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Midwest Winter Precipitation
Precipitation Jan 1 through Friday Feb 8, as tallied by colleague Joel Burgio, shows a big discrepancy between the Eastern and Western Corn Belts. We have been saying for quite some time that the Eastern Corn Belt had a better chance of post-Drought 2012 recovery, and the first few weeks of 2013 are bearing that out.
Here are the totals--first for the Western Corn Belt:
State Avg Jan 1-Feb 8 Normal Pct of Normal
Minn .75 .97 76
Iowa 1.28 1.35 88
Nebr .33 .90 36
Mo 2.81 1.88 147
SDak .44 .71 63
Area 1.11 1.18 81
And here's the Eastern Corn Belt rundown:
State Avg Jan 1-Feb 8 Normal Pct of Normal
Wisc 3.07 1.54 199
Ill 3.92 2.19 184
Mich 4.58 2.34 195
Ind 4.83 3.01 160
Ohio 2.98 2.95 107
Ken 5.68 4.41 129
Area 4.26 2.78 161
It's also interesting to look at the sharp divide in Iowa and Minnesota from east to west on early-year precipitation totals. In Iowa, we see less than 30 percent of normal in the northern and northwestern stations of Sioux City, Spencer and Mason City; and above normal in Burlington, Ottumwa, Dubuque and Waterloo in the east and southeast. Des Moines was basically at normal. And in Minnesota, Alexandria, Redwood Falls and St. Cloud are all around 50 percent below normal, with near to above normal in central and southeastern Minnesota.
Bryce
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