# Central Plains and Rockies expecting warmer, drier summer | TheFencePost.com

> The Fence Post reports the Climate Prediction Center's May 15 summer outlook calls for drought persistence across eastern Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and parts of Kansas. A stable ridge of high pressure may bring a drier-than-normal summer to the northern Plains and possibly the western Corn Belt.

- Date: 2025-05-23 · published 2025-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24598-central-plains-and-rockies-expecting-warmer-drier-summer-thefencepost-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Drought risk in the western Corn Belt and Plains threatens corn, sorghum and wheat yields, supporting feed grain prices if the dry pattern develops.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-03-26 | [Drought continues to expand in the Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13007-drought-continues-to-expand-in-the-plains-pro-farmer.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [Hot and Dry Weather Forecast for Central Brazil's Planting Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13550-hot-and-dry-weather-forecast-for-central-brazil-s-planting-season.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2023-06-22 | [Central US drought intensifies, threatening grains and soy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9769-central-us-drought-intensifies-threatening-grains-and-soy-reuters.md) | -8.7% | -14.9% |
| CORN | 2026-07-30 | [Northern Plains see drought expand following hot weather - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12976-northern-plains-see-drought-expand-following-hot-weather-pro-farmer.md) | -2.5% | +9.4% |
| CORN | 2021-02-22 | [Continued Plains, Western Midwest Drought Expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48478-continued-plains-western-midwest-drought-expected.md) | +1.6% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-30 | [Northern Plains see drought expand following hot weather - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12976-northern-plains-see-drought-expand-following-hot-weather-pro-farmer.md) | -1.3% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-22 | [Continued Plains, Western Midwest Drought Expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48478-continued-plains-western-midwest-drought-expected.md) | +0.7% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [ABC Rural Grain production slides as WA battles big dry and east coast farmers suffer frost](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67936-abc-rural-grain-production-slides-as-wa-battles-big-dry-and-east-coast-farmers.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- thefencepost.com: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/central-plains-and-rockies-expecting-warmer-drier-summer/

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