Brookings – The weekend blizzard, which dropped between five and 10 inches of snow on most of eastern South Dakota won’t have much of an impact on drought conditions in farm country says Dennis Todey, State Climatologist. “The blizzard will do very little for soil moisture because soils were frozen or near freezing prior to the storm,” Todey said. Because the snow was fairly liquid, Todey says when it does melt, it may contribute about one inch of soil moisture. With most of the snow falling in the eastern half of the state, Todey adds that central and western South Dakota farmers who planted winter wheat did not benefit from the storm. In addition to visibility issues during the storm, Todey says the storm creates challenges for many cattle producers who will have to pull grazing cattle off corn and soybean fields and move snow out of feedlot pens. For personal safety, Todey encourages South Dakotans to watch the National Weather Service Web site, weather.gov or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather radio for winter storm updates and both National Weather Service and Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow network, cocorahs.org, for latest snow totals. For more information and climate updates, visit iGrow.org.
-
Weather
Failure notice from provider:
Connection Error:http_request_failedUpcoming Events
May 2025 SSunday MMonday TTuesday WWednesday TThursday FFriday SSaturday 27April 27, 2025 28April 28, 2025 29April 29, 2025 30April 30, 2025 1May 1, 2025 2May 2, 2025 3May 3, 2025 4May 4, 2025 5May 5, 2025 6May 6, 2025 7May 7, 2025 8May 8, 2025 9May 9, 2025 10May 10, 2025 11May 11, 2025 12May 12, 2025 13May 13, 2025 14May 14, 2025 15May 15, 2025 16May 16, 2025 17May 17, 2025 18May 18, 2025 19May 19, 2025 20May 20, 2025 21May 21, 2025 22May 22, 2025 23May 23, 2025 24May 24, 2025 25May 25, 2025 26May 26, 2025 27May 27, 2025 28May 28, 2025 29May 29, 2025 30May 30, 2025 31May 31, 2025 -
Recent Posts
Contact Us
Archives
Tweet