United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Great Lakes Region
		
OH-CW3622	Ohio Crop Weather	September 6, 2022	

Warm Days and Scattered Rain

Scattered showers replenished soil moisture levels across central and eastern portions of the State during the previous week, but the impacts of continued dry weather persisted elsewhere, according to Cheryl Turner, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 6 percent very short, 11 percent short, 63 percent adequate, and 20 percent surplus. Statewide, the average temperature for the week ending September 4 was 72.4 degrees, 2.9 degrees above normal. Weather stations recorded an average of 1.32 inches of precipitation, 0.50 inches above average. There were 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending September 4. 

Farmers reported increased crop stress in areas of the State which have received limited rain in recent weeks. Corn dough progress was 92 percent complete, corn dented progress was 48 percent complete, and 5 percent of the crop was mature. Corn harvested for silage was 41 percent complete. Corn condition was rated 58 percent good to excellent. Soybeans pod setting progress reached 94 percent and 5 percent of soybeans were dropping leaves. Fifty-seven percent of soybean plants were reported as being in good to excellent condition. Second cuttings of other dry hay were 90 percent complete. Third cuttings of alfalfa hay and other dry hay were 90 and 52 percent complete, respectively. Fourth cuttings of alfalfa hay were 17 percent complete. Pasture and range condition was reported as 71 percent good to excellent, up from the previous week. 

Soil Moisture: Week Ending 09/04/22	
Item	Very
short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Topsoil moisture	
Subsoil moisture		6
6	11
12	63
72	20
10	

Crop Progress: Week Ending 09/04/22	
Crop/Activity	Percent Completed	
	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5 Year
average	
Days Suitable for Fieldwork	

Corn Dough	
Corn Dented	
Corn Mature	
Corn Harvested for Silage	
Soybeans Setting Pods	
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	
Alfalfa Hay 3rd Cutting	
Alfalfa Hay 4th Cutting	
Other Hay 2nd Cutting	
Other Hay 3rd Cutting		4.4

92
48
5
41
94
5
90
17
90
52	5.6

85
35
2
28
92
2
82
3
88
51	NA

92
70
9
32
92
9
84
40
89
48	NA

88
54
8
23
95
10
85
20
93
58	

Crop Condition: Week Ending 09/04/22	
Crop	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn	
Soybeans 	
Pasture and Range		5
5
1	10
11
6	27
27
22	51
49
64	7
8
7	

Weather Summary For Ohio	
	Week Ending 2022-09-04	Since April 1	
	Temperature	Precipitation	Precipitation	GDD Base 50	
	High 	Low 	Avg 	DFN 	Total 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	
Northwest	
BRYAN 2 SE 	88 	58 	73 	5 	1.66 	2 	22.21 	2.91 	58 	2588 	169 	
FINDLAY WPCC 	90 	57 	73 	3 	0.39 	2 	16.95 	-2.75 	59 	2677 	33 	
TOLEDO EXPRESS AP 	91 	60 	75 	6 	1.64 	3 	17.84 	0.73 	57 	3008 	532 	
VAN WERT 1 S 	89 	57 	74 	4 	1.11 	3 	20.50 	-0.21 	48 	2678 	68 	
North Central	
BUCYRUS 	90 	59 	74 	6 	0.60 	2 	21.74 	1.01 	61 	2738 	400 	
FREMONT 	90 	58 	74 	4 	0.90 	2 	23.09 	4.52 	52 	2721 	212 	
MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL AP 	88 	59 	72 	4 	1.90 	3 	25.73 	3.05 	62 	2617 	334 	
NORWALK WWTP 	89 	58 	75 	6 	0.86 	2 	22.07 	2.52 	55 	2585 	193 	
Northeast	
CHARDON 	87 	52 	70 	4 	0.75 	2 	22.78 	0.74 	71 	2219 	264 	
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL AP 	89 	60 	74 	4 	2.30 	3 	21.09 	3.06 	61 	2775 	279 	
WARREN 3 S 	87 	55 	69 	2 	0.19 	2 	13.94 	-6.10 	54 	2195 	122 	
West Central	
BELLEFONTAINE 	87 	54 	72 	2 	0.29 	2 	24.22 	3.59 	64 	2515 	31 	
GREENVILLE WATER PLANT 	88 	57 	73 	4 	1.51 	3 	20.70 	0.55 	66 	2723 	236 	
SIDNEY 1 S 	89 	56 	73 	4 	1.01 	3 	23.38 	2.68 	69 	2524 	76 	
Central	
CENTERBURG 2 SE 	86 	54 	71 	2 	0.96 	3 	23.48 	2.55 	69 	2474 	8 	
CIRCLEVILLE 	90 	57 	73 	2 	1.24 	2 	22.63 	2.93 	64 	2802 	115 	
MARYSVILLE 	88 	59 	74 	3 	0.13 	1 	22.15 	2.31 	55 	2631 	-62 	
East Central	
DENNISON WATER WORKS 	88 	56 	72 	4 	1.48 	3 	23.87 	3.75 	74 	2628 	273 	
STEUBENVILLE 	88 	55 	70 	0 	1.36 	2 	21.99 	1.66 	62 	2376 	-130 	
Southwest	
DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS AP 	91 	57 	74 	3 	1.04 	4 	19.25 	-0.89 	66 	2972 	265 	
EATON 	90 	56 	72 	2 	0.97 	2 	22.16 	1.29 	58 	2589 	-38 	
South Central	
PORTSMOUTH-SCIOTOVILLE 	92 	59 	74 	2 	1.78 	3 	22.77 	2.60 	68 	2990 	82 	
SOUTH POINT 	92 	62 	76 	3 	1.13 	4 	22.41 	-0.02 	69 	3153 	190 	
WAVERLY 	93 	58 	75 	3 	3.98 	3 	22.01 	2.17 	55 	2984 	208 	
Southeast	
BEVERLY STP 	91 	57 	74 	4 	1.24 	3 	22.98 	2.32 	77 	2690 	24 	
HANNIBAL LOCKS AND DAM 	89 	57 	72 	2 	0.99 	3 	25.65 	5.40 	73 	2542 	41 	
LOGAN 	90 	56 	72 	3 	3.97 	3 	28.19 	7.16 	68 	2633 	238 	
ZANESVILLE MUNICIPAL AP 	88 	56 	72 	3 	2.16 	4 	24.57 	5.48 	72 	2775 	261 	
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.