 46 89 39 61 -4 0.25 0.05 0.18 0.00 0 18.18 173 85 45 0 0 2 0


Weather Data for the Week Ending September 1, 2018

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National Agricultural Summary August 27 – September 2, 2018

Weekly National Agricultural Summary provided by USDA/NASS

HIGHLIGHTS

During the week ending September 2, parts of Florida, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin received substantial precipitation but the rest of the Country experienced generally drier weather. Temperatures on the Great Plains, the northern Rockies, and parts of the Delta were slightly below normal while the remainder of the Nation

was above normal. Across parts of California, the Pacific Northwest, northern Rocky Mountains, and the northern Great Plains, temperatures ranged from 2 to 8°F below normal. States on the southern border of Lake Erie had the highest above average temperatures in the Nation at 6°F or more above normal.

Corn: Ninety-six percent of the Nation’s corn acreage was at or beyond the dough stage by September 2, 5 percentage points ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. Corn dough was complete or nearing completion in 12 of the 18 estimating states. By September 2, seventy-five percent of this year’s acreage was at or beyond the denting stage, 17 percentage points ahead of last year and 15 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Colorado, Minnesota, and North Dakota had advances of 20 percentage points or more from the previous week. Twenty-two percent of the Nation’s corn acreage was mature by September 2, eleven percentage points ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee each had advances of 19 percentage points or more from the previous week. Overall, 67 percent of the corn acreage was reported in good to excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from last week but 6 percentage points higher than at the same time last year. Soybeans: Sixteen percent of the Nation’s soybean acreage was at or beyond the dropping leaves stage by September 2, six percentage points ahead of last year and 7 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Ohio, each had advances of 11 percentage points or more from the previous week. Sixty-six percent of the Nation’s soybean acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week but 5 percentage points above the same time last year by September 2. Cotton: By September 2, boll setting was 96 percent complete, equal to both last year and the 5-year average. Setting was complete or near completion in 13 of the 15 estimating states. Bolls were opening in 29 percent of the Nation’s cotton fields by September 2, five percentage points ahead of last year and 3 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Advances of 18 percentage points or more from the previous week occurred in Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Overall, 41 percent of the cotton acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, 3 percentage points below last week and 24 percentage points below the same time last year. Sorghum: Heading of this year’s sorghum acreage was 96 percent complete by September 2, one percentage point ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. Sixty-nine percent of the Nation’s sorghum acreage was at or beyond the coloring stage, 9 percentage points ahead of last year and 7 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Sorghum coloring advanced 10 percentage points or more in

8 of the 11 estimating States. By September 2, thirty percent of the Nation’s sorghum acreage was considered mature, 1 percentage point behind last year and 3 percentage points behind the 5-year average. Progress was most advanced in the Delta with 95 percent of the crop mature in Arkansas and 100 percent mature in Louisiana, both ahead of the State’s 5-year average pace. By September 2, producers had harvested 22 percent of the Nation’s acreage, 1 percentage point behind both last year and the 5-year average. Harvest progress advanced 32 percentage points for the week in Arkansas and 11 percentage points in Louisiana. Fifty-two percent of the Nation’s sorghum acreage was rated in good to excellent condition as of September 2, one percentage point below the previous week and 11 percentage points below the same time last year. Rice: By September 2, thirty-one percent of the Nation’s rice acreage was harvested, 3 percentage points ahead of last year and 5 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Harvest progress advanced 15 percentage points for the week in Arkansas and 25 percentage points in Mississippi. Overall, 75 percent of the Nation’s rice acreage was rated in good to excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week but 4 percentage points above the same time last year. Small Grains: Ninety-four percent of the Nation’s oat acreage had been harvested by September 2, 4 percentage points ahead of last year and 3 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Harvesting of oats was complete or nearing completion in 6 of the 9 estimating States. By September 2, barley producers had harvested 84 percent of the Nation’s barley acreage, 7 percentage point behind last year but 1 percentage point ahead of the 5-year average. Progress was most advanced in Minnesota with 99 percent of the acreage harvested and in North Dakota with 94 percent of the acreage harvested, both well ahead of the 5-year average pace. As of September 2, eighty-seven percent of the Nation’s spring wheat acreage was harvested, unchanged from last year but 12 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Montana, North Dakota, and Washington had advances of 11 percentage points or more from the previous week. Other Crops: Overall, 75 percent of the peanut acreage was reported in good to excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from last week and 5 percentage points below the same time last year.


Crop Progress and Condition Week Ending September 2, 2018

Weekly U.S. Progress and Condition Data provided by USDA/NASS

Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr

Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg

CO 78 78 94 86 CO 29 25 45 45 CO 2 1 2 2

IL 96 97 100 96 IL 65 80 90 70 IL 11 11 36 14

IN 93 93 96 93 IN 63 59 74 60 IN 12 11 23 10

IA 93 92 95 91 IA 57 63 77 59 IA 3 7 15 5

KS 92 92 95 94 KS 73 71 81 70 KS 28 23 36 21

KY 91 88 93 89 KY 80 71 82 75 KY 50 47 59 41

MI 78 76 84 82 MI 41 34 51 39 MI 1 2 7 2

MN 92 92 97 89 MN 48 45 67 52 MN 1 0 6 2

MO 99 100 100 97 MO 87 88 91 81 MO 20 30 49 25

NE 97 94 97 95 NE 66 59 72 64 NE 9 2 9 7

NC 100 97 99 99 NC 95 91 93 95 NC 81 67 80 84

ND 85 92 96 84 ND 29 47 70 37 ND 3 3 11 2

OH 90 89 92 90 OH 51 54 66 51 OH 6 3 13 5

PA 65 75 81 79 PA 35 33 49 49 PA 1 0 1 6

SD 88 94 98 91 SD 40 56 73 50 SD 1 3 14 4

TN 98 99 100 98 TN 91 85 93 90 TN 57 27 47 42

TX 97 95 97 95 TX 86 88 90 81 TX 66 61 68 64

WI 77 77 86 78 WI 31 36 54 39 WI 2 1 8 3

18 Sts 91 92 96 91 18 Sts 58 61 75 60 18 Sts 11 10 22 11

These 18 States planted 92% These 18 States planted 92% These 18 States planted 92%

of last year's corn acreage. of last year's corn acreage. of last year's corn acreage.

