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DD60 Planting Forecast from 4/28 until 5/8.

Cotton Planting Conditions April 27, 2025

Keith Edmisten & Guy CollinsExtension Cotton SpecialistsThe lowest soil temperature recorded last night at Rocky Mount was 64.5°F, while the highest soil temperature was 81.5°F. The weather appears…

Map showing the 8-14 day temperature outlook across the United States, valid from May 9-15, 2024. The map highlights various regions with expected temperatures above, near, or below normal, with a color-coded legend indicating probability percentages.

Cotton Planting Conditions May 2, 2024

Keith Edmisten and Guy CollinsExtension Cotton Specialists, NC State UniversityA small percentage of our crop has been planted at this point as many growers have been concentrating on getting peanuts…

Planting Forecast Outlook from 4/24 to 5/4.

Cotton Planting Condition April 24, 2024

Keith Edmisten and Guy CollinsExtension Cotton Specialists, NC State UniversityWe are seeing a warming spell predicted after a couple of nights in the mid-30s. Soil temperature this morning at Rocky…

US 8–14 day temperature outlook (May 15–21, 2023) showing Above in West, Below in central/South, Near Normal elsewhere

Cotton Planting Conditions May 8, 2023

The planting conditions have certainly improved thankfully ranging from very good to excellent. The only question marks we see is that we will have low nighttime temperatures on May 10 and 11. We…

Planting forecast table for Rocky Mount starting 5/1/2023 with DD60 ratings (POOR to EXCELLENT)

Cotton Planting Conditions May 1, 2023

This week feels like déjà vu, very similar to last week. The soil temperature was 62.4 degrees at 9 am this morning at Rocky Mount. That would not be too bad if we had a predicted warming trend.…

Planting forecast table for Rocky Mount starting 5/7/2022 showing dates, DD60s, and POOR/CAUTION/GOOD

Cotton Planting Conditions May 7, 2022

A cool front is moving in this afternoon (May 6) that will make cotton planting challenging for the next week. The good news is that it looks like we will start getting a reprieve from cool weather…

Spreadsheet: Rocky Mount planting forecast starting 5/3/2022 with daily temps, DD60s, and ratings

Cotton Planting Conditions May 3, 2022

We have a few more days of decent planting weather with a cool spell coming May 7 though 10. Make sure to check soil temperatures if you are planting during during that cool period make sure you are…

8–14 Day Temperature Outlook map showing above-normal center over central US; valid Apr 29–May 5, 2022

Cotton Planting Conditions April 22, 2022

Soil temperatures were 56 degrees at 8 am at Rocky Mount this morning. They did climb to 65 by 2 pm. I think this illustrates the value of not getting in too big of a hurry in the morning here early…

Soil temperature chart image

Cotton Planting Conditions May 16, 2021

Conditions are looking much better. You can see below that we are close to bumping that morning soil temperature up to where we would like at 65°F. The forecast for the rest of May looks good for…

Planting conditions chart

Cotton Planting Conditions May 8, 2021

Conditions for the coming week do not look good as you can see estimated planting conditions for Rocky Mount below. DD 60 accumulation is nowhere near ideal and even more concerning is our soil…