Across the Corn Belt, stressful heat (high temperatures of 95°F or greater) for summer crops prevails primarily southwest of a line from central South Dakota to southern Illinois, including Nebraska and much of Missouri. Early today, any shower activity is generally light and confined to the western Corn Belt. Patchy drought in the eastern Corn Belt led to less than one-half the corn being rated in good to excellent condition on July 17 in Ohio and Indiana.
