Drew Lerner, Author at World Weather

Weekly Citrus Weather For Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Kansas City, October 13 (World Weather Inc.) – Florida’s citrus region received significant amounts of rain during the past week. With more rain on the way during the coming week, the ground will remain saturated in much of the main citrus areas. Late-season development conditions will remain favorable. Mexico’s citrus areas also saw waves of rain during the past week with heavy rain noted in Veracruz and immediate neighboring areas. Precipitation in the coming week will be enough to maintain aggressive citrus growth. Brazil’s citrus areas will also see a good mix of rain and sunshine during the coming week that will be welcome for fruit setting and general development.

U.S. Midwest Corn, Soybean Harvest Will Be Impacted By Rain

Kansas City, October 13 (World Weather Inc.) – Harvest conditions were relatively favorable for much of the U.S. Midwest during the past ten days. Dry weather or limited precipitation combined with periods of warmer than usual weather helped producers get into the fields aggressively after several locations were wetter than usual in September. Several weeks of good weather are still needed to wrap up the harvest under favorable conditions. Harvest prospects will deteriorate later today into Thursday as remnant moisture from Hurricane Simon begins to stream into the region from Mexico and the southern Plains at the same time as a cold front. Rain will spread across a large section of the Corn and Soybean Belt and will likely slow or delay the harvest. Drier weather will evolve over the weekend and early next week, though the wettest areas may need a day or two of drier weather before producers are able to re-enter the fields. Quality impacts should be minimal. There will be more rain coming into the region next week as well.

NOAA ENSO Model Falsely Suggests El Nino Has Peaked

Kansas City, October 13 (World Weather Inc.) – The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ENSO forecast model (CFSv2) has been suggesting in recent model runs that this year’s very strong to “super” El Nino may have peaked recently and is expected to weaken through the winter. This prediction is not supported by Ocean surface or subsurface temperature anomalies, nor is there much support in other parameters to suggest the event has peaked and will be weakening over the next few weeks. The Australia Bureau of Meteorology has its own ENSO model and it suggests the El Nino event will be peaking in November or early December, not now. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology suggested that there is not much reason to anticipate any sustainable weakening for another several weeks.