We 1 (9-98) Release September 9,1998 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agricultural. For information on "Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin" call Mark E. Miller at (202) 720-7621, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. National Weather Summary Volume 85, No. 36 August 30 - September 5, 1998 For additional information, call (202) 720-7917. Highlights: Hurricanes Earl and Isis helped to produce heavy rainfall in parts of the Southeast and Southwest, respectively. Earl made landfall near Panama City, FL before dawn on September 3, lashing coastal areas east of its center with sustained winds as high as 80 mph. Soaking rains (4 to 9 inches, with locally higher totals) accompanied a rapidly weakening Earl's path across northwestern Florida, southeastern Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Meanwhile, Isis struck northwestern Mexico on the night of September 2-3 as a minimal hurricane (75 mph sustained winds). Isis' circulation dissipated quickly over the western Sierra Madre, but moisture associated with the system produced 1 to 3 inches of rain across parts of Arizona and southern California. The heavy rainfall from both systems may have adversely affected cotton in the open boll stage of development. In areas not affected by the tropical systems, hot, mostly dry weather prevailed, favoring crop development and harvesting. During the week, nearly 200 daily-record highs and more than a dozen September-record highs were set or tied nationally. Weekly temperatures ranged from 8 to 14 degrees F above normal in the northern Plains and Northwest, aiding late small grain harvesting and winter wheat planting. Hot weather on the central and southern Plains promoted summer crop development, but further reduced topsoil moisture for early winter wheat planting. In the Corn Belt, warm (departures from -2 to +5 degrees F), generally dry conditions continued to push crops toward maturity at an ahead-of-normal pace. Early in the week, temperatures soared across the West and Southeast in advance of the tropical activity. On Sunday, highs in California reached 110 degrees F in Paso Robles and Riverside. Farther east, Columbus, GA noted 100 degrees F. A day later, Augusta, GA posted 100 degrees F, while Indio, CA registered 113 degrees F. On Tuesday, September opened with triple-digit heat as far north as Walla Walla, WA (102 degrees F). Redding, CA logged 112 degrees F on Wednesday. After midweek, heat continued in the West and overspread the Central States. On Thursday, Oklahoma City, OK notched their first of two September-record highs (107 degrees F), breaking a record that had stood since 1947. A day later, highs topped 100 degrees F as far north as Williston, ND (101 degrees F), while September records were established in Scottsbluff, NE (102 degrees F), Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX (108 degrees F), Ft. Smith, AR (109 degrees F), and McAlester, OK (110 degrees F). On Saturday, highs reached or exceeded the 100-degree mark for the 55th day this year in Dallas-Ft. Worth (second only to 69 days in 1980), and 22nd day in Little Rock, AR (behind 46 days in 1954, 41 days in 1980, and 23 days in 1943). Despite recent rainfall from Tropical Storm Charley, Brownsville, TX concluded their driest January-August on record. Brownsville's 8-month total was 4.43 inches (29 percent of normal), breaking their 1954 record of 5.41 inches. Shorter-term dryness further dried topsoils in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region, where rainless streaks stretched to 19 days (August 18 - September 5) in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. Similarly, measurable