June 2021

• What science says about how day and night temps affect corn yields

  Pam Knox

  June 2, 2021

  

  Corn yields are affected by a number of things, so it should be no surprise that they are affected by both maximum (daytime) and minimum (nighttime) temperatures. Heat stress on the hottest days causes the corn plant to shut down, reducing their ability to fill the kernels. Overnight, the science is less clear, with some…

  Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops

• June 2021 expected to be wetter than normal

  Pam Knox

  June 1, 2021

  

  The latest monthly climate outlook for June 2021 was released this weekend by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that there is no strong signal towards warmer or cooler than normal for most of the region in June. But all of the region does show a tilt towards wetter than normal conditions, with the highest…

  Posted in: Climate outlooks