Thrpugh yesterday, the Midwest is a few degrees cooler than normal for this July. A warmer trend the rest of the month will likely erase the cool departures in some locations and some places will finish a little warmer than normal for this month, especially western third as this region will be the hottest in the Cornbelt the rest of the month with highs warming into the 90's through most of next week. The eastern third to half will not be as warm hrough the end of the month on Wednesday and therefore might remain a degree or two cooler than normal for this July. Most areas have received near or above normal precipitation this month so any dry areas in the Midwest are at a minimum now. The west portion looks drier than normal the next couple weeks combined with above normal temperatures may lead to some crop stress longer term in the western area of the Cornbelt.