VP P F G EX Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr VP P F G EX

CO 2 6 20 66 6 Year Week 2018 Avg AR 1 8 30 47 14

IL 2 4 19 45 30 AR 32 10 17 22 IL 2 3 19 48 28

IN 2 6 20 53 19 IL 3 1 16 3 IN 2 6 20 53 19

IA 2 6 18 53 21 IN 12 9 21 9 IA 2 6 20 53 19

KS 11 17 28 36 8 IA 2 0 4 2 KS 4 11 36 41 8

KY 1 5 19 64 11 KS 7 4 10 6 KY 1 4 18 66 11

MI 6 13 31 41 9 KY 10 1 11 5 LA 1 10 41 37 11

MN 2 5 18 49 26 LA 63 54 65 54 MI 4 7 24 53 12

MO 20 20 31 24 5 MI 9 1 8 4 MN 3 6 22 50 19

NE 1 5 13 52 29 MN 2 1 9 3 MS 0 3 27 54 16

NC 11 19 34 32 4 MS 53 23 37 34 MO 9 19 29 35 8

ND 2 10 24 48 16 MO 3 0 2 2 NE 1 5 13 56 25

OH 1 3 17 57 22 NE 7 8 15 10 NC 5 7 29 51 8

PA 0 3 32 47 18 NC 8 1 7 7 ND 3 14 31 45 7

SD 6 8 21 45 20 ND 23 26 37 23 OH 1 3 16 58 22

TN 0 7 19 56 18 OH 6 4 15 7 SD 9 11 23 43 14

TX 12 24 35 27 2 SD 15 16 25 16 TN 1 4 22 54 19

WI 3 7 18 42 30 TN 11 3 9 8 WI 3 7 17 44 29

18 Sts 4 8 21 46 21 WI 0 1 4 1 18 Sts 3 8 23 49 17

Prev Wk 4 8 20 47 21 18 Sts 10 7 16 9 Prev Wk 3 8 23 49 17

Prev Yr 4 9 26 48 13 These 18 States planted 95% Prev Yr 3 8 28 50 11

of last year's soybean acreage.

Corn Percent Dough Corn Percent Dented Corn Percent Mature

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Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg VP P F G EX

AL 99 95 97 99 AL 25 28 41 28 AL 0 0 18 60 22

AZ 99 98 100 99 AZ 71 55 63 60 AZ 3 4 38 42 13

AR 100 100 100 100 AR 24 33 53 28 AR 0 3 14 38 45

CA 80 65 67 95 CA 9 0 0 24 CA 0 0 0 30 70

GA 98 96 97 98 GA 32 14 26 34 GA 1 7 28 50 14

KS 68 88 95 75 KS 14 8 17 11 KS 1 2 25 59 13

LA 100 100 100 100 LA 68 67 79 69 LA 0 3 42 48 7

MS 99 97 99 98 MS 29 36 55 32 MS 0 5 22 54 19

MO 100 100 100 95 MO 30 46 52 15 MO 0 10 27 50 13

NC 97 91 95 97 NC 19 7 25 22 NC 3 10 27 53 7

OK 87 86 91 91 OK 7 9 18 18 OK 13 13 53 20 1

SC 97 88 95 96 SC 36 7 16 26 SC 0 1 30 53 16

TN 100 99 100 97 TN 13 23 52 18 TN 0 1 10 54 35

TX 94 88 96 94 TX 20 20 23 23 TX 25 28 26 16 5

VA 99 95 98 99 VA 18 15 25 20 VA 1 2 14 80 3

15 Sts 96 91 96 96 15 Sts 24 21 29 26 15 Sts 15 18 26 31 10

These 15 States planted 99% These 15 States planted 98% Prev Wk 13 18 25 33 11

of last year's cotton acreage. of last year's cotton acreage. Prev Yr 6 5 24 46 19

Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr

Year Week 2018 Avg VP P F G EX Year Week 2018 Avg

AR 17 5 20 16 AR 0 4 24 50 22 IA 100 98 99 100

CA 0 0 0 0 CA 0 0 5 90 5 MN 84 88 95 91

LA 86 76 84 80 LA 0 4 23 65 8 NE 100 100 100 100

MS 34 24 49 19 MS 0 1 23 54 22 ND 89 82 91 77

MO 1 0 1 3 MO 0 11 16 51 22 OH 100 100 100 100

TX 90 74 86 81 TX 0 1 50 44 5 PA 86 81 88 90

6 Sts 28 20 31 26 6 Sts 0 3 22 59 16 SD 95 99 100 98

These 6 States harvested 100% Prev Wk 0 4 21 60 15 TX 100 100 100 100

of last year's rice acreage. Prev Yr 0 6 23 55 16 WI 84 78 84 88

9 Sts 90 89 94 91

These 9 States harvested 67%

Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr of last year's oat acreage.

Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg

ID 85 67 73 82 ID 88 81 85 85

MN 86 94 98 80 MN 96 96 99 89

MT 92 61 75 76 MT 93 67 72 86

ND 83 77 88 69 ND 92 91 94 78

SD 96 97 99 91 WA 79 76 90 89

WA 86 71 88 90 5 Sts 91 80 84 83

6 Sts 87 77 87 75 These 5 States harvested 85%

These 6 States harvested 99% of last year's barley acreage.

of last year's spring wheat acreage.

