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It’s been a bit like rainfall bingo this summer in Minnesota. 

Precipitation has been spotty with some areas doing quite well and some dry pockets. But overall crops are doing well in Minnesota according to Monday’s latest 

Here are some highlights from Monday’s report.

Here’s more detail from Monday’s Minnesota Crop Report. 

Several locations picked up beneficial rainfall in the past week. Multi-inch rainfall hit southeast Minnesota once again in the past week. Several locations in central Minnesota west of the Twin Cities picked up a valuable one to two inches of rain in the past week. 

Much of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin picked up 

Overall rainfall coverage looks spotty again in the coming week. Here’s the European model precipitation output into next Monday. Many areas could see less than an inch of rainfall, with some areas seeing one to more than two inches in the next week. 

This kind of patchwork rainfall pattern is pretty typical for scattered summer convective systems.

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Paul Huttner

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Spotty precipitation this summer, But overall crops are faring well so far.

Corn in eastern Carver County in July 2022

Minnesota crops doing well overall despite dry pockets

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