# Short- and Long-Term Forecasts Suggest Highly Variable Winter Temperatures | CropWatch | Nebraska

> Nebraska climatologist Al Dutcher discusses forecasts showing highly variable winter temperatures, with a shift toward La Niña. Short-term models show warm conditions, then a cold snap and possible snow mid-November.

- Date: 2016-11-10 · published 2016-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73774-short-and-long-term-forecasts-suggest-highly-variable-winter-temperatures
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Variable winter weather in Nebraska has limited direct price impact but adds to uncertainty about the 2017 crop and cattle feeding conditions.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-27 | [The Big Unknown in Corn Yield Forecasts \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58455-the-big-unknown-in-corn-yield-forecasts-cropwatch-nebraska.md) | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-06 | [How to prepare for an El Niño winter \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62472-how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -0.3% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2025-02-06 | [CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand and High Price Outlook for Cattle Producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26180-cattlefax-forecasts-continued-strong-demand-and-high-price-outlook-for-cattle.md) | +1.4% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2022-07-25 | [Could high temperatures, drought hammer 2022 corn, soybeans?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13347-could-high-temperatures-drought-hammer-2022-corn-soybeans.md) | -0.8% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2020-08-27 | [Weather causing short-term crop market opportunities - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51642-weather-causing-short-term-crop-market-opportunities-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.6% | +7.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-18 | [Higher feed prices this winter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44681-higher-feed-prices-this-winter.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-18 | [Cow-Calf Corner: Higher feed prices this winter - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44688-cow-calf-corner-higher-feed-prices-this-winter-texas-and-southwestern-cattle.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-22 | [Expect higher feed prices this winter \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44689-expect-higher-feed-prices-this-winter-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.3% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- cropwatch.unl.edu: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2016/short-and-long-term-forecasts-it-could-be-bumpy-winter/

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