CPC 90-Day Forecast: Warmth Will Accelerate Crop Maturity

Above-normal temps expected across key growing areas into harvest.

By Julianne Johnston

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November 16, 2020 08:31 PM

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC has issued their extended weather forecasts. In its outlook through November, it calls for above-normal temps cross the Plains and Midwest, which if realized, would accelerate crop maturity.

Check the following links for maps of forecasts:

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