rain last fell in Nashville, TN on August 16. In addition, Nashville's maximum of 98 degrees F on Saturday was their highest of the year-to-date. On September 3, rainfall associated with Earl included 7.30 inches in Augusta, GA and 5.17 inches in Columbia, SC. A day later in California, daily-record totals attributed to Isis' remnant moisture reached 0.78 inches in Lancaster and 0.27 inches in Bakersfield. Yuma, AZ netted 2.26 inches during a 24-hour period on September 4-5. Release September 9,1998 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agricultural. For information on "Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin" call Mark E. Miller at (202) 720-7621, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. National Agricultural Summary August 31 - September 6, 1998 Highlights: Above-normal temperatures across most of the Nation pushed crops toward maturity well ahead of normal. Heavy rainfall from Hurricane Earl soaked dry soils across most of the eastern Gulf Coast and the southern Atlantic Coastal Plains and Piedmont, but came too late to help most crops. Widely scattered showers in the Corn Belt also had little beneficial impact on crops. Dry weather across the northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest aided small grain harvest and preparations for winter wheat seeding. Fieldwork and winter wheat seeding in the southern and central Great Plains also progressed well due to dry weather. Hot weather aided crop development in the Southwest, but progress continued to lag behind the 5-year average. Corn: Crop progress remains a week or more ahead of normal for all stages of development. Corn in the dough stage or beyond was 97 percent, dented or beyond was 82 percent, and corn mature was at 25 percent. Across the northern Corn Belt, doughing progress was nearly 2 weeks ahead of normal, and denting progress was double or triple the normal pace. More than half of the crop was mature in the southern Corn Belt, Southeast, and Great Plains from Kansas to Texas. Four percent of the crop has been harvested, with most of the progress in the southern and central Plains, the Missouri Bootheel, and Southeastern States. Hot, dry weather hindered conditions in parts of the upper Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region. Soybeans: Ninety-eight percent of the crop has developed to the pod setting stage or beyond, and 13 percent was dropping leaves. Nearly all of the crop has advanced to the pod setting stage or beyond in the Corn Belt, but lagged in parts of the Ohio Valley and Southeastern States despite good progress. Soybeans dropping leaves advanced most rapidly in the Mississippi Delta States, but also made good progress in the Ohio Valley and parts of the central Great Plains and Southeast. Crop conditions declined in parts of the Corn Belt due to a combination of dry weather, sudden death syndrome, and brown stem rot. Cotton: Cotton continues to mature quickly, with bolls opening on 51 percent of the crop compared with the normal of 40 percent. Progress was more than 1 week ahead of the 5-year average in most of the southern Plains, Mississippi Delta, and Southeast. Progress continued to lag in the Southwest, especially in California, where only 3 percent had bolls opening. Normally, over half of the crop would have bolls opening by this date. Small grains: Dry weather across the northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest allowed the barley and spring wheat harvests to advance to 97 and 96 percent complete, respectively. The harvest pace was at least 2 weeks early in most areas, and nearly 3 weeks early in some