Across the Corn Belt, hot weather prevails. Wednesday’s temperatures will approach or reach 95° as far north as the upper Mississippi Valley. Rain is confined to the northern Corn Belt, where severe thunderstorms are possible. Drought continues to plague parts of Iowa, which led the Midwest on August 23 with topsoil moisture rated 76% very short to short.
On the Plains, isolated showers across Montana and the Dakotas are causing only minor small grain harvest delays.
