Crops in need of moisture

Wyoming experienced above normal temperatures for the week ending June 10, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Thirty-three of the 34 reporting stations reported above average temperatures for the week with the high temperature of 95 degrees recorded at Torrington and a low of 33 degrees at Yellowstone. Below normal moisture was reported at all 34 of the reporting stations. Twenty stations reported no precipitation. Buffalo-Johnson reported the most moisture with 0.55 inches. A reporter from north central Wyoming noted that crops remain behind due to a late spring. Another reporter from north central Wyoming indicated that small rain showers overnight have helped with moisture and weevils have become a big problem. A reporter from western Wyoming indicated that they got a frost, which nipped some of the alfalfa. A reporter from south central Wyoming stated that it has been dry and hot and they are in need of moisture. A reporter from Southeastern Wyoming stated that conditions are drying out quickly.