Across the Corn Belt, warm, mostly dry weather favors corn and soybean development. Friday’s Midwestern maximum temperatures should range from 85 to 90°F, except in the upper Midwest where cooler conditions and widely scattered showers are arriving. Some drought-affected summer crops in the western Corn Belt are benefiting from late-summer rainfall; others—including dented corn—are too mature to be aided by the change in upper Midwestern weather.

On the Plains, heat is building across the southeastern half of the region, despite isolated showers.

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