Drew Lerner, Author at World Weather

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Weekly Citrus Weather For Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Kansas City, May 20 (World Weather Inc.) – Florida’s citrus areas received much-needed rain during the past week. Flowering, fruit setting, and general development conditions likely improved, though more rain is needed to break the drought. Drier than usual weather is slated for the region during the coming week and many areas will dry down marginally. The need for significant rain will remain high later this month into early June. Mexico’s citrus areas will see several waves of rain during the coming week. Precipitation will be enough to bolster soil moisture and maintain relatively good citrus conditions. Brazil’s citrus areas will have a few opportunities for rain during the coming week that may briefly disrupt the harvest.

East Texas, Delta Crops Vulnerable To Flooding Rain

Kansas City, May 19 (World Weather Inc.) – A ridge of high pressure along the U.S. Atlantic coast and broad trough of low pressure over the central and western states will present a stagnant weather pattern from the second half of this week through the first half of next week from central and eastern Texas through the Delta to the lower and middle Ohio River Valley. The pattern promises to produce frequent waves of rain that will eventually saturate the soil causing some flooding. Rice and newly emerged cotton may be vulnerable to some damage whereas most of the corn and early season soybeans should hold up well. Some wheat quality will decline. World Weather, Inc. believes some changes in the advertised pattern will evolve in time to reduce some of the predicted rainfall and possibly reduce the general size of the area vulnerable to the wettest conditions.

Wyoming, Montana Freezes Harm Sugarbeets

Kansas City, May 19 (World Weather Inc.) – Unusually cold temperatures this morning in Wyoming and Montana burned a considerable amount of new vegetative growth from crops and trees throughout the two states. The impact should have been minimal to low since most crops were not far enough advanced to be seriously harmed. With that said, though, Wyoming’s sugar beets were 40% emerged and vulnerable some of the coldest temperatures. Other crops may have been damaged, as well, though local conditions will dictate the overall impact. The cold weather will shift into the northern Plains tonight, but no serious harm is expected to crops there; though some newly emerged corn, soybeans, dry beans and sugarbeets could be impacted to some degree.