July rains gave relief, but drought remains for the majority of the Corn Belt
Following an extremely dry June for much of the Corn Belt, rains returned for some in July. For the United States Corn Belt as a whole, July was th...
Following an extremely dry June for much of the Corn Belt, rains returned for some in July. For the United States Corn Belt as a whole, July was the 15th coldest and seventh wettest in 30+ years, according to data from WeatherTrends360 . While the monthly temperature trends across the growing region were generally near to slightly cooler than normal, precipitation trends varied much more widely. For July, total rainfall trended above normal for parts of the eastern Corn Belt from Pennsylvania to northern Illinois.