# Last weekend’s weird snowstorm killed wheat crops in Kansas - The Washington Post

> The Washington Post article describes April 2017 in Garden City, Kansas as unusually warm, with 13 days above 70 degrees and eight of those above 80. It was sunny for most of the month with only a few rainy days. The text does not describe the snowstorm or any crop damage.

- Date: 2017-05-03 · published 2017-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7004-last-weekend-s-weird-snowstorm-killed-wheat-crops-in-kansas-the-washington-post
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Warm, dry conditions in April can speed crop development in southwestern Kansas, but the text gives no direct evidence of a supply change or price effect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2026-06-30 | [Kansas has one of its smallest wheat crops in 50 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18861-kansas-has-one-of-its-smallest-wheat-crops-in-50-years.md) | +6.6% | +21.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-01 | [Wheat Futures Surge After U.S. Crop Pummeled by Snowstorm - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6135-wheat-futures-surge-after-u-s-crop-pummeled-by-snowstorm-bloomberg.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-04-29 | [The Latest News About the U.S. Wheat Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30782-the-latest-news-about-the-u-s-wheat-crop.md) | +2.1% | +11.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-03-21 | [Wheat leads crop markets lower as rain arrives in Kansas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10724-wheat-leads-crop-markets-lower-as-rain-arrives-in-kansas.md) | -5.4% | -5.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-04-29 | [U.S. hard red winter wheat crop finds itself in trouble \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19780-u-s-hard-red-winter-wheat-crop-finds-itself-in-trouble-the-western-producer.md) | -2.8% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- washingtonpost.com: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/05/03/last-weekends-weird-winter-storm-killed-wheat-crops-in-kansas/

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