parts of Montana and North Dakota. Dry weather also allowed winter wheat seeding to advance to 6 percent. Washington growers had over a third of their crop planted. Rice: Thirty-five percent of the crop has been harvested compared with 26 percent normally harvested by this date. Progress was nearly complete along the western Gulf Coast, and well ahead of normal in the central Mississippi Delta region. In California, the start of the harvest season has been delayed by the late maturing crop. Sorghum: Eighty-one percent was turning color or beyond, and 37 percent was mature, compared with normal progress of 65 and 30 percent, respectively. Rapid development in the central Plains and Corn Belt more than offset slower progress in the southern Plains and Mississippi Delta. Harvest progress was at 24 percent, with the most advanced progress in the western Gulf Coast and Mississippi Delta States. Other crops: The peanut harvest advanced 1 percentage point to 2 percent, but fell behind the 5-year average due to heavy downpours in the eastern Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic Coast States. Rain virtually halted digging in Florida, but progress remained ahead of average due to an early start. Corn: Percent Dented, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 50 29 39 44 GA : 100 100 100 100 IL : 72 63 70 66 IN : 76 58 44 57 IA : 88 71 62 56 KS : 96 80 87 79 KY : 88 83 84 87 MI : 79 60 14 29 MN : 96 74 54 48 MO : 93 85 89 80 NE : 94 71 58 58 NC : 85 80 87 93 OH : 60 41 31 50 PA : 44 29 41 45 SD : 74 50 53 47 TX : 99 97 94 95 WI : 77 49 18 36 : 17 Sts: 82 65 58 58 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 17 States planted 90% of last year's corn acreage. Corn: Percent Mature, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 0 0 10 6 GA : 99 98 98 99 IL : 20 11 7 10 IN : 28 15 7 9 IA : 29 11 13 12 KS : 58 27 32 33 KY : 54 23 24 36 MI : 16 7 1 2 MN : 13 2 0 3 MO : 52 45 33 34 NE : 9 3 3 6 NC : 70 60 68 83 OH : 8 3 1 5 PA : 7 3 7 7 SD : 21 12 8 7 TX : 88 81 64 69 WI : 9 5 2 7 : 17 Sts: 25 14 12 14 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 17 States planted 90% of last year's corn acreage. Soybeans: Percent Setting Pods, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 89 78 78 83 AR : 94 82 89 89 GA : 90 80 90 91 IL : 97 91 98 97 IN : 100 96 100 99 IA : 100 100 100 99 KS : 99 98 99 96 KY : 87 77 87 86 LA : 100 99 100 97 MI : 100 100 100 98 MN : 99 99 99 98 MS : 100 98 92 95 MO : 96 89 99 94 NE : 100 99 100 100 NC : 80 73 81 80 OH : 100 100 100 98 SC : 80 60 85 79 SD : 100 97 100 98 TN : 95 80 85 89 : 19 Sts: 98 94 97 96 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 19 States planted 93% of last year's soybean acreage. Sorghum: Percent Coloring, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 90 81 89 92 CO : 51 21 17 38 IL : 47 47 44 44 KS : 83 50 63 57 LA : 100 99 98 97 MS : 97 95 93 94 MO : 89 75 76 68 NE : 79 61 58 49 NM : 25 15 27 27 OK : 75 51 66 60 SD : 68 55 60 47 TX : 87 81 80 83 : 12 Sts: 81 62 68 65 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 12 States planted 99% of last year's sorghum acreage. Soybeans: Percent Dropping Leaves, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 18 4 9 11 AR : 6 3 3 6 GA : 23 5 8 12 IL : 6 1 4 5 IN : 32 9 6 8 IA : 4 0 4 4 KS : 27 11 12 13 KY : 10 5 4 7 LA : 37 25 26 19 MI : 25 9 4 7 MN : 12 4 3 5 MS : 36 26 22 23 MO : 6 0 2 3 NE : 4 1 4 6 NC : 5 0 1 2 OH : 17 5 7 11 SC : 5 0 7 2 SD : 25 16 24 21 TN : 10 0 2 6 : 19 Sts: 13 5 6 8 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 19 States planted 93% of last year's soybean acreage. Sorghum: Percent Mature, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 