Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending June 21, 2009

GENERAL: The state received precipitation last week ranging from 0.08 inches in Whiteville to 4.92 inches in Raleigh. The wet weather delayed hay and small grain harvesting activities in many areas of the state. Average temperatures were normal, ranging from 66 to 80 degrees. There were 4.3 days suitable for field work, compared to 4.5 for the previous week. Statewide soil moisture levels are rated at 0% very short, 11% short, 68% adequate, and 21% surplus. Activities during the week included harvesting hay, potatoes, barley, oats, wheat and truck crops, and planting soybeans, sorghum, sweet potatoes, and transplanting burley tobacco.

**COMPARISONS**
Crop	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5-Year Average
Planted:
Sorghum	88	86	70	77
Soybeans	78	69	80	77
Sweet Potatoes	88	75	92	84
Tobacco: Burley	92	85	100	92
Phenological:
Cotton % Squared	39	20	41	37
Corn % Silked	40	N/A	22	31
Soybeans % Emerged	65	57	62	66
Peanuts % Pegging	26	N/A	13	N/A
Harvested:
Hay 1st Cutting	85	79	97	92
Irish Potatoes	31	29	29	25
Barley	71	54	94	80
Oats	75	70	81	70
Wheat	60	34	80	59
Truck Crops	94	92	100	98

STATEWIDE SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS

**CROP CONDITION PERCENT**
Crop	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Apples	11	0	18	71	0
Wheat	1	4	28	59	8
Cotton	0	1	23	69	7
Corn	0	1	15	65	19
Hay	0	7	27	57	9
Irish Potatoes	2	3	16	74	5
Pasture	0	2	12	71	15
Peanuts	0	1	13	78	8
Sorghum	0	0	20	77	3
Soybeans	0	1	20	72	7
Sweet Potatoes	0	0	19	72	9
Tobacco: Flue-cured	0	4	25	62	9
Tobacco: Burley	0	1	55	41	3

**TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT**
Region	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus
State	0	8	63	29
Mountain Region	0	1	61	38
Piedmont Region	0	10	57	33
Coastal Plain Region	0	11	68	21

SWEET POTATOES PLANTED

**WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 21, 2009**
Station Location	Precipitation (Inches)¹				Temperature (Degrees F.)
Station Location	Total This Week	Departure From Normal This Week	Total Since January 1	Departure From Normal Since January 1	High This Week	Low This Week	Average This Week	Departure From Normal
Asheville	2.59	1.56	27.48	3.95	89	59	72	2
Aurora	1.16	0.09	15.19	-7.04	93	69	78	2
Beaufort	0.51	-0.40	17.18	-6.88	90	69	78	1
Bogue	0.25	-0.66	15.94	-8.12	93	70	79	2
Burlington	1.73	0.78	20.82	-0.87	94	65	76	0
Castle Hayne	1.02	-0.16	16.96	-7.15	93	69	79	2
Chapel Hill	0.34	-0.57	20.84	-2.15	94	67	78	4
Charlotte	0.75	-0.02	24.59	3.66	94	65	78	1
Cherry Point	0.64	-0.27	18.94	-5.12	92	67	77	0
Clayton	4.34	3.50	19.85	-1.36	92	65	76	0
Clinton	1.32	0.25	14.77	-7.11	95	67	77	0
Elizabeth City	1.53	0.69	16.22	-6.13	94	63	77	1
Fayetteville	0.24	-0.75	14.88	-6.25	100	67	80	3
Fletcher	1.48	0.36	22.71	-3.04	89	59	71	2
Gastonia	0.56	-0.28	25.07	3.72	94	64	76	0
Goldsboro	2.21	1.29	17.35	-5.14	93	66	77	-1
Greensboro	1.59	0.78	21.05	0.77	93	65	76	2
Greenville	0.50	-0.55	12.40	-9.81	91	66	76	0
Hatteras	0.28	-0.61	17.32	-7.27	89	66	76	1
Hendersonville	2.13	1.22	21.04	-1.56	77	59	66	-3
Hickory	1.25	0.13	23.22	-1.32	93	65	75	1
High Point	0.14	-0.76	14.06	-8.45	91	64	75	0
Jackson Springs	1.22	0.22	15.99	-6.41	93	66	77	1
Jacksonville	0.29	-0.85	13.67	-10.10	95	66	77	0
Jefferson	2.59	1.59	17.22	-7.09	81	66	74	8
Kinston	1.76	0.71	15.43	-6.91	93	67	77	-1
Laurel Springs	2.66	1.47	21.15	-6.83	80	58	68	4
Lewiston	0.72	-0.19	16.79	-4.71	91	66	76	1
Lexington	0.18	-0.80	14.39	-8.20	90	64	75	0
Lumberton	0.13	-0.94	12.81	-9.05	98	68	80	4
Maxton	1.10	-0.09	13.30	-8.53	96	68	79	2
Monroe	1.73	0.69	17.82	-5.07	93	65	77	1
New Bern	0.85	-0.27	20.64	-3.24	94	68	77	1
Oxford	0.86	0.12	12.80	-8.60	87	59	72	-2
Plymouth	0.29	-0.90	14.61	-9.59	92	62	75	-2
RDU	0.54	-0.23	19.19	-1.26	96	66	78	3
Raleigh	4.92	3.98	20.94	-1.25	91	64	76	0
Roanoke Rapids	0.42	-0.42	18.42	-3.01	94	67	76	1
Rocky Mount	1.77	1.00	16.60	-4.82	93	63	76	1
Siler City	1.01	0.10	12.61	-11.00	92	61	73	-2
Southport	0.34	-0.85	14.08	-10.40	91	68	78	2
Waynesville	0.71	-0.22	20.37	-5.20	87	56	70	3
Whiteville	0.08	-1.01	6.67	-16.30	94	69	80	2
Williamston	0.55	-0.50	15.82	-6.52	93	66	76	1
Wilmington	1.09	-0.17	18.30	-4.99	95	69	80	2
Winston-Salem	0.82	0.00	20.92	0.64	91	66	76	2
¹ Totals may be revised periodically due to updates to weather database.

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Last update June 22, 2009

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611
Physical Address: 2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh NC 27601
Phone: (919) 856-4394; FAX: (919) 856-4139
Email: NCagstat@ncagr.gov

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report: For the week ending June 21, 2009

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending June 21, 2009