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Spring Wheat Percent Harvested

Cotton Percent Setting Bolls Cotton Percent Bolls OpeningPercent

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Barley Percent Harvested




Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr

Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg Year Week 2018 Avg

AR 100 100 100 100 AR 99 97 100 98 AR 86 91 95 77

CO 94 91 94 89 CO 43 37 60 43 CO 0 0 0 4

IL 99 91 96 94 IL 79 71 81 74 IL 28 29 36 15

KS 94 93 96 95 KS 43 38 60 47 KS 5 3 6 5

LA 100 100 100 100 LA 100 100 100 100 LA 96 98 100 97

MO 99 90 93 96 MO 74 58 68 70 MO 22 7 14 17

NE 99 99 100 99 NE 61 62 75 63 NE 5 3 7 3

NM 70 76 81 70 NM 50 37 55 25 NM 2 1 2 1

OK 95 87 92 93 OK 61 43 58 60 OK 25 14 22 20

SD 97 92 95 98 SD 40 41 53 58 SD 6 0 1 5

TX 97 95 97 96 TX 82 82 84 81 TX 72 71 74 73

11 Sts 95 93 96 95 11 Sts 60 55 69 62 11 Sts 31 27 30 33

These 11 States planted 99% These 11 States planted 99% These 11 States planted 99%

of last year's sorghum acreage. of last year's sorghum acreage. of last year's sorghum acreage.

Prev Prev Sep 2 5-Yr

Year Week 2018 Avg VP P F G EX VP P F G EX

AR 64 19 51 36 AR 0 2 47 43 8 AL 0 3 20 57 20

CO 0 0 0 0 CO 4 6 26 62 2 FL 0 2 13 59 26

IL 0 0 0 0 IL 0 4 22 57 17 GA 1 4 17 57 21

KS 0 0 1 0 KS 2 6 26 52 14 NC 3 3 30 57 7

LA 83 80 91 83 LA 0 3 75 22 0 OK 0 8 14 71 7

MO 1 0 1 1 MO 6 20 41 30 3 SC 0 0 13 58 29

NE 0 0 0 0 NE 0 1 15 56 28 TX 0 4 41 54 1

NM 0 0 0 0 NM 0 6 50 42 2 VA 1 2 12 81 4

OK 3 0 4 3 OK 8 5 26 56 5 8 Sts 1 3 21 57 18

SD 0 0 0 0 SD 1 4 30 63 2 Prev Wk 1 3 20 58 18

TX 61 62 65 58 TX 12 26 39 18 5 Prev Yr 0 4 16 60 20

11 Sts 23 20 22 23 11 Sts 5 12 31 43 9

These 11 States harvested 99% Prev Wk 5 12 30 44 9

of last year's sorghum acreage. Prev Yr 2 6 29 53 10

Sorghum Percent HarvestedPercent

Sorghum Condition by Peanut Condition byPercent

Sorghum Percent Headed Sorghum Percent Coloring Sorghum Percent Mature




VP P F G EX VP P F G EX

AL 0 2 11 69 18 NH 0 1 47 52 0

AZ 38 26 20 14 2 NJ 1 7 43 48 1

AR 6 11 31 43 9 NM 10 36 40 12 2

CA 35 10 25 25 5 NY 4 19 35 37 5

CO 22 26 20 30 2 NC 1 9 43 45 2

CT 20 60 20 0 0 ND 7 21 38 32 2

DE 4 7 31 55 3 OH 2 6 37 50 5

FL 0 5 21 53 21 OK 5 13 32 48 2

GA 1 5 31 54 9 OR 46 27 24 3 0

ID 5 35 48 12 0 PA 0 5 23 54 18

IL 6 12 31 39 12 RI 35 35 30 0 0

IN 5 11 37 41 6 SC 0 10 19 71 0

IA 7 15 31 42 5 SD 10 15 35 37 3

KS 9 18 35 33 5 TN 1 13 33 43 10

KY 2 6 22 57 13 TX 19 34 33 13 1

LA 5 22 41 29 3 UT 20 37 35 8 0

ME 0 0 19 78 3 VT 0 0 66 34 0

MD 2 10 27 50 11 VA 3 8 25 49 15

MA 0 5 25 70 0 WA 25 32 20 23 0

MI 8 16 36 33 7 WV 0 9 26 61 4

MN 5 13 30 45 7 WI 3 7 27 42 21

MS 1 14 40 40 5 WY 12 12 31 38 7

MO 17 37 31 14 1 48 Sts 10 18 30 36 6

MT 11 15 28 35 11

NE 1 5 17 65 12 Prev Wk 12 18 30 34 6

NV 10 25 40 25 0 Prev Yr 8 13 32 40 7

Pasture and Range Condition by PercentWeek Ending Sep 2, 2018

VP - Very Poor; P - Poor;F - Fair;

G - Good; EX - Excellent

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Days Suitable for FieldworkThis product was prepared by theUSDA Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)

United StatesDepartment ofAgriculture

Week EndingSeptember 02, 2018

Data obtained from USDA National AgriculturalStatistics Service (NASS) weekly Crop Progressreports. These reports are available throughhttp://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/.

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0[0]

0[0]

5[+3]

0[0]

0[0]

1[-1]

1[0]

2[0]

1[0]

0[0]

10[+4]

7[+1]

7[+3]

3[-3]

7[-1]

7[+1]

5[+1]

3[-5]

29[+5]

4[+1]

21[+12]

37[+32]

0[0]

7[-10]

2[-2]

5[-2]

5[-5]

7[-11]

10[-9]

5[-10]

0[-1]

22[+8]

15[+12]

26[+16]

7[-3]

4[+2]

0[-7]

11[+9]

18[-9]

5[0]

23[-15]

2[-7]

Topsoil MoistureThis product was prepared by theUSDA Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)


Data obtained from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service weekly Crop Progressreports. These reports are available through http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/.