66 39 42 56 CO : 1 0 0 4 IL : 19 3 1 4 KS : 25 8 10 8 LA : 99 95 88 82 MS : 83 71 79 80 MO : 43 27 18 24 NE : 5 2 1 3 NM : 1 0 1 3 OK : 22 6 6 13 SD : 16 10 12 12 TX : 65 58 56 67 : 12 Sts: 37 26 26 30 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 12 States planted 99% of last year's sorghum acreage. Corn: Percent Dough, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 97 81 78 82 GA : 100 100 100 100 IL : 95 90 91 92 IN : 98 93 92 95 IA : 97 92 93 83 KS : 100 99 100 98 KY : 99 95 99 99 MI : 99 97 45 65 MN : 99 99 95 83 MO : 100 100 100 95 NE : 99 94 96 93 NC : 100 95 100 99 OH : 96 86 91 93 PA : 77 73 71 81 SD : 95 90 86 84 TX : 100 100 99 99 WI : 100 84 75 75 : 17 Sts: 97 92 90 88 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 17 States planted 90% of last year's corn acreage. Winter Wheat: Percent Planted, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 0 NA 0 0 CA : 0 NA 0 0 CO : 6 NA 6 9 GA : 0 NA 0 0 ID : 2 NA 5 3 IL : 0 NA 0 0 IN : 1 NA 0 0 KS : 2 NA 2 3 MI : 1 NA 1 2 MO : 0 NA 0 0 MT : 4 NA 2 2 NE : 9 NA 7 9 NC : 0 NA 0 0 OH : 0 NA 0 0 OK : 1 NA 9 8 OR : 0 NA 0 0 SD : 17 NA 14 10 TX : 16 NA 8 10 WA : 35 NA 7 22 : 19 Sts: 6 NA 5 6 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 19 States planted 91% of last year's winter wheat acreage. Corn: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 0 NA 0 0 GA : 70 NA 62 67 IL : 0 NA 0 0 IN : 1 NA 0 0 IA : 0 NA 13 3 KS : 12 NA 3 4 KY : 2 NA 0 2 MI : 1 NA 0 0 MN : 0 NA 0 0 MO : 19 NA 6 7 NE : 1 NA 1 1 NC : 30 NA 16 25 OH : 2 NA 0 0 PA : 0 NA 3 1 SD : 0 NA 0 0 TX : 65 NA 46 57 WI : 0 NA 0 0 : 17 Sts: 4 NA 5 3 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 17 States harvested 92% of last year's corn acreage. Cotton: Percent Bolls Opening, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 51 38 22 33 AZ : 64 38 87 90 AR : 48 32 19 37 CA : 3 1 77 56 GA : 59 37 22 43 LA : 88 79 60 67 MS : 86 73 33 61 MO : 51 24 27 31 NM : 33 13 40 41 NC : 50 25 15 34 OK : 35 25 7 13 SC : 40 31 23 32 TN : 50 23 10 35 TX : 49 37 27 31 : 14 Sts: 51 37 32 40 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 14 States planted 98% of last year's cotton acreage. Spring Wheat: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 89 80 73 67 MN : 98 95 87 73 MT : 95 87 72 62 ND : 95 86 81 66 SD : 100 99 98 97 : 5 Sts : 96 89 82 70 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 5 States harvested 96% of last year's spring wheat acreage. Barley: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 86 74 73 69 MN : 99 98 89 83 MT : 96 88 75 64 ND : 99 95 91 84 SD : 100 98 96 98 WA : 99 92 98 90 : 6 Sts : 97 91 85 78 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 6 States harvested 84% of last year's barley acreage. Rice: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 17 6 4 11 CA : 0 0 14 3 LA : 86 77 72 69 MS : 40 21 11 22 TX : 85 77 48 64 : 5 Sts : 35 26 23 26 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 5 States harvested 96% of last year's rice acreage. Sorghum: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 41 NA 17 27 CO : 0 NA 0 0 IL : 0 NA 0 0 KS : 9 NA 2 1 LA : 77 NA 60 51 MS : 49 NA 21 41 MO : 5 NA 1 2 NE : 0 NA 0 0 NM : 0 NA 0 0 OK : 5 NA 0 1 SD : 4 NA 0 0 TX : 54 NA 51 61 : 12 Sts: 24 NA 19 22 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 12 States harvested 99% of last year's sorghum acreage. Peanuts: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Sep 13,:Sep 6, :Sep 13,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 2 0 13 14 FL : 9 9 16 4 GA : 1 0 4 6 NC : 0 0 0 0 OK : 0 0 0 0 SC : 10 5 10 10 TX : 2 1 2 2 VA : 1 0 0 0 : 8 Sts : 2 1 5 5 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 