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Figure 6
Fall 2020 (Sept-Nov): Statewide Precipitation and Temperature Ranks 1895-2020
Statewide Precipitation Ranks
September-November 2020
Period: 1895-2020
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Sat Dec 4, 2020
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Statewide Average Temperature Ranks
September-November 2020
Period: 1895-2020
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Source: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/us-maps
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Record
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subject to approval because of Hurricane Laura.
Later in the month, October 28, Hurricane Zeta
made landfall in Cocodrie, La., farther east in
the state than Laura and Delta had hit. Zeta was
a fast-moving storm with damaging winds of
110 mph; however, it had less excessive rainfall
than the previous two storms. Counties affected
by damage from Zeta extended through eastern
Louisiana and Mississippi, and as far north as
Pickens County Alabama.
In other parts of the country, early season
calm weather gave way to cold and stormy conditions
across the Plains and the Midwest. Record
snowfall in the upper Midwest and northern
Plains slowed harvest work while rains and
record low temperatures also contributed to
a slowdown in fall fieldwork. While some of
the precipitation reached the Rockies easing
drought conditions, the far West remained extremely
dry. The dry conditions helped contribute
to wildfire outbreaks in Colorado where, on
October 14, a fire near Lake Granby developed
into the second-largest wildfire in modern history.
Over the month of October, the nation
was warmer and dryer than normal with nationwide
higher-than-average temperatures and
precipitation.
November began with above-normal warm
temperatures in and across the Plains to the
Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile normal to cooler
temperatures in the West help ease the wildfire
effects, although by then the fires had consumed
more than 140 percent of the 10-year average
area, around 9.5 million acres. The cooler temperatures
help offset the continued dryness that
ranged from parts of the Plains, the northern
Mississippi Delta, California, and the Southwest.
The dry conditions were favorable to help
Table 1
Crop Yields and Production
CROP
Corn
Barley
Grain Sorghum
Soybeans
All Wheat
Winter Wheat
Other Spring Wheat
Durum
Upland Cotton
Rice
2019
YIELD
Bu./Harv. Ac.
168.0
77.7
73.0
47.4
51.7
53.6
48.2
45.7
2020
YIELD
Bu./Harv. Ac.
172.0
77.5
73.2
.2
49.7
50.9
48.6
41.4
Lbs./Harv. Ac. Lbs./Harv. Ac
810
813
Lbs./Harv. Ac. Lbs./Harv. Ac
7,619
7,473
Source: NASS Crop Production Annual Summary, January 2021
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2019
PRODUCTION
Mill. Bu.
13,691
170
341
3,552
1,920
1,304
562
54
1,000 Bales
19,227
1,000 Cwt.
185,104
2020
PRODUCTION
Mill. Bu.
14,182
165
373
4,135
1,825
1,171
585
68.8
1,000 Bales
14,401
1,000 Cwt.
227,583
% CHANGE IN
PRODUCTION
3.6
-2.9
9.4
16.4
-4.9
-10.2
4.1
27.4
-25.1
22.9
farmers wrap up harvest in most sections of the
country and only the middle and southern Atlantic
Coast states had to deal with heavy rains,
which delayed the harvest of cotton, soybeans,
and other crops. Some of the excess moisture
was attributable to Tropical Storm Eta, the 12th
tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United
States in 2020, which made the year a record
one, with 12 storms hitting the mainland. Eta
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