Top ## - Percent Surplus

[Bottom ##] - Change from Last WeekSurplus

Change from Last Week

7

+2

48 States

Percent SurplusWeek Ending - September 02, 2018

Percent90 - 10080 - 8970 - 7960 - 6950 - 5940 - 4930 - 3920 - 2910 - 19 0 - 9

68[+1]

70[0]

61[+1]

63[-2]

18[+2]

39[+2]

52[+4]

98[+7]

45[-10] 76

[-2]

20[-4]74

[+5]

16[-1]

14[-2]

40[+1]

51[-5]

36[+7]

68[+9]

29[+8]

21[-5]

48[-14]

11[0]

17[+1]

36[+3]

1[-3]

10[-11]

5[-13]

33[+5]

33[+11]

24[+4]

29[+20]

2[-12]

16[+4]

26[+11]

2[-15]

31[-18]

11[-18]

90[+66]

54[+11]

10[+3]

65[+2]

50[+16]

5[+4]

36[-40]

0[0]

19[+16]

25[-48]

35[+32]

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Percent Short to Very ShortWeek Ending - September 02, 2018


Top ## - Percent Short to Very Short

[Bottom ##] - Change from Last WeekShort to Very Short


33

-3

48 States

Percent90 - 10080 - 8970 - 7960 - 6950 - 5940 - 4930 - 3920 - 2910 - 19 0 - 9




1[+1]

0[0]

2[0]

0[0]

1[+1]

2[0]

0[0]

0[0]

3[+1]

0[0]

1[0]

2[0]

0[0]

0[0]

11[+2]0

[-2]

3[+1]

4[+3]

3[0]

2[-1]

5[0]

8[-2]

14[+8]

2[-8]

5[+1]

4[-6]

24[+9]

7[+4]

11[-9]

32[+27]

0[0]

1[-1]

5[-3]

11[+7]

6[-1]

3[-4]

6[-4]

0[-1]

24[+9]

9[-3]

0[0]

3[+3]

4[+4]9

[-9]

16[-2]

9[-91]

2[-3]

Subsoil MoistureThis product was prepared by theUSDA Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)



Top ## - Percent Surplus

[Bottom ##] - Change from Last WeekSurplus


5

+1

48 States

Percent SurplusWeek Ending - September 02, 2018

Percent90 - 10080 - 8970 - 7960 - 6950 - 5940 - 4930 - 3920 - 2910 - 19 0 - 9

70[-1]

75[+5]

64[+7]

70[-4]

17[+2]

24[0]

35[-7]

53[+6]

96[+6]

45[-10] 80

[+8]

22[-2]70

[+7]

16[-4]

43[+2]

52[-3]

43[+2]

66[-8]

20[+5]

28[-7]

15[-9] 12

[0]

59[+13]

28[+2]

15[+7]

39[+5]

1[-3]

9[-11]

41[+8]

29[+10]

26[+3]

23[+6]

15[-10]

20[+4]

2[-13]

38[-13]

18[-25]

12[0]

95[+71]

47[+17]

61[-1]

49[+18]

4[+2]

9[+9]

37[-43]

4[+4]

36[-31]

Subsoil MoistureThis product was prepared by theUSDA Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)


