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Weather Outlook

March and April will go down as about 2-5 degrees above normal and rainfall will go down as 0 to 2 inches above normal as a whole though most places have seen a drier April after wetter March.

The last week of April looks 1-3 degrees above normal for temperatures with no risk of a hard freeze. Precipitation will be normal to slightly above normal with generally 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall.

The outlook for May is for temperatures to be 1-2 degrees above normal and precipitation 0-1 inches below normal.

The likely impact of all of the April and May weather is a green light from any freeze risk to plant and a green light from temperatures. From rainfall, a yellow or red light will likely occur this week after a green to yellow light as the clay soils will wet up this week. We do expect to go back to green to yellow lights in a week or week and a half again.

The summer outlook calls for warmer and slightly drier than normal conditions but with big swings.

The early fall outlook calls for conditions to turn wet during harvest season.

You can monitor all this at the NOAA/NWS/OHRFC link at http://w2.weather.gov/ohrfc/DroughtBriefing and http://w2.weather.gov/ohrfc/SeasonalBriefing

The total two week rainfall can be seen here:

April 26 - May 1         Outlook                   Traffic Light

Temperatures          +1 to +3F                 GREEN

Hard Freeze            None                       GREEN

Wind > 30 mph       Little or None            GREEN

Rainfall                   0.5-1.5 inches           YELLOW-RED

May                        Outlook                   Traffic Light
Temperatures          +1 to +2F                 GREEN

Hard Freeze            None                       GREEN

Wind > 30 mph       Little or None            GREEN

Rainfall                   2-3 inches                GREEN-YELLOW

Summer                  Outlook                   Traffic Light

Temperatures           Above                      GREEN-YELLOW

Rainfall                    Normal to Below       YELLOW

Fall                         Outlook                    Traffic Light

Temperatures           Near Normal             GREEN

Rainfall                    Above                      YELLOW

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C.O.R.N. Newsletter is a summary of crop observations, related information, and appropriate recommendations for Ohio crop producers and industry. C.O.R.N. Newsletter is produced by the Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Team, state specialists at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). C.O.R.N. Newsletter questions are directed to Extension and OARDC state specialists and associates at Ohio State.

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