The State Climatologist for Illinois says weather outlooks predict a mild remainder to the harvest season.
Trent Ford tells Brownfield short term projections indicate warmer and drier than normal conditions for the entire state.
“The model suggests that is likely to stick around for the majority of October so that should result in a pretty rapid dry down of crops across the state. Looking at these outlooks, I wouldn’t anticipate any significant harvest delays for most of the month of October.”
He says those above average temperatures are expected to stick around in November and December with equal chances for below, average, or above normal precipitation.
