IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Warm enough to plant corn
Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:10 AM
The featured time series is daily average soil temperature at a four
inch depth from the Ames ISUAG site. The warm weather this April has
helped push soil temperatures well above the important 50 degree
level, which is roughly how warm the soil needs to be for corn seeds
to sprout and grow. The danger can be seen by the climatology value,
which is only in the mid 40s. A stretch of cold weather would cool off
the soil and hurt a corn seed's development. The actual forecast
keeps high temperatures in the 60s, so no worries in sight!
Voting:
Good = 41
Bad = 10
Voting:
Good = 41
Bad = 10