8 States harvested 99% of last year's peanut acreage. Corn: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 1 3 7 43 46 GA : 40 24 26 9 1 IL : 4 9 24 52 11 IN : 3 7 27 52 11 IA : 3 7 23 46 21 KS : 0 3 17 61 19 KY : 0 3 25 60 12 MI : 8 20 34 33 5 MN : 3 4 20 51 22 MO : 2 14 32 43 9 NE : 1 2 15 67 15 NC : 12 29 34 23 2 OH : 1 5 24 51 19 PA : 5 12 37 41 5 SD : 0 2 11 52 35 TX : 5 22 37 31 5 WI : 1 6 23 41 29 : 17 Sts : 3 7 23 50 17 : Prev Wk : 2 7 22 50 19 Prev Yr : 2 8 27 49 14 -------------------------------------- Cotton: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 5 17 39 37 2 AZ : 2 14 45 27 12 AR : 1 10 30 46 13 CA : 0 0 65 35 0 GA : 12 23 34 26 5 LA : 18 21 33 23 5 MS : 4 15 31 38 12 MO : 9 20 47 24 0 NM : 0 4 22 51 23 NC : 0 4 27 63 6 OK : 17 14 25 37 7 SC : 8 19 41 32 0 TN : 4 14 28 45 9 TX : 23 26 29 19 3 : 14 Sts : 13 19 34 29 5 : Prev Wk : 14 18 34 30 4 Prev Yr : 1 10 29 48 12 -------------------------------------- Soybeans: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 4 11 47 34 4 AR : 10 23 39 23 5 GA : 23 26 31 19 1 IL : 3 8 23 51 15 IN : 3 7 30 48 12 IA : 2 4 19 48 27 KS : 1 8 27 51 13 KY : 2 5 24 54 15 LA : 18 32 32 16 2 MI : 3 15 33 38 11 MN : 3 2 24 52 19 MS : 5 25 27 37 6 MO : 6 14 32 38 10 NE : 0 2 14 70 14 NC : 2 10 28 57 3 OH : 1 4 23 51 21 SC : 11 23 44 22 0 SD : 0 2 14 52 32 TN : 4 12 21 48 15 : 19 Sts : 3 9 25 47 16 : Prev Wk : 3 8 24 47 18 Prev Yr : 2 8 30 48 12 -------------------------------------- Sorghum: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 3 17 40 36 4 CO : 0 1 16 78 5 IL : 3 5 21 68 3 KS : 1 4 23 58 14 LA : 1 22 43 31 3 MS : 0 21 57 22 0 MO : 1 12 40 38 9 NE : 0 2 17 67 14 NM : 18 42 30 10 0 OK : 8 6 14 71 1 SD : 0 3 16 66 15 TX : 15 31 34 17 3 : 12 Sts : 6 15 27 44 8 : Prev Wk : 7 14 25 45 9 Prev Yr : 1 6 23 58 12 -------------------------------------- Peanut: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 4 11 57 26 2 FL : 0 2 34 64 0 GA : 8 13 36 35 8 NC : 0 0 7 84 9 OK : 4 18 40 37 1 SC : 12 36 40 12 0 TX : 14 13 30 32 11 VA : 1 11 31 53 4 : 8 Sts : 7 11 35 40 7 : Prev Wk : 7 12 37 39 5 Prev Yr : 3 12 40 35 10 -------------------------------------- Rice: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 0 8 25 47 20 CA : 0 0 5 85 10 LA : 0 3 35 54 8 MS : 0 5 28 52 15 TX : 0 5 26 58 11 : 5 Sts : 0 5 24 56 15 : Prev Wk : 0 5 26 57 12 Prev Yr : 0 3 33 53 11 -------------------------------------- Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent :: : Percent : :: : AL : 3 23 56 16 2 :: NJ : 0 50 50 0 0 AZ : 2 10 25 53 10 :: NM : 3 26 39 30 2 AR : 23 37 31 9 0 :: NY : 0 5 35 50 10 CA : 0 15 15 70 0 :: NC : 15 24 39 21 1 CO : 0 6 25 57 12 :: ND : 6 20 45 26 3 CT : 0 11 64 25 0 :: OH : 4 13 35 39 9 DE : 0 18 32 50 0 :: OK : 39 24 27 10 0 FL : 0 0 20 80 0 :: OR : 2 7 31 47 13 GA : 10 21 39 28 2 :: PA : 18 30 35 16 1 ID : 0 16 34 39 11 :: RI : 0 0 27 70 3 IL : 4 13 25 52 6 :: SC : 11 15 42 31 1 IN : 5 15 37 35 8 :: SD : 1 4 22 54 19 IA : 5 13 29 41 12 :: TN : 4 15 40 37 4 KS : 2 10 35 48 5 :: TX : 28 29 28 13 2 KY : 4 25 46 23 2 :: UT : 0 3 27 68 2 LA : 24 26 33 16 1 :: VT : 0 0 41 42 17 ME : 5 35 36 24 0 :: VA : 17 38 30 14 1 MD : 5 30 35 26 4 :: WA : 5 26 40 29 0 MA : 0 3 56 41 0 :: WV : 4 17 46 29 4 MI : 19 20 32 25 4 :: WI : 4 9 31 44 12 MN : 10 16 32 36 6 :: WY : 2 10 37 46 5 MS : 1 17 47 33 2 :: : MO : 4 16 39 35 6 :: 48 Sts : 9 18 32 36 5 MT : 7 36 41 15 1 :: : NE : 2 8 25 53 12 :: Prev Wk: 7 16 32 39 6 NV : 0 0 18 70 12 :: Prev Yr: 5 14 33 40 8 NH : 0 7 34 59 0 :: : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP-Very Poor, P-Poor, F-Fair, G-Good, EX-Excellent. 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