The following is the agricultural weather report for Monday, July 29th, 2024 from the United States, exclusively compiled by Jintou Futures APP.

Western United States Cool and rainy weather extends from the northwestern Pacific to the northern Rockies. This rain is beneficial for crops in the northwest, including winter wheat and small grains sown in the spring. At the same time, the hot weather in the Southwest is beneficial for farming and crop growth, although there is a high wildfire threat in some areas of Arizona and New Mexico.

Any precipitation is limited to the northwest Pacific and the southwest desert, respectively related to cold fronts and monsoon circulations. The rest of the western United States is experiencing dry weather, despite some relief from extreme heat for most of the summer. Nevertheless, the fire near Chico, California is currently only about 1/8th contained and has burned over 360,000 acres of vegetation. Dozens of active wildfires in the west have burned over 2 million acres, or half the land area burned in the United States nationwide to date.

Corn Planting Area of the United States Showers and a few thunderstorms extend southwest from the Upper Midwest. At the same time, warm and mostly dry weather in the eastern corn belt is favorable for late-season corn and soybean planting, as well as winter wheat growth.

Hot and mostly dry weather still dominates, although scattered showers from Kansas to Dakota have occurred. The hot weather has helped mature and harvest the northern wheat, but it has also reduced the soil moisture for summer crops. In the region, the high temperature today is usually between 90 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

Weather Outlook Initially, the active weather in most parts of the United States will eventually consolidate along the cold front sweeping through the central United States on Tuesday. Subsequently, the cold front will reach the coastal states along the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, although cool and unstable showers will persist in the Great Lakes states for a few days. According to preliminary reports, the United States will breathe a sigh of relief from the continuous thunderstorms that triggered more than 500 tornadoes in May. Before calm weather arrives, precipitation in the eastern half of the United States may reach 1 to 3 inches, except in the southern hinterland. In addition, early heat waves will expand in the western United States this weekend, with maximum temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit and covering lower altitude areas in the desert southwest.

Warm and rainy weather has created nearly ideal conditions for summer crops from the growth period to the grain filling period, including corn and soybeans. In the central region of the Midwest, today's high temperature will be between 85 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and some areas of the Southwestern corn belt will be higher.

Map of US Corn Production Areas

Most areas from the western Gulf Coast to the Mississippi Delta have now returned to dry weather, after prior wet weather caused flooding in some areas of southeastern Texas. Meanwhile, concerns about drought for ranches and immature summer crops in much of the Southeast have gradually eased due to continued showers.

Chicago SRW Wheat and Corn Futures

As the week progresses, scattered showers will gradually move eastward, with 1 to 2 inches or more of rain expected in the Midwest to the east over the next 5 days. Meanwhile, monsoon-related rainfall will mainly focus on southern Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Further north, any scattered showers in the northwest will end this week, followed by dry and increasingly hot weather. In fact, many areas will remain dry over the next 5 days, including much of California, the Great Basin, the northern plateau, most of the western inland areas, and the Southeastern Plains to the Gulf Coast and Mississippi Delta. Dry weather will accompany expanding high temperatures, with low-altitude non-coastal areas in the western and central regions expected to see triple-digit highs (100 degrees Fahrenheit). By the end of this week, temperatures in some areas of the Southeast may also reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

The National Weather Service's 6-10 day outlook from August 3rd to August 7th shows that almost the entire United States will experience above-normal temperatures, with the Pacific coast to the northern and central high plains most likely to experience hotter-than-normal weather. Meanwhile, rainfall in Gulf and Atlantic coastal states as well as California, the Great Basin and the western inland areas will be above-normal, in contrast to near- or below-normal rainfall in the Plains, central and southern regions, and the northwest Pacific.

Soybeans should be translated as soybean.

The Atlantic Ocean should be translated as the Atlantic.

Cotton should be translated as cotton.