Percent Short to Very ShortWeek Ending - September 02, 2018


Top ## - Percent Short to Very Short

[Bottom ##] - Change from Last WeekShort to Very Short


37

-2

48 States

Percent90 - 10080 - 8970 - 7960 - 6950 - 5940 - 4930 - 3920 - 2910 - 19 0 - 9


COUNTRY CITY

AVG AVG HI LO DEP DEPMAX MIN MAX MIN AVG NRM TOT NRM

ALGERI ALGER 33 20 37 17 26 1.4 0 -7

BATNA 32 16 38 12 24 -1.6 60 44

ARGENT IGUAZU 23 10 34 2 16 -1.9 73 -44

FORMOSA 23 9 37 0 16 -2 20 -42

CERES 21 5 34 -1 13 -0.6 19 0

CORDOBA 21 2 32 -6 12 -0.7 1 -10

RIO CUARTO 19 5 29 -5 12 0.8 0 -18

ROSARIO 18 5 28 -2 11 -0.5 22 -16

BUENOS AIRES 16 7 26 -2 12 0.5 50 -3

SANTA ROSA 17 3 29 -5 10 0.6 14 -11

TRES ARROYOS 15 5 25 -2 10 0.9 31 -11

AUSTRA DARWIN 31 20 34 17 26 -0.3 1 -7

BRISBANE 22 9 26 5 16 0 12 -25

PERTH 19 7 25 3 13 -0.4 158 42

CEDUNA 19 8 27 2 13 0.6 40 7

ADELAIDE 16 10 26 5 13 1.4 76 24

MELBOURNE 15 6 20 -2 10 -0.2 18 -27

WAGGA 14 4 20 -3 9 -0.1 24 -28

CANBERRA 13 2 19 -6 7 0.1 37 -12

AUSTRI VIENNA 30 17 35 11 23 3.1 43 -17

INNSBRUCK 28 15 34 5 21 3.4 168 51

BAHAMA NASSAU 33 26 35 23 29 1.3 116 -131

BARBAD BRIDGETOWN 30 25 31 23 28 0.3 303 156

BELARU MINSK 26 15 32 9 21 3.5 61 0

BERMUD ST GEORGES 30 26 31 23 28 0.1 83 -48

BOLIVI LA PAZ 14 -2 17 -6 6 -0.5 21 -4

BRAZIL FORTALEZA 30 25 32 23 28 0.3 11 1

RECIFE 28 23 28 21 25 -1 49 -106

CAMPO GRANDE 27 16 34 6 22 -1.9 469 441

FRANCA 27 15 31 8 21 0.5 64 47

RIO DE JANEIRO 25 18 33 16 22 0 61 15

LONDRINA 25 13 34 6 19 0.2 227 164

SANTA MARIA 19 9 27 1 14 -1.9 120 7

TORRES 19 11 23 4 15 -4.1 72 -68

BULGAR SOFIA 28 15 30 12 21 2.5 4 -39

BURKIN OUAGADOUGOU 32 24 33 21 28 1 244 2

CANADA LETHBRIDGE 27 9 41 2 18 ***** 22 ******

REGINA 27 9 41 2 18 ***** 18 ******

WINNIPEG 27 15 37 9 21 ***** 34 ******

TORONTO 28 19 35 15 23 3.4 93 13

MONTREAL 28 18 32 11 23 3.3 66 -27

PRINCE ALBERT 22 8 33 1 15 -1.2 42 -17

CALGARY 24 10 37 3 17 1.5 50 -10

VANCOUVER 23 14 29 11 18 0.8 16 -23

CANARY LAS PALMAS 28 22 33 21 25 0.5 0 ******

CHILE SANTIAGO 19 3 27 -2 11 1.5 4 -55

CHINA HARBIN 26 18 34 14 22 0.4 131 22

HAMI 35 19 41 14 27 2.3 15 10

BEIJING 32 24 37 19 28 3 112 -48

TIENTSIN 32 24 37 19 28 1.9 235 83

LHASA 22 12 25 10 17 1.9 176 52

KUNMING 25 17 28 15 21 1.5 294 92

CHENGCHOW 33 25 38 21 29 3.4 152 45

YEHCHANG 34 24 37 22 29 1.7 44 -135

HANKOW 34 26 38 22 30 1.2 98 -10

CHUNGKING 36 26 39 23 31 2.9 123 -4

CHIHKIANG 34 24 37 21 29 2 120 15

WU HU 33 26 36 21 29 1.1 137 18

SHANGHAI 32 27 36 24 30 1.8 258 113

NANCHANG 34 27 38 24 30 1.5 109 -15

TAIPEI 33 27 37 25 30 0.7 182 -129

CANTON 33 25 36 23 29 0.4 226 9

NANNING 33 25 36 23 29 0.3 155 -53

COLOMB BOGOTA 19 9 20 5 14 0.7 74 34

COTE D ABIDJAN 29 24 29 22 26 2 73 32

CUBA CAMAGUEY 32 23 34 21 28 0.6 242 54

CYPRUS LARNACA 34 24 37 22 29 1.5 0 ******

CZECHR PRAGUE 28 15 34 8 22 4.2 58 -2

DENMAR COPENHAGEN 24 16 31 11 20 2.7 78 24

EGYPT CAIRO 36 26 38 23 31 2.4 0 ******

Based on Preliminary Reports

International Weather and Crop SummaryTEMPERATURE

( C ) (MM)

PRECIP.

EUROPE: Additional much-needed rain further easeddrought in northwestern Europe, while wet weatherslowed summer crop drydown and harvesting in somesouthern growing areas.

WESTERN FSU: Sunny, hot weather acceleratedsummer crop drydown and harvesting but reduced soilmoisture for winter wheat planting.

EASTERN FSU: Cool, wet conditions slowed springgrain maturation in the north, while seasonably sunnyweather accelerated the development of open-boll cottonin southern crop areas.

MIDDLE EAST: Seasonably sunny skies favoredsummer crop drydown and harvesting in Turkey.

SOUTH ASIA: Monsoon showers continued to benefitrice in eastern India but more rain would be welcomed forcotton and oilseeds in the west.

EAST ASIA: Showers across eastern China benefitedimmature rice and other summer crops, while downpourssubmerged rice in South Korea.

SOUTHEAST ASIA: Rainfall in the Philippines andparts of Indochina benefited reproductive summer rice,although more moisture is needed in Thailand.

AUSTRALIA: Rain favored winter crop development inthe south and west but was too light and widely scatteredin the east.

ARGENTINA: Warm weather promoted rapid growth ofwinter grains.

BRAZIL: Drier conditions favored wheat growth inParana but rain persisted in Rio Grande do Sul.

MEXICO: Seasonal rainfall benefited summer cornwhile boosting reservoir levels.

CANADIAN PRAIRIES: Showers caused some delaysin the spring crop harvest.

SOUTHEASTERN CANADA: Warm, sunny weatherfostered rapid growth of summer crops while promotingwinter wheat fieldwork.

August 26 - September 1, 2018International Weather and Crop Highlights and Summaries

