HDR1012000170101107951200WEEKLY WEATHER & CROP BULLETIN
HDR2012000170101107951200NAT. AGRI. SUMMARY
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY
October 30 - November 5, 1995
HIGHLIGHTS: The first below-zero temperatures of the season occurred midweek as
a blast of cold air plunged into the Nation. Freezing temperatures were
reported from central New Mexico to northern Georgia and northward. Light snow
at the beginning of the week across the northern Great Plains provided some
protection from the cold to the winter wheat crop. Rains from central Kansas
to New England slowed the harvest of remaining row crops. Heavy rains at the
end of the week delayed fieldwork along the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic
seaboard. Conditions across the rest of the Nation were mostly dry.
The winter wheat crop that emerged in the 19 major producing States was 79
percent(%) complete, up 8 percentage points from the previous week and 1 point
behind the 5-year average. In the Texas plains, low temperatures slowed crop
growth. In Kansas, emergence was good but many areas were becoming dry. Dry
conditions in southwest Missouri hindered emergence. Cold conditions and
crusted fields delayed emergence in Washington. The rainfall across the
central part of the Nation was generally beneficial to the crop. Wheat
condition in the 19 major producing States declined slightly from last week and
was rated as 56% good to excellent.
The corn crop in the 17 major producing States was 87% harvested, up 10 points
from the previous week and 13 points ahead of the average. Rains across the
Corn Belt delayed harvest and raised concerns about grain stored outside.
Cotton harvested at 65% complete was up 8 points from the previous week and
equal to the average. Harvest activities increased in Arizona and California,
and progress increased by 17 and 30 points, respectively. Rains delayed the
harvest from Texas to the Southeast.
Sorghum acreage harvested at 91% complete, up 6 points from last week, was 8
points ahead of the average. Harvest advanced in the Texas high plains with
minimal delays. Good progress was made in Colorado, Illinois, and Oklahoma.
The recent cold conditions in New Mexico allowed fields to dry down and
resulted in the harvest increasing by 23 points.
Soybeans harvested at 91% complete was up 4 points from the previous week and 3
points ahead of the average. Good progress was made in Alabama, Arkansas, and
Tennessee before the rains came.
HDR2012000170101107951200NAT. WEATHER SUMMARY
National Weather Summary
Volume 82, No. 45
October 29 - November 4, 1995
For additional information, call (202) 720-7917.
Highlights: Arctic high pressure surged southward through the Plains and
gradually overspread the Northwest. Few daily-record lows were set in the
Plains due to similarly timed severe cold waves in past years, most recently
1991 and 1993. However, more than two dozen records were shattered in the
Northwest and the Great Basin. Heavy rain preceded the arrival of colder air
across the Midwest and the Southeast, but only trace amounts fell across
parched winter wheat areas in the central and southern High Plains. Eastern
Plains wheat areas benefited from rainfall of a quarter-inch to locally an inch
or more, while farther north, up to 4 inches of snow insulated the northern
Plains' winter wheat from temperatures as low as 0 to -5 degrees F.
Early in the week, the tail of a cold front lingered near the Texas coast,
fueling torrential rains. Corpus Christi, TX received 7.92 inches on Sunday,
breaking their single-day October record of 5.71 inches, set on October 8,
1994. Farther north, the leading edge of a cold but shallow airmass edged
across the Northwestern and Central States. Light snow developed over the
Midwest, resulting in 2-inch depths by Tuesday morning in Aberdeen, SD and
Rochester, MN. Meanwhile, the month ended with a half-dozen daily-record lows
in the Northwest, including 16 degrees F in Yakima, WA and 24 degrees F in
Salem, OR.
Elko, NV ended the week with four consecutive daily records, including a low of
-2 degrees F on Thursday. On November 3, lows of -7 degrees F in Valentine, NE
and -3 degrees F in Rapid City, SD were low enough to eclipse daily records set
in 1991, while farther south, lows dipped into the lower to middle 10's as far
south as western Kansas. Midland, TX notched a minimum of 32 degrees F. A day
later, lows fell to 20 degrees F as far south as Dalhart, TX, with the freezing
line extending roughly along the Red River (Texas-Oklahoma border) eastward
through central Mississippi and into northern Georgia. However, daily-record
warmth persisted as late as Saturday in Florida, where Melbourne logged a high
of 89 degrees F.
