Have any questions? Just call us (913) 383-1161

Predicting the impact of nature. Find out how here.

Southwestern China, North China Plain Still In Need Of Rain

Kansas City, April 16 (World Weather Inc.) – A large section of China’s main agricultural region was drier than normal during the past month. Moisture shortages are ongoing for the North China Plain, Yellow River Basin and both east-central and southwestern sections of the nation due to the continued lack of rain and warmer than usual temperatures. The need for rain is high in order to improve planting, establishment, and general development conditions in the driest areas. Additional drying may start to raise concern over possible production impacts, although rain chances in the next ten days are improving for areas near and south of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin and North China Plain. Other areas will have opportunities for precipitation and soil moisture may either increase slightly or experience little change for a while. Drought, according to the Chinese Meteorological Agency has expanded over the past few weeks.

US Min

This content is for members only

US Max

This content is for members only

US Rain

This content is for members only

Canadian Prairies Planting Outlook Better Than Recent Years

Kansas City, April 16 (World Weather Inc.) – Early season planting may already be under way in a few fields in southwestern parts of the Canadian Prairies where it has been warm for a while. Most of the planting of 2025 crops will occur in May and early June and the moisture profile for the Prairies is better that of recent years. There are still several production areas that were abnormally dry or in a moderate drought at the end of March with little change since then. There is need for at least some periodic precipitation in the drier areas of the Prairies to bolster soil moisture for better planting and early establishment potentials. The weather pattern will be relatively active for at least the next seven days. Resulting precipitation will be mostly light and is not expected to significantly improve the moisture profile. The need for timely precipitation will persist later this month into early May to support ideal favorable planting and emergence conditions.

U.S. Hard Red Winter Wheat Rain To Offer Partial Relief

Kansas City, April 16 (World Weather Inc.) – Soil conditions in most of the U.S. hard-red winter wheat crop region have remained drier biased since late 2024. Soil moisture remains short to very short and drought intensity varies across the crop region with abnormally dry to severe drought conditions present as of April 8. Meaningful rainfall over 1.00 inch has not broadly occurred over this region since November 18th, 2024 with a few bouts of light precipitation occurring in isolated instances since then. To mitigate this dryness, much more precipitation will be needed in the coming weeks. Rain advertised over the next couple of weeks will provide some partial relief, but it remains debatable how significant the precipitation will be.