provided by USDA/WAOB

August 2018


COUNTRY CITY COUNTRY CITY

AVG AVG HI LO DEP DEP AVG AVG HI LO DEP DEPMAX MIN MAX MIN AVG NRM TOT NRM MAX MIN MAX MIN AVG NRM TOT NRM

ASWAN *** *** *** 31 *** ***** ***** ****** MOZAMB MAPUTO 29 17 36 12 23 2.4 56 43

ESTONI TALLINN 23 14 31 8 18 2.8 56 -20 N KORE PYONGYANG 32 23 38 18 27 2.7 276 80

ETHIOP ADDIS ABABA *** *** 22 10 *** ***** ***** ****** NEW CA NOUMEA 23 17 26 16 20 0.2 22 -43

F GUIA CAYENNE 32 22 33 21 27 1.1 101 -64 NIGER NIAMEY 33 25 37 21 29 0.8 168 -23

FIJI NAUSORI 27 19 30 15 23 0.4 35 -107 NORWAY OSLO 19 11 26 5 15 0.7 55 -26

FINLAN HELSINKI 23 14 31 7 18 3.2 54 -28 NZEALA AUCKLAND 16 9 18 5 12 ***** 118 ******

FRANCE PARIS/ORLY 27 15 37 7 21 1.6 34 -9 WELLINGTON 14 9 16 4 12 ***** 92 ******

STRASBOURG 29 16 36 7 22 3.4 79 21 P RICO SAN JUAN 31 25 32 23 28 0.3 161 29

BOURGES 28 16 38 7 22 2.8 12 -39 PAKIST KARACHI 32 27 34 25 29 0.1 5 -51

BORDEAUX 30 17 37 12 23 2.8 19 -40 PERU LIMA 19 15 21 14 17 0.0 0 -3

TOULOUSE 30 18 36 12 24 2.7 16 -35 PHILIP MANILA 31 25 33 24 28 0.0 457 36

MARSEILLE 32 21 38 13 26 2.5 63 33 PNEWGU PORT MORESBY 29 24 31 23 27 0.9 80 55

GABON LIBREVILLE 28 23 30 21 26 1.0 22 15 POLAND WARSAW 26 16 32 8 21 3.5 63 7

GERMAN HAMBURG 25 14 36 9 20 2.5 50 -23 LODZ 26 14 32 5 20 2.2 44 -11

BERLIN 28 17 38 11 22 3.7 7 -50 KATOWICE 27 15 33 5 21 3.0 33 -41

DUSSELDORF 27 15 37 6 21 1.7 47 -10 PORTUG LISBON 32 19 44 16 26 3.4 0 -5

LEIPZIG 28 16 36 8 22 4.0 13 -46 ROMANI BUCHAREST 32 16 35 12 24 1.9 15 -41

DRESDEN 28 16 35 9 22 3.9 22 -49 RUSSIA ST.PETERSBURG 23 15 32 11 19 3.0 73 0

STUTTGART 27 16 34 6 22 3.1 38 -25 KAZAN 25 15 30 11 20 2.9 30 -33

NURNBERG 28 15 35 5 22 3.4 2 -57 MOSCOW 26 14 30 8 20 3.3 42 -38

AUGSBURG 27 13 34 5 20 2.2 35 -50 YEKATERINBURG 21 12 28 6 16 1.0 81 13

GREECE THESSALONIKA 32 21 36 19 27 0.9 21 -3 OMSK 21 11 31 5 16 -0.3 62 6

LARISSA 32 19 35 15 26 0.0 45 25 BARNAUL 24 11 31 5 17 0.4 12 -42

ATHENS 33 24 35 21 28 0.6 5 1 KHABAROVSK 24 16 29 11 20 0.4 43 -105

GUADEL RAIZET 31 24 32 22 28 -0.2 141 -27 VLADIVOSTOK 22 18 31 14 20 0.7 257 105

HONGKO HONG KONG INT 33 27 36 24 30 0.9 497 116 VOLGOGRAD 30 16 34 10 23 1.4 11 -17

HUNGAR BUDAPEST 31 18 34 11 25 3.7 30 -16 ASTRAKHAN 31 18 37 11 24 0.6 6 -16

ICELAN REYKJAVIK 13 9 18 4 11 0.5 38 -30 ORENBURG 28 13 34 6 21 0.8 9 -19

INDIA AMRITSAR 35 26 37 23 30 0.8 90 -101 S AFRI PRETORIA *** *** 31 *** *** ***** ***** ******

NEW DELHI 34 27 37 26 31 0.9 239 -2 JOHANNESBURG 22 9 26 0 15 2.6 0 -6

AHMEDABAD 32 25 36 23 29 0.1 229 -20 DURBAN 22 14 27 11 18 0.3 29 -30

INDORE 28 22 30 21 25 -0.3 252 -59 CAPE TOWN 17 7 23 2 12 -0.5 60 -12

CALCUTTA 33 27 36 25 30 0.5 180 -128 S KORE SEOUL 33 26 40 20 29 3.4 205 -168

VERAVAL 29 26 33 25 28 0.1 81 -61 SAMOA PAGO PAGO 29 25 30 22 27 0.1 252 89

BOMBAY 30 25 32 22 28 0.0 238 -254 SENEGA DAKAR 30 26 33 23 28 0.6 52 -164

POONA 27 22 29 20 24 -0.2 91 -33 SPAIN VALLADOLID 32 15 38 11 24 2.2 0 -16

BEGAMPET 30 22 34 21 26 0.1 134 -54 MADRID 35 19 41 15 27 2.3 1 -12

VISHAKHAPATNAM 32 27 36 24 29 0.5 452 315 SEVILLE 38 21 45 18 30 2.0 0 ******

MADRAS 35 26 38 24 30 0.4 157 10 SWITZE ZURICH 27 17 33 8 22 3.9 99 -21

MANGALORE 28 23 29 22 26 -0.3 807 174 GENEVA 28 16 35 9 22 2.9 59 -9

INDONE SERANG 33 23 34 20 28 0.8 14 -57 SYRIA DAMASCUS 37 20 41 16 29 2.4 0 ******

IRELAN DUBLIN 20 12 25 4 16 0.5 49 -19 TAHITI PAPEETE 29 23 30 20 26 1.3 39 -12

ITALY MILAN 31 20 35 13 25 2.3 69 -20 TANZAN DAR ES SALAAM 31 20 32 18 25 1.5 8 -19

VENICE 30 21 35 13 26 2.7 58 -9 THAILA PHITSANULOK 32 25 35 24 29 0.0 227 -27

GENOA 31 24 35 19 27 2.3 98 34 BANGKOK 33 27 34 25 30 0.6 168 -48

ROME 31 21 35 17 26 1.4 79 50 TOGO TABLIGBO 31 23 34 21 27 1.9 34 -28

NAPLES 32 22 35 19 27 2.3 50 11 TRINID PORT OF SPAIN 32 24 34 21 28 1.0 281 47

JAMAIC KINGSTON 33 26 34 25 30 1.0 2 -76 TUNISI TUNIS 32 23 36 19 27 -0.3 72 65

JAPAN SAPPORO 25 19 33 13 22 -0.2 233 94 TURKEY ISTANBUL 32 24 35 22 28 4.1 0 -14

NAGOYA 35 26 40 21 31 3.1 131 -11 ANKARA 31 16 35 11 23 2.6 4 -9

TOKYO 33 25 37 18 29 1.6 89 -67 TURKME ASHKHABAD 37 24 42 17 30 1.1 0 -1

YOKOHAMA 32 26 36 20 29 1.6 80 -82 UKINGD ABERDEEN 19 11 26 3 15 0.6 44 -17

KYOTO 35 26 40 19 30 1.7 109 -24 LONDON 24 15 33 8 20 1.2 48 4

OSAKA 35 27 38 20 31 1.9 42 -63 UKRAIN KIEV 28 17 33 12 23 3.8 22 -36

KAZAKH KUSTANAY 24 13 33 8 18 0.1 69 34 LVOV 26 15 30 9 20 3.3 78 7

TSELINOGRAD 24 13 34 7 19 -0.2 74 40 KIROVOGRAD 30 15 34 10 23 2.8 6 -47

KARAGANDA 24 12 35 4 18 -0.1 89 64 ODESSA 30 21 35 18 26 4.0 0 -33

KENYA NAIROBI 23 12 27 9 18 0.2 51 35 KHARKOV 30 16 34 11 23 3.5 0 -75

LIBYA BENGHAZI 32 23 37 19 *** ***** 0 ****** UZBEKI TASHKENT 35 19 40 13 27 1.2 0 -2

LITHUA KAUNAS 25 14 32 9 19 2.8 66 1 VENEZU CARACAS *** *** 33 22 *** ***** ***** ******

LUXEMB LUXEMBOURG 26 15 35 7 20 2.8 61 -4 YUGOSL BELGRADE 31 21 34 14 26 3.9 44 -18

MALAYS KUALA LUMPUR 33 25 36 22 29 2.0 96 -50 ZAMBIA LUSAKA 28 14 32 9 21 1.4 0 0

MALI BAMAKO 30 22 33 21 26 0.4 318 16 ZIMBAB KADOMA 28 *** 33 2 *** ***** 0 -1

MARSHA MAJURO 30 27 31 24 28 0.9 299 1

MARTIN LAMENTIN 31 25 32 23 28 1.3 277 47

MEXICO GUADALAJARA 24 17 29 15 20 -0.4 324 113

TLAXCALA 23 12 27 10 18 0.1 161 1

ORIZABA 26 16 28 14 21 1.0 296 -57

MOROCC CASABLANCA 28 21 35 20 24 1.6 0 -1

MARRAKECH 39 21 45 18 30 2.2 11 9

Based on Preliminary Reports

(MM) (MM)

TEMPERATURE

( C )

TEMPERATURE

( C )

PRECIP. PRECIP.

August 2018