Precipitation brought relief from short-term dryness in areas from southern
Iowa to central Texas. Weekly totals of 1.21 inches in Kansas City, MO and
0.73 inches in Topeka, KS more than doubled their respective October totals of
0.51 and 0.21 inches. In Austin, TX, a paltry October 1-30 rainfall of 0.12
inches contrasted sharply with totals of 1.31 inches on October 31 and 1.51
inches on November 1. Farther west, 1.25 inches of rain pelted Phoenix, AZ on
November 1, 189 percent of their normal monthly total. After midweek, heavy
rain shifted into the Great Lakes States and the Southeast. Although totals
approached 2 inches in locations such as Peoria, IL, Green Bay, WI, and
Memphis, TN, very heavy rain was confined to the central Gulf Coast region,
where rainfall included 5.32 inches in Mobile, AL and 8.75 inches--including
7.47 inches in 24 hours on November 2-3--in Lafayette, LA.
Heavy rain also struck western Hawaii, where Lihue measured a weekly total of
11.33 inches, 8.95 inches of which fell on November 3. Meanwhile, weekly
temperatures in Alaska averaged up to 18 degrees F above normal, with highs
topping 40 degrees F as far north as Fairbanks on October 29.
HDR2012000170101107951200CROP PROGRESS
Released November 6, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For
information on "Crop Progress" call Greg Preston at (202) 720-7621, office hours
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics,
information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information
Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV.
Corn: Percent Harvested, Soybeans: Percent Harvested,
Selected States Selected States
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: Week Ending : : Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 1990- :-----------------------: 1990-
State:Nov 5, :Oct 29,:Nov 5, : 1994 State:Nov 5, :Oct 29,:Nov 5, : 1994
: 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg. : 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg.
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: Percent : Percent
: :
CO : 74 46 88 68 AL : 58 45 39 56
GA : 99 99 98 99 AR : 83 66 71 62
IL : 94 92 86 82 GA : 21 13 26 38
IN : 93 88 75 68 IL : 99 98 97 97
IA : 89 76 87 76 IN : 99 98 99 94
KS : 95 90 97 92 IA : 99 99 100 100
KY : 97 95 89 86 KS : 95 93 84 91
MI : 76 63 44 43 KY : 80 72 69 64
MN : 85 74 79 71 LA : 92 91 78 80
MO : 78 71 84 83 MI : 97 93 94 86
NE : 80 63 89 77 MN : 94 90 98 98
NC : 98 96 99 96 MS : 94 86 73 66
OH : 81 68 65 61 MO : 90 82 80 83
PA : 80 70 52 45 NE : 99 99 100 99
SD : 69 55 74 69 NC : 16 13 22 23
TX : 98 97 100 100 OH : 97 93 100 95
WI : 80 70 67 52 SC : 11 5 21 20
: SD : 86 85 97 98
17 Sts: 87 77 82 74 TN : 65 51 54 51
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These 17 States produced 93% of the 19 Sts: 91 87 89 88
1994 corn crop. --------------------------------------
These 19 States produced 94% of the
1994 soybean crop.
We 1 (11-95)
Winter Wheat: Percent Emerged, Cotton: Percent Harvested,
Selected States Selected States
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: Week Ending : : Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 1990- :-----------------------: 1990-
State:Nov 5, :Oct 29,:Nov 5, : 1994 State:Nov 5, :Oct 29,:Nov 5, : 1994
: 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg. : 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg.
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: Percent : Percent
: :
AR : 44 26 51 44 AL : 86 81 52 76
CA : 5 2 4 4 AZ : 60 43 85 78
CO : 96 92 98 97 AR : 91 83 81 83
GA : 9 8 10 11 CA : 50 20 82 78
ID : 71 62 67 78 GA : 74 65 41 64
IL : 82 65 88 76 LA : 99 98 86 93
IN : 83 72 88 77 MS : 99 94 80 86
KS : 90 85 94 89 MO : 89 82 91 86
MI : 89 83 89 82 NM : 45 36 59 39
MO : 65 49 69 60 NC : 55 50 62 62
MT : 85 83 76 82 OK : 15 10 68 39
NE : 100 99 100 99 SC : 53 49 50 63
NC : 21 13 32 28 TN : 80 72 74 79
OH : 92 77 86 75 TX : 49 44 59 47
OK : 70 56 87 77 :
OR : 64 50 50 69 14 Sts: 65 57 67 65
SD : 95 93 100 100 --------------------------------------
TX : 69 60 74 71 These 14 States produced 99% of the
WA : 88 87 66 85 1994 cotton crop.
