Several people have asked about rainfall amounts recently, so I thought it was time to get a map from National Weather Service. The map shows the past 60 days. I darkened the Illinois border. While it seemed like a wet spring because of the number of days of missed field work, rainfall amounts have been moderate except for the southern 100 or so miles of Illinois. Rainfall amounts around the first of the year were excessive, so we still have good subsoil moisture. We have done septic tank investigations regularly this spring and except yesterday, we have had a water table in the subsoil at some point. While things are starting to dry out, and we are seeing corn starting to roll in some areas, we are still a long way from a severe drought. We are getting in to the part of summer when rainfall amounts are highly variable, but as long as storms keep moving through, there is always a chance to get some rain. As in many years, corn yields will be made by a timely rain in mid-July.
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| Rainfall Past 60 Days |
