Weather

The western corn belt will see a couple of days of extreme heat. The triple digits will be seen as far north as the Dakotas by the end of this week. Some storms will boil up along the outer edges of the heat dome over the upper Midwest through the first part of the weekend. Some dry days without the heavy heat will help summer crops develop across the deep south. A strong high-pressure ridge brings hot days to the west coast and northern Rockies early next week. The long-term outlook is pointing to slightly above average rain for throughout mid-August for most of the eastern corn belt and the southeast.