HDR1012000170101121951200WEEKLY WEATHER & CROP BULLETIN HDR2012000170101121951200NAT. AGRI. SUMMARY NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY November 13 - 19, 1995 HIGHLIGHTS: Widespread rains in the Eastern States left muddy fields, delayed small grain seeding, and curtailed closing harvest activity. Chilly weather across most of the East slowed small grain development. Continued dry conditions prevailed in the Central and Western States suppressing small grain growth. The winter wheat crop in the 19 major producing States was 88 percent (%) emerged, 3 percentage points behind this time last year. The winter wheat condition was mostly good to fair, down slightly from last week. Wheat condition declined in Texas as a result of persistent dry weather that slowed growth on dryland fields. Dry conditions continued in Missouri where wheat was 87% emerged, up 11 points from the previous week. Cotton harvested at 77% complete was up 6 points from last week and 1 point behind the 5-year average for the Nation. The cotton harvest was active in Oklahoma, but remained 28 points behind normal. California cotton harvested at 85% complete was up 15 points from last week but 11 points behind the average. A hard freeze in the Texas Plains reduced the need for chemical defoliation. Producers in the Texas Low Plains were waiting for a freeze. HDR2012000170101121951200NAT. WEATHER SUMMARY National Weather Summary Volume 82, No. 47 November 12 - 18, 1995 For additional information, call (202) 720-7917. Highlights: A strong low-pressure system formed near the Delmarva Peninsula on Tuesday and tracked northward, delivering high winds and heavy precipitation to the Northeast. The departing storm reinforced an already cold pattern across the East, as weekly temperatures averaged up to 13 degrees F below normal. In contrast, weekly departures in the West reached +15 degrees F, influenced by high pressure aloft. Meanwhile, breezy, dry weather in the central and southern Plains continued to prevent proper winter wheat establishment. Elsewhere, significant precipitation was confined to the Pacific Northwest and southern Texas. On Sunday, a strong cold front continued to sweep through the Northeast, producing pre-frontal southerly gusts to 64 mph in Windsor Locks, CT and 53 mph in Providence, RI. In Massachusetts, pre-dawn southerly gusts reached 63 mph in Boston and 81 mph at the nearby Blue Hill Observatory. Post-frontal snowfall totaled 9.9 inches (6.4 inches on Sunday) in Binghamton, NY and 4.4 inches in Scranton, PA, their first accumulations of the season. Later in the day, highs failed to reach the freezing mark in Chicago, IL (28 degrees F) and Dayton, OH (30 degrees F). But farther west, temperatures peaked at 83 degrees F in Amarillo, TX and 78 degrees F in Sacramento, CA, the first of more than 90 daily-record highs during the week from the Plains westward. In contrast, cold weather gripped interior Alaska before midweek, spreading nearly statewide thereafter. Fort Yukon recorded -37 degrees F on Monday; Fairbanks noted -23 degrees F a day later. In the Aleutians, Cold Bay registered a daily-record low (10 degrees F) on Friday. Precipitation returned to the Northeast by Monday, where Pittsburgh, PA tallied its first of two daily-snowfall records (2.5 and 6.1 inches). By storm's end, at midweek, November snowfall records were broken in New York at Binghamton (24.7 inches; storm total 14.8 inches) and Syracuse (28.8 inches; storm total 10.5 inches). Isolated mountain totals reached 25 to 30 inches from northern West Virginia to central New York. Due to the storm's inland track through New York, little snow fell in New England, but rainfall topped 2 inches in locations such as Portland, ME and Concord, NH. The composite New York City reservoir holdings, which as recently as October 12 stood at about 70 percent of normal, reached 96 percent of normal on November 14. In addition to heavy rain, northeasterly winds on Tuesday gusted to 44 mph in Bridgeport, CT and 54 mph in Boston. On the storm's outer fringe of influence, daily-record lows were noted in International Falls, MN (-12 degrees F on Monday) and Apalachicola, FL (33 degrees F on Tuesday). But farther west, daily-record highs on Tuesday of 81 degrees F were the warmest readings of the week in Las Vegas, NV and Bakersfield, CA. After midweek, record warmth continued in the West and made another foray into the High Plains. The week ended with four consecutive daily records in Milford, UT (including 72 degrees F on November 15 and 18), and three in a row in Reno, NV (73 degrees F on Friday), where rain last fell on July 18. On Saturday, highs soared into the 70's as far north as Billings, MT (71 degrees F). Rain fell on 3 to 7 days during the week in the Pacific Northwest, pushing weekly totals to 4.02 inches in Quillayute, WA and 1.55 inches in Astoria, OR. Late in the week, an upper-level disturbance crossing southern Texas sparked heavy rains as far north as San Angelo (1.60 inches). But farther north, rainless November weather persisted on the Texas plains at Lubbock and Midland. In Kansas, rainfall in Dodge City totaled only 0.12 inches between October 1 and November 18, while Wichita collected 0.36 inches during the same period. HDR2012000170101121951200CROP PROGRESS Released November 20, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Crop Progress" call Greg Preston at (202) 720-7621, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Winter Wheat: Percent Emerged, Cotton: Percent Harvested, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1990- :-----------------------: 1990- State:Nov 19,:Nov 12,:Nov 19,: 1994 State:Nov 19,:Nov 12,:Nov 19,: 1994 : 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg. : 1995 : 1995 : 1994 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AR : 73 63 76 71 AL : 92 90 79 89 CA : 10 7 19 17 AZ : 75 70 95 92 CO : 98 98 100 99 AR : 99 96 93 94 GA : 28 19 16 20 CA : 85 70 94 96 ID : 92 89 85 90 GA : 83 75 68 80 IL : 97 95 95 91 LA : 100 100 98 98 IN : 97 95 100 93 MS : 100 100 94 95 KS : 95 93 98 93 MO : 96 93 96 94 MI : 98 94 98 94 NM : 67 56 71 61 MO : 87 76 85 81 NC : 74 64 83 80 MT : 91 *85 92 92 OK : 33 26 80 61 NE : 100 100 100 100 SC : 72 61 75 84 NC : 44 34 58 51 TN : 89 84 91 93 OH : 100 94 94 95 TX : 60 54 70 60 OK : 83 78 96 88 : OR : 84 76 86 91 14 Sts: 77 71 81 78 SD : 96 96 100 100 -------------------------------------- TX : 76 72 82 81 These 14 States produced 99% of the WA : 96 89 82 92 1994 cotton crop. : 19 Sts: 88 84 91 88 -------------------------------------- * Revised. These 19 States produced 92% of the 1994 winter wheat crop. We 1 (11-95) HDR2012000170101121951200CROP CONDITION Winter Wheat: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 1 4 33 57 5 CA : 0 0 30 70 0 CO : 3 5 26 60 6 GA : 0 0 23 76 1 ID : 0 0 11 75 14 IL : 2 6 34 54 4 IN : 0 5 26 58 11 KS : 4 19 35 38 4 MI : 1 4 20 61 14 MO : 2 12 50 34 2 MT : 0 1 10 77 12 NE : 0 2 35 61 2 NC : 0 11 26 59 4 OH : 0 1 24 61 14 OK : 1 7 47 43 2 OR : 0 0 8 85 7 SD : 0 4 18 67 11 TX : 6 22 53 18 1 WA : 0 4 18 72 6 : 19 Sts : 2 11 35 47 5 : Prev Wk : 1 9 36 48 6 Prev Yr : 1 5 26 57 11 --------------------------------------