July Brought Lowest Precipitation Since 2014

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July 2026 is in the final days -- and it's been a notably dry and warm month. In fact, a study by DTN Lead Analyst Rhett Montgomery of July precipitation during the past 30 years finds that, for U.S. corn areas on a weighted basis, July 2026 has the least precipitation for the month since July 2014, 12 years ago. Montgomery's study uses weather observations gathered from DTN's collection of on-farm weather stations.

"(It) looks like July precipitation plus forecast for 2026 is 3.42 inches," Montgomery said in an email. "For last year, July precip was 5.17 inches ... 2014 precip in July was 2.48 inches."

In percentage terms, July 2026 had 38% more precipitation than July 2014. However, this year's July precipitation total is about one-third less than a year ago. And on the temperature side, July 2026 is warmer than both a year ago and 12 years ago in 2014.

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