Growing Season Ends in Northern Iowa, Wisconsin Corn

October 3, 2011

Freezing temperatures killed crops in scattered areas of the Upper Midwest the mornings of October 1 and 2.  Minimum temperatures dipped into the mid-upper 20s F in  scattered areas of northern Iowa and most of Wisconsin, and lasting several hours.

This was not the first brush with frost in the Upper Midwest.   Unseasonable cold September 15 produced a frost- freeze in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and northern Iowa... subscribers continue to full story...