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South Africa Wheat Areas Will Receive Varying Rainfall

Kansas City, May 30 (World Weather Inc.) – Harvesting in the main production areas of South Africa continued with few disruptions during the past week. Most locations outside southern Natal were again dry. Winter wheat planting conditions were generally favorable as well despite some spotty rainfall in Western Cape. Western Cape and neighboring areas in Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State will have opportunities for rain during the coming week that may briefly disrupt planting. The rain will otherwise be beneficial for establishment and early-season development. The main summer crop areas will either remain dry or not receive enough rain to significantly slow the harvest or crop quality.

India Heatwave Impacting Early Cotton, Sugarcane

Kansas City, May 31 (World Weather Inc.) – Western, central, and northern India have suffered from a major heatwave during the past week. Temperatures surged as high as 126 degrees Fahrenheit, severely stressing humans, livestock, and the early cotton and sugarcane produced this time of year. Some of the more recently planted early season crops (like cotton) may experience production losses due to the heat, even in irrigated areas. In the meantime, severe flooding was noted in portions of Bangladesh and the Eastern States when Tropical Cyclone Remal tracked across the region this past weekend and early this week. Significant damage to infrastructure was noted and some damage to rice was also possible. In the meantime, monsoonal rain reached southern Kerala in recent days.

La Nina’s Slow Evolution May Reduce U.S. Dryness Fear

Kansas City, May 30 (World Weather Inc.) – Weather in North America during May deviated from expected precipitation in key crop areas in the United States. The greater than expected rainfall has not only been significant in relation to other years in this lunar cycle, but it is much more fitting of slow transition years from El Nino to La Nina. The latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center has suggested a further delay in the development of La Nina is under way and that, too, supports a less threatening summer outlook for some Midwestern crop areas. Dryness is still probable in a part of the Plains and some Midwestern locations during the middle to latter part of summer, but other areas in the Midwest will likely see timely rain. New research is suggesting drier conditions in the Middle and Southern Atlantic Coast States.

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