WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY 1, 2023
- Unusually great amounts of rain fell in India during the weekend stalling fieldwork and raising concern for unharvested winter crops
- Unsettled weather will continue through Wednesday causing more delay and more concern over crop conditions
- Portions of China’s eastern North China Plain and the northeastern provinces received rain during the weekend improving spring planting moisture and improving a few winter crops in Hebei; Shandong missed the rain once again and is too dry in some areas
- A few more showers and thunderstorms are expected in West Texas during the next ten days, although big soakings of rain may elude the region for a while longer
- S. Midwest will experience a good mix of rain and sunshine, although there will be some disruption to farming activity
- S. Plains weather will be favorably mixed for spring planting and emergence and some winter crops will benefit from the moisture as well
- S. Midwest weather will be cool, showery and blustery today and for a little while Tuesday resulting in poor field working conditions, but mid- to late-week weather will improve before rain resumes late this week and into the weekend
- Canada’s Prairies will be unusually warm and drier than usual this workweek allowing spring fieldwork to advance in many areas; some rain will impact southeastern Manitoba during the weekend and Alberta could be impacted with some rain by early next week
- Brazil’s key Safrinha corn and cotton producing areas will experience limited rainfall for the next ten days and seasonable temperatures
- Eastern Argentina will trend wetter later this week and the moisture will spread to the south this weekend and early next week
- Heavy rain is possible in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay and Rio Grande de Sul Friday into Monday of next week
- Frost and freezes occurred late last week in northeastern Europe causing damage to various fruit bearing bushes and trees, but not to wheat or rapeseed; additional cold weather is expected over coming week to ten days with some of that getting into northwestern Russia as well
- Spain, Portugal and North Africa will continue warm and mostly dry for another ten days
- Dry and warm weather will continue this week in Kazakhstan and southern parts of Russia’s eastern New Lands; dryness continues into next week with more seasonable temperatures likely
- Southeast Asia will continue receive periodic rain supporting most crops and fieldwork
- Australia rainfall will be confined to the far south this week; Western Australia may get some needed rain next week