For additional information contact: [email protected]

Additional rain further eased drought in parts of northern Europe but slowed summer crop maturation and drydown across some southern crop areas. Showers totaled 10 to 50 mm in drought-stricken farming areas adjacent to the North Sea, providing much-needed moisture for winter wheat and rapeseed planting. In contrast, intensifying dryness depleted soil moisture for winter crop planting from central Germany into western Poland and the Czech Republic; 30-day rainfall in these locales has totaled less than 25 percent of normal (locally less than 10 percent).

Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rainfall (10-80 mm, locally more) across much of southcentral and southeastern Europe slowed summer crop drydown and harvesting but maintained favorable soil moisture supplies for winter wheat and rapeseed planting. In Greece, locally heavy showers (more than 50 mm) were untimely for open-boll to maturing cotton, though the rain was not widespread. On the Iberian Peninsula, mostly dry and warmer-than-normal weather (up to 4°C above normal) accelerated summer crop drydown and harvesting.

EUROPE



Dry, hot weather accelerated summer crop maturation and drydown but reduced soil moisture for winter wheat planting. Showers during the period were confined to northwestern crop areas, with locally more than 10 mm of rain providing moisture for later-developing spring grains and summer crops from northwestern Ukraine into Belarus and northern Russia. Elsewhere, sunny skies and late-summer heat (32-37°C)

accelerated corn and sunflower drydown as well as early harvesting efforts. However, soil moisture was becoming limited in key winter wheat areas adjacent to the Black Sea Coast where 30-day rainfall has tallied a meager 10 percent of normal or less; however, Russia’s North Caucasus District has been the recipient of beneficial rain (up to 200 percent of normal) since early August.

WESTERN FSU



Cooler-than-normal conditions prevailed, with additional rain in the north contrasting with seasonably dry weather in southern growing areas. Moderate to heavy rain (10-40 mm, locally more) across northern Kazakhstan and neighboring portions of central Russia provided additional moisture for later-developing spring wheat and barley,

though most crops are approaching maturity and would benefit from drier weather. Furthermore, temperatures up to 4°C below normal slowed crop maturation. In the south, dry but cool weather (2-5°C below normal) settled over Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and southern Kazakhstan, slowing cotton maturation.

EASTERN FSU



Mostly dry, seasonably hot weather favored summer crop drydown and harvesting in Turkey. In particular, sunny skies and above-normal temperatures accelerated sunflowers, corn, and cotton toward maturity and facilitated early harvest efforts.

Summer crop prospects are good to excellent across Turkey due to abundant early-summer rain and a lack of damaging heat during key reproductive stages of development. The dry weather also promoted early winter wheat and barley planting.

MIDDLE EAST



Heavy showers (over 50 mm) continued across northeastern India, maintaining favorable soil moisture for rice. Season-to-date rainfall totals were near or above the 30-year average throughout most summer (kharif) rice areas, with the exception of Bihar (86 percent), as the crop begins to mature. Beneficial showers (25-50 mm) reached into eastern Maharashtra, benefiting cotton and oilseeds but were more limited (less than 25 mm) in key crop areas of central Maharashtra, Gujarat, and

neighboring districts in western Madhya Pradesh. An extensive period of dryness from mid-July to mid-August limited soil moisture for cotton in central Maharashtra and more rain will be needed in September to prevent yield declines. Meanwhile in northern India and Pakistan, dry weather aided rice and cotton in the latter stages of development, as seasonably wet weather in Bangladesh maintained abundant moisture supplies for summer (aman) rice.

SOUTH ASIA



Showers across much of eastern China benefited immature summer crops. In northeastern China, 25 to over 50 mm of rain benefited corn and soybeans in the late stages of development but was likely of little benefit to maturing crops in Liaoning. Widespread showers (25-100 mm) were also reported in the Yangtze Valley, with flooding rainfall (100-200 mm or more) in portions of Guangdong and Fujian. The wet weather boosted moisture supplies for reproductive late-crop rice in far southern provinces but was unfavorable for maturing single-crop rice grown along the Yangtze River. Meanwhile, dry, hot (temperatures 2-5°C above normal) weather on portions of the

North China Plain into the eastern Yangtze Valley aided summer crop maturation and harvesting. Elsewhere, drier weather in northeastern North Korea eased excessive wetness from last week’s typhoon-related flooding, but excessive rainfall (over 200 mm) continued in major southwestern rice areas. In addition, 200 mm of rain in South Korea significantly cut seasonal moisture deficits but submerged rice beginning to mature. In Japan, showers (10-25 mm in Hokkaido, 25-100 mm or more in northern Honshu) provided beneficial late-season moisture to reproductive rice, but drier weather will be needed in September as the crop matures.