:
19 Sts: 79 71 82 80
-------------------------------------- Sorghum: Percent Harvested,
These 19 States produced 92% of the Selected States
1994 winter wheat crop. --------------------------------------
: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 1990-
State:Nov 5, :Oct 29,:Nov 5, : 1994
: 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 100 99 100 98
CO : 84 63 73 57
IL : 86 70 88 80
KS : 93 85 94 81
LA : 100 100 100 100
MS : 100 100 100 99
MO : 82 77 83 83
NE : 99 99 96 84
NM : 50 27 58 46
OK : 47 33 48 53
SD : 81 78 85 87
TX : 94 91 93 89
:
12 Sts: 91 85 91 83
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These 12 States produced 99% of the
1994 sorghum crop.
HDR2012000170101107951200CROP CONDITION
Winter Wheat: Crop Condition
by Percent, Selected States
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
AR : 0 4 23 61 12
CA : 0 0 25 75 0
CO : 5 5 26 56 8
GA : 0 2 33 65 0
ID : 0 0 15 76 9
IL : 2 7 36 49 6
IN : 0 8 42 42 8
KS : 2 12 43 41 2
MI : 1 2 17 59 21
MO : 1 7 61 28 3
MT : 0 1 12 70 17
NE : 1 5 27 64 3
NC : 0 2 8 86 4
OH : 0 1 21 63 15
OK : 0 6 41 48 5
OR : 0 0 14 76 10
SD : 0 3 20 65 12
TX : 1 18 43 36 2
WA : 0 5 23 70 2
:
19 Sts : 1 8 35 51 5
:
Prev Wk : 1 8 33 51 7
Prev Yr : 1 5 22 63 9
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Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent,
Selected States
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent :: : Percent
: :: :
AL : 5 9 38 45 3 :: NJ : 0 0 50 50 0
AZ : 10 21 36 25 8 :: NM : 10 30 40 20 0
AR : 10 29 48 13 0 :: NY : 0 0 20 80 0
CA : 0 40 40 20 0 :: NC : 0 3 25 67 5
CO : 2 18 35 39 6 :: ND : 1 16 28 49 6
CT : 0 0 35 65 0 :: OH : 1 9 30 52 8
DE : 0 5 23 72 0 :: OK : 1 8 39 48 4
FL : 0 5 35 60 0 :: OR : 0 0 28 63 9
GA : 1 2 39 58 0 :: PA : 12 14 45 28 1
ID : 0 19 33 44 4 :: RI : 0 0 0 100 0
IL : 10 19 40 29 2 :: SC : 2 2 18 77 1
IN : 11 31 43 15 0 :: SD : 3 10 25 52 10
IA : 12 26 38 21 3 :: TN : 2 6 30 55 7
KS : 3 17 43 36 1 :: TX : 3 18 52 25 2
KY : 1 10 34 50 5 :: UT : 1 18 30 40 11
LA : 6 20 40 33 1 :: VT : 0 10 10 64 16
ME : 53 0 46 1 0 :: VA : 0 6 34 54 6
MD : 0 2 19 66 13 :: WA : 0 14 36 50 0
MA : 0 11 40 49 0 :: WV : 1 19 29 50 1
MI : 2 14 26 50 8 :: WI : 3 12 37 44 4
MN : 25 50 25 0 0 :: WY : 0 0 4 65 31
MS : 1 17 44 31 7 :: :
MO : 18 36 33 13 0 :: 48 Sts : 4 17 36 39 4
MT : 0 12 22 60 6 :: :
NE : 1 10 37 47 5 :: Prev Wk: 4 16 36 40 4
NV : 0 0 8 90 2 :: Prev Yr: NA NA NA NA NA
NH : 0 18 49 33 0 :: :
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VP - Very Poor P - Poor F - Fair G - Good Ex - Excellent