Midwest

After lower-than-average precipitation levels through the first quarter of the year, increased rainfall from April to June improved moisture conditions throughout the Midwest. From January-March, the average precipitation was 3.80 inches, the lowest since 2015 and considerably less than the three-, five-, and ten-year averages as seen in Figure 1. Precipitation increased by 1.41 inches from March to April to 3.38 inches, only 0.42 inches lower than the...