North Carolina	
	USDA, NASS
North Carolina
Field Office
PO Box 27767
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone (919) 707-3333
www.ncagr.gov/stats	
Crop Progress & Condition Report			
Released: September 6, 2022			
CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 4, 2022	
Crop information in this report is provided voluntarily by county officials of the Cooperative Extension Service, FSA, NRCS, and other knowledgeable individuals.	
			
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK		SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT	
  This Week	Last Week	Last Year				VS	ST	A	SS	
6.7
	6.2	6.4			Subsoil Moisture	5	26	68	1	
		Topsoil Moisture	6	37	55	2	
		          VS= Very Short   ST = Short   A = Adequate   SS = Surplus	
			
CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS		CROP CONDITION PERCENT	
	This 
Week	Last Week	Last Year	5Yr Avg			VP	P	F	G	EX	
PHENOLOGICAL:												
Corn Dent	92	86	97	94		Apples	0	0	17	78	5	
Corn Mature	78	62	84	83		Corn	20	22	25	29	4	
Cotton Bolls Opening	32	14	20	26		Cotton	1	5	20	66	8	
Soybeans Setting Pods	96	93	92	89		Hay	3	14	39	43	1	
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	17	n/a	10	10		Pasture	1	3	32	62	2	
						Peanuts	1	4	24	64	7	
HARVESTED:						Sorghum	5	8	40	42	5	
Apples	39	35	42	45		Soybeans	2	7	28	57	6	
Corn for Grain	32	19	32	36		Sweet Potatoes	0	6	34	56	4	
Corn for Silage	65	52	68	69		Tobacco Burley	0	0	48	52	0	
Hay: Second Cutting	86	82	89	94		Tobacco Flue-Cured	4	6	27	58	5	
Hay: Third Cutting	29	21	37	41								
Peaches	82	77	83	88								
Tobacco Flue-Cured	53	45	60	57		VP = Very Poor  P = Poor  F = Fair  G = Good   EX = Excellent	
			
CORN MATURE		TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT	

         Map depicts current drought conditions as of August 30, 2022.			
			
The US Drought Monitor focuses on broad scale conditions. Information provided for North Carolina is relative to information provided from all other states and the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council.  Local conditions may vary. http://www.ncdrought.org/ 		
Map depicts accumulations through dates listed.  This product is made possible by AWIS Weather Services, Inc. http://www.awis.com/	

	
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 1	
Location	Precipitation (Inches)	Temperature (Degrees F.)
This Week	
	This Week	Year to Date		
	Total	Departure
from
Normal	Total	Departure
from
Normal	High	Low	Avg.	Departure
from
Normal	Degree
Days 
(YTD)	
Asheboro Airport	0.3	-0.66	32.1	-0.92	90	60	75	2	3720	
Asheville Municpal AP	0.06	-0.91	35.02	1.53	85	57	72	3	3080	
Boone	0.36	-0.66	38.36	0.84	82	53	67	4	2379	
Burlington AP	0	-0.91	27.87	-4.24	91	57	76	2	3758	
Charlotte	0.29	-0.57	28.37	-1.59	92	64	79	3	4230	
Clayton WTP	0	-0.91	32.2	-0.24	93	67	81	6	4445	
Clinton_2NE	0	-1.12	26.41	-11.97	92	65	79	3	4186	
Elizabeth City	0	-1.19	36.28	2.49	89	64	79	3	4052	
Elizabethtown_NC	0.19	-0.82	24.73	-10.08	92	68	79	4	4522	
Erwin_AP	0.25	-0.76	30.17	-4.33	91	63	78	4	4193	
Fayetteville_AP	0	-1.15	24.24	-9.81	93	67	80	4	4516	
Frisco	0.46	-0.98	34.86	-3.28	89	69	79	2	4414	
Gastonia-Gaston	0.93	0.01	28.7	-3.91	93	62	78	3	3835	
Goldsboro_AFB	0	-1.34	29.16	-6.54	92	64	79	2	4347	
Greensboro_AP	0.06	-0.89	31.98	1.86	89	62	76	3	3728	
Greenville Airport	0.19	-1.03	33.31	-3.11	91	63	78	3	4179	
Hickory	0.93	-0.05	37.28	2.79	90	62	76	3	3732	
Jacksonville_AP	0.11	-1.43	34.87	-3.56	90	66	78	2	4240	
Jacksonville_EOC	0.23	-1.16	38.03	-3.13	91	64	78	2	4231	
Jefferson_2E	0.25	-0.73	31.33	-1.97	86	47	68	2	2331	
Kinston Airport	0.23	-1.12	32.56	-2.68	90	62	78	1	4217	
Louisburg	0.41	-0.58	31.77	-0.65	92	59	76	3	3767	
Maxton	0.03	-0.98	26.02	-9.38	93	67	80	4	4653	
Mt_Airy_2W	0.12	-0.81	38.54	6.97	89	55	73	2	3161	
New_Bern	0	-1.46	36.93	-2.74	91	66	79	2	4330	
North_Wilkesboro	1.23	0.18	40.73	5.6	89	60	75	4	3483	
Oxford_AP	0.39	-0.48	28.27	-3.11	88	59	74	1	3304	
Raleigh	0	-0.95	34.45	4.29	95	63	80	6	4283	
Reidsville_2NW	0.48	-0.29	31.3	0.19	89	55	74	1	3652	
Roanoke_Rap_Dam	0.07	-0.84	31.45	-1.14	93	64	78	4	3785	
Robbinsville_AG	1.23	0.19	43.64	-1.04	90	53	73	3	3170	
Rockingham	0.08	-0.78	36.25	1.44	90	66	78	3	4243	
Roxboro Airport	0.41	-0.48	31.62	0.55	88	55	72	1	3243	
Southern_Pines	0	-0.91	26.34	-7.1	91	61	77	2	4157	
Statesville_2NNE	0.28	-0.63	30.27	-1.65	88	59	74	1	3490	
Tarboro_1S	0	-1.08	24.5	-8.86	91	63	78	4	3964	
Vale_Ag_2SW	0.63	-0.21	43.35	10.37	90	60	75	2	3545	
Wadesboro Airport	0.35	-0.59	26.1	-7.99	93	62	78	2	4062	
Washington	0.08	-1.13	29.95	-7.38	89	64	78	2	4161	
Waynesville_1E	0.88	0	37.34	3.78	84	51	70	3	2670	
Whiteville_7NW	0.55	-0.52	26.15	-10.06	89	67	78	1	4425	
Williamston_1E	0.04	-1.08	29.97	-5.21	92	64	78	4	4117	
Wilmington_AP_NC	0.66	-1.06	31.46	-9.67	93	69	80	3	4678	
Winston-Salem	0.49	-0.46	32.63	2.51	90	63	77	4	3863	
1 This data is made possible by AWIS Weather Services, Inc. http://www.awis.com/ …