United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Great Lakes Region 
		
MI-CW1524	Michigan Crop Weather	April 15, 2024	

Field Crops

Above average temperatures and dry conditions early in the week and very pleasant weather late in the week, allowed farmers to make good sugarbeet planting progress, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Winter wheat continued to green up and was looking good across the State. Farmers continued to get ready for major planting activities, which were anticipated to begin as soon as weather and soil conditions allowed. Other activities last week included manure hauling, herbicide and fertilizer applications, and tilling.

Fruit
Spring-like, warmer weather over the past week advanced bud development for fruit crops across the State. On the Ridge, apple buds were at 0.25-inch green and moving into 0.5-inch green. In the Northwest, Honeycrisp were at green tip, and Gala were at 0.25-inch green. In the South, apple varieties ranged from 0.25-inch green to tight cluster. In the Northwest and West Central, tart cherries ranged from bud swell to side green. In the Southwest, tart cherries were at tight cluster. In the West Central, early peaches were at the swollen bud stage. In the Southwest, peaches were at early to mid-bloom. Blueberries were at the beginning of bud break in the Southwest.

Crop Condition: Week Ending 04/14/24	
Crop	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Winter Wheat		0	4	28	52	16	

Crop Progress: Week Ending 04/14/24	
Crop/Activity	Percent Completed	
	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5 Year
average	
Days Suitable for Fieldwork	

Corn Planted	
Soybeans Planted	
Winter Wheat Jointing	
Oats Planted	
Oats Emerged	
Sugarbeets Planted		3.0

0
0
11
4
0
14	1.8

0
NA
0
1
NA
0	-

0
1
5
4
0
28	-

0
0
9
11
2
21	

Soil Moisture: Week Ending 04/14/24	
Item	Very
short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Topsoil moisture	
Subsoil moisture		0
0	5
6	62
73	33
21	

Weather Summary For Michigan	
	Week Ending 2024-04-14	Since April 1	
	Temperature	Precipitation	Precipitation	GDD Base 50	
	High 	Low 	Avg 	DFN 	Total 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	
Upper Peninsula	
HANCOCK HOUGHTON COUNTY AP 	67 	34 	46 	11 	0.28 	4 	0.30 	-0.53 	5 	1 	1 	
IRONWOOD 	68 	27 	45 	8 	0.15 	2 	0.87 	-0.32 	5 	1 	-3 	
CHATHAM EXPERIMENT FARM 2 	64 	32 	46 	9 	0.20 	2 	1.68 	0.63 	4 	2 	2 	
PICKFORD 3NE 	67 	31 	48 	9 	1.01 	2 	2.26 	0.88 	4 	1 	1 	
Northwest LP	
BEULAH 7SSW 	68 	38 	51 	9 	0.35 	4 	1.47 	0.27 	7 	16 	2 	
FRANKFORT 2NE 	65 	37 	51 	9 	0.21 	3 	1.14 	-0.11 	6 	17 	7 	
TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY CAPITAL AP 	71 	38 	52 	11 	0.65 	3 	1.54 	0.23 	6 	23 	9 	
Northeast LP	
ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL AP 	74 	33 	49 	9 	1.97 	5 	3.40 	2.27 	8 	10 	3 	
GAYLORD 9SSW 	68 	34 	48 	9 	1.95 	3 	2.94 	1.67 	6 	12 	5 	
GLENNIE 2SE 	72 	24 	46 	7 	2.06 	4 	3.25 	2.08 	6 	2 	2 	
HALE LOUD DAM 	72 	31 	48 	8 	1.96 	4 	3.21 	2.11 	7 	6 	-3 	
West Central LP	
MUSKEGON COUNTY AP 	77 	36 	54 	10 	0.16 	2 	1.26 	-0.09 	7 	33 	15 	
Central LP	
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 	72 	31 	52 	10 	0.02 	1 	0.98 	-0.52 	5 	14 	-1 	
GLADWIN 	71 	33 	51 	8 	0.64 	3 	1.33 	0.00 	6 	14 	0 	
MIDLAND 	72 	36 	52 	7 	0.60 	3 	1.38 	-0.05 	7 	18 	-2 	
East Central LP	
BAD AXE 	73 	27 	49 	7 	1.58 	4 	2.29 	1.02 	7 	15 	1 	
SAGINAW #3 	73 	30 	50 	6 	1.22 	4 	2.00 	0.58 	7 	19 	0 	
SAGINAW MBS INTL AP 	77 	40 	55 	10 	0.72 	2 	1.28 	0.00 	6 	37 	19 	
VASSAR 	62 	31 	46 	4 	0.00 	0 	0.00 	-1.26 	0 	0 	-15 	
Southwest LP	
BENTON HARBOR 	76 	36 	55 	8 	0.37 	2 	1.44 	-0.08 	7 	41 	9 	
GRAND RAPIDS GERALD R FORD INTL AP 	76 	35 	54 	7 	0.73 	2 	1.54 	0.01 	7 	27 	0 	
HOLLAND TULIP CITY AP 	71 	38 	53 	7 	0.38 	2 	1.31 	0.07 	7 	25 	-7 	
South Central LP	
COLDWATER ST SCHOOL 	75 	38 	53 	7 	1.48 	3 	2.37 	1.03 	7 	29 	4 	
HASTINGS 	74 	29 	50 	6 	1.17 	4 	2.15 	0.61 	9 	13 	-8 	
JACKSON REYNOLDS FIELD 	78 	36 	54 	8 	1.22 	4 	2.39 	1.20 	9 	32 	2 	
LANSING CAPITAL CITY AP 	77 	38 	54 	8 	1.08 	2 	1.68 	0.27 	6 	33 	6 	
THREE RIVERS 	74 	33 	52 	5 	1.29 	4 	2.88 	1.45 	10 	21 	-11 	
Southeast LP	
ADRIAN 2 NNE 	79 	40 	55 	10 	2.07 	4 	3.92 	2.45 	8 	36 	15 	
ANN ARBOR U OF MICH 	79 	36 	55 	7 	2.06 	4 	2.92 	1.40 	9 	36 	4 	
CHELSEA 	74 	37 	53 	7 	1.39 	4 	2.24 	1.09 	8 	26 	5 	
FARMINGTON 	75 	28 	51 	6 	1.82 	3 	2.45 	1.27 	6 	20 	2 	
MANCHESTER 	76 	36 	52 	7 	1.27 	4 	2.40 	1.21 	9 	22 	0 	
PORT HURON 	65 	45 	55 	11 	0.00 	0 	0.39 	-0.91 	3 	5 	-12 	
Note: 												
Summary based on NOAA Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) data. Climate normals used are for the 1991-2020 period.
Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. Air temperature in degrees fahrenheit.