Across the Corn Belt, clouds and showers linger across the Ohio Valley. Generally dry weather and above-normal temperatures continue to expand across the remainder of the Midwest, favoring corn and soybean development but reducing topsoil moisture reserves. On June 6, topsoil moisture was rated at least one-half very short to short in Michigan, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Later Wednesday, high temperatures should range from 90 to 100° throughout the upper Midwest.
On the Plains, scattered showers in the Dakotas are providing limited relief from a drought that has significantly stressed rangeland, pastures, winter wheat, and many spring-sown crops.