EASTERN ASIA



More seasonable rainfall amounts (25-100 mm) prevailed in the Philippines, easing excessive wetness in portions of the northwest where persistent deluges have occurred. Most major summer rice areas have benefited from consistent rainfall during the season, with only eastern Luzon experiencing lingering moisture deficits. Meanwhile, heavy showers (100-200 mm) in northern Vietnam and adjacent areas of northern Laos boosted moisture supplies for vegetative (Vietnam) to reproductive (Laos) rice. In

addition, showers (over 25 mm based on satellite-derived estimates) in Cambodia benefited summer rice, as drier weather in southern Vietnam aided summer rice maturation. In Thailand, rainfall was unseasonably light (less than 25 mm), limiting available moisture for rice entering reproduction. Elsewhere, showers (25-100 mm) in oil palm areas of Malaysia and Indonesia caused minor harvest delays, with the main harvest period beginning in September and lasting through October.

SOUTHEAST ASIA



Rain (approaching 25 mm) fell across portions of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, but the majority of the rain fell south and east of major agricultural areas. As a result, the showers in the wheat belt (generally less than 5 mm) were too light and widely scattered to significantly benefit winter grains and oilseeds, and the rain provided little additional topsoil moisture in advance of summer crop sowing. In contrast, widespread showers (10-25 mm) in South Australia further

benefited winter grains and oilseeds, which are in or approaching the reproductive stages of development. Similarly, rain (10-25 mm) in Western Australia maintained good to excellent yield prospects for wheat, barley, and canola, as these crops also advance toward and through the reproductive stages of development. Temperatures averaged within 1°C of normal throughout the wheat belt, favoring crop development in areas where adequate moisture supplies were present.

AUSTRALIA



Following last week’s outbreak of unseasonably cold weather, warmer conditions fostered a more rapid pace of winter grain growth. Weekly temperatures averaged 1 to 2°C above normal in nearly all farming areas of northern and central Argentina; despite the warming trend, however, another cool snap at week’s end dropped nighttime lows below freezing in spots, in particular traditionally cooler locations in the southwest (La Pampa, southwestern Buenos Aires, and southern Cordoba) where wheat had reportedly not yet entered reproductive stages

of development as of late August. Patchy frost was possible in southern production areas of Santa Fe and Sao Paulo, where nighttime lows approached 0°C, but no widespread freeze was recorded. Moderate to heavy rain (greater than 10 mm) fell in the northeast (notably Santa Fe, Entre Rios, and Corrientes) but most other areas remained dry. As seasonal warming continues, additional rain will be needed for winter grains, particularly in climatologically drier western production areas (notably Cordoba).

ARGENTINA



Following last week’s beneficial rain, warmer, drier weather returned to Parana and other more northerly wheat production areas of central Brazil. Little to no rain fell in the state as dry weather dominated a large area extending northward into Mato Grosso, and daytime highs reaching the middle 30s (degrees C) fostered rapid development of immature grains. According to the government of Parana, 84 percent of wheat had reached flowering, and 12 percent was mature, as of August 27; second-crop corn was 87 percent harvested. In contrast, heavy rain (greater than 50 mm) was recorded over Rio Grande do

Sul for a second week as more wheat entered reproduction (25 percent flowering to filling as of August 30, according to state reports). Elsewhere, warm, dry weather dominated the central and northeastern interior. According to the government of Mato Grosso, cotton was 90 percent harvested as of August 31, 4 points ahead of the 5-year average. In Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, sugarcane and corn producers awaited the onset of seasonal rainfall. Meanwhile, showers (greater than 10 mm) lingered along the eastern coast, providing moisture for cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane.

BRAZIL



Seasonal showers continued throughout much of the south and northwest, sustaining late-season soil moisture levels for corn and other rain-fed summer crops and boosting reservoir levels. With some exceptions, rainfall totaled 25 to 50 mm across the southern plateau (Jalisco to Puebla), and along the southern Pacific Coast (Michoacan and Oaxaca), benefiting corn and other late-developing summer crops. Similar amounts were recorded in the southeast (southern Veracruz eastward through the Yucatan Peninsula). In contrast, drier conditions persisted over much of the northeast, spanning a broad area stretching

from Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi northward to the Rio Grande Valley, including northern sugarcane areas in the vicinity of northern Veracruz. Meanwhile, monsoon showers (10-50 mm, locally higher) continued in the northwest, although amounts had declined from the previous weeks. According to the government of Mexico, northwestern reservoirs — including those in key winter grain areas of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Chihuahua — were at 47 percent capacity as of August 30, compared with 71 percent last year and 83 percent in 2016.

MEXICO



Showers, while untimely for spring crop harvesting, helped to alleviate long-term dryness and recharge topsoils for winter wheat establishment. Rainfall totaled more than 10 mm (locally exceeding 25 mm) in southwestern Saskatchewan and large sections of Alberta — including the Peace River Valley — and Manitoba. Weekly temperatures averaging 2 to 3°C below normal accompanied the cooler conditions but while nighttime lows fell into the low single digits (degrees C) throughout the

region on several evenings, the only sub-freezing readings were again confined to Alberta. Daytime highs briefly reached the 30s in southeastern sections of the Prairies, otherwise highs ranged from the lower 20s in the Peace River Valley to the middle and upper 20s south and eastward. According to the government of Saskatchewan, harvesting of all crops reached 27 percent as of August 27, similar to last year but well ahead of the 5-year average of 14 percent.

CANADIAN PRAIRIES



Unseasonable warmth prompted rapid development of immature summer crops. Weekly temperatures averaged 2 to 4°C above normal, with daytime highs reaching the upper 20s and lower 30s (degrees C) on several days. Light to moderate rain

accompanied the warmth, although most locations recorded below 25 mm; large sections of Ontario received less than 10 mm for the week. Preparations for winter wheat planting are underway and fieldwork should intensify in upcoming weeks.

SOUTHEASTERN CANADA

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Data obtained from the NWS Cooperative Observer Network.

USDA Agricultural Weather Assessments

Based on preliminary data

Average Pan Evaporation (inches/day)August 26 - September 01, 2018

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