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United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Crop Progress & Condition

Pennsylvania

	

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Week ending September 04, 2022	by the Northeastern Regional Field Office of NASS	Released September 06, 2022	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Pennsylvania, there were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, September 4, 2022. Topsoil moisture supplies were 14 percent very short, 45 percent short, and 41 percent adequate. Subsoil moisture supplies were 19 percent very short, 40 percent short, and 41 percent adequate.

Soil Moisture for Week Ending September 04, 2022
(in percent)

Item	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
TOPSOIL	14	45	41	0	
SUBSOIL	19	40	41	0	

Crop Conditions as of September 04, 2022
(in percent)
     
Item	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
APPLES	0	2	13	85	0	
CORN	7	13	23	47	10	
HAY, OTHER	4	37	20	34	5	
PASTURE AND RANGE	19	25	30	26	0	
SOYBEANS	10	13	27	41	9	

Crop Progress as of September 04, 2022
(in percent)

Item	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Avg.	
APPLES: HARVESTED	35	26	35	37	
CORN: DOUGH	75	68	79	77	
CORN: DENTED	40	22	38	46	
FALL TILLAGE: PERCENT COMPLETE	10	5	7	12	
CORN AVERAGE HEIGHT: (IN.)	92	90	102	N/A	
HAY, ALFALFA: THIRD CUTTING	68	53	78	78	
HAY, OTHER: SECOND CUTTING	85	79	82	89	
HAY, OTHER: THIRD CUTTING	30	17	25	N/A	
OATS: HARVESTED FOR GRAIN	95	80	93	89	
PEACHES: HARVESTED	56	31	63	77	
SOYBEANS: SETTING PODS	90	81	79	N/A	
TOBACCO: CUT	92	87	93	80	

For a complete nationwide weekly weather and crop bulletin, please visit www.usda.gov/oce/weather-drought-monitor and click on “Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin.”

September 4, 2022, Pennsylvania Weekly Weather Summary

	Air Temperature Last Week	Precipitation	
Station	Max	Min	Avg	Norm	DFN	One Week	Rain Days	MSG	DFN	Four Weeks	Four Weeks DFN	
POCONO MOUNTAINS												
Milanville	M	M	M	65.7	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Pleasant Mount 1 W	79	56.6	67.79	62.63	5.16	0.89	2	0	-0.08	2.42	-1.54	
Prompton Dam	83.6	58.4	71	M	M	0.69	1	3	M	1.38	M	
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport	83.6	62.3	72.93	69.19	3.74	1.6	2	0	0.77	2.74	-0.63	
Mount Pocono Pocono Mountains Municipal Ap	76.7	56.7	66.71	63.46	3.26	0.7	2	0	-0.39	3.03	-1.1	
Average	80.7	58.5	69.61	65.25	4.05	0.97	2	M	0.1	2.39	-1.09	
EAST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS												
Allentown Lehigh Valley International Airport	85.6	62.9	74.21	70.96	3.26	0.09	1	0	-0.89	2.7	-1.28	
Lehighton 1Ssw	80.9	59.4	70.14	67.39	2.76	0.37	1	0	-0.72	1.65	-2.68	
Average	83.2	61.1	72.17	69.17	3.01	0.23	1	M	-0.8	2.17	-1.98	
SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT												
Dehart Dam	M	M	M	68.44	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Middletown Harrisburg Int'L Ap	88.4	67.1	77.79	72.69	5.1	0.32	1	0	-0.66	1.11	-2.3	
Pittsburgh Allegheny County Ap	82.1	64.7	73.43	69.69	3.74	0.74	3	0	-0.08	2.65	-0.69	
Doylestown Airport	89.7	69.7	79.67	71.19	8.07	0.2	1	4	-0.27	1.26	-2.28	
Hamburg	M	M	M	70.33	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Lancaster Airport	89	65.9	77.43	71.16	6.27	0.56	1	0	-0.4	1.13	-2.15	
Muir Aaf	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Neshaminy Falls	86.3	64.1	75.21	71.24	3.97	0.33	1	0	-0.69	2.15	-2.01	
New Holland 2 Se	86	62.9	74.43	72.01	2.41	0.36	1	0	-0.63	2.13	-1.7	
Philadelphia Franklin Institute	91.3	73.7	82.5	76.03	6	0.23	1	5	-0.09	1.79	-0.93	
Northeast Philadelphia Airport	87.6	67.4	77.5	74.4	3.1	0.26	1	0	-0.76	1.46	-2.03	
Phoenixville 1 E	89	70	79.5	72.4	6.6	0.2	1	4	-0.19	1.53	-1.69	
Heritage Field Airport	85.6	60.9	73.21	69.2	4.01	0.08	1	0	-0.97	1.45	-2.53	
Reading Regional Airport	89.1	66.1	77.64	71.57	6.07	0.26	1	0	-0.81	0.98	-3.08	
Sellersville	86.1	62.9	74.5	69.59	4.91	0.44	2	0	-0.65	1.47	-2.76	
Average	87.5	66.3	76.9	71.42	5.02	0.33	3	M	-0.52	1.59	-2.01	
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA												
Biglerville	91.3	65.3	78.33	70.96	6.9	0.22	1	4	-0.19	2.04	-0.8	
Carlisle Water Plant	87.6	60.1	73.86	69.83	4.03	1.76	1	0	0.76	2.75	-0.79	
Hanover 4 Sw	M	M	M	70.41	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
South Mountain	M	M	M	67.34	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
York Airport	88.4	62.9	75.64	69.71	5.93	0.12	1	1	-0.67	0.4	-2.81	
Average	89.1	62.8	75.94	69.65	5.62	0.7	1	M	-0.03	1.73	-1.47	
MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA												
Williamsport Regional Ap	83.7	62.1	72.93	69.31	3.61	0.35	3	0	-0.62	2.48	-1.19	
Lewistown	84.6	60.6	72.57	69.84	2.73	0.23	1	0	-0.68	3.54	0.24	
Selinsgrove 2 S	87.6	56.8	72.2	69.11	2.84	0.11	1	2	-0.52	3.49	0.42	
Average	85.3	59.8	72.57	69.42	3.06	0.23	3	M	-0.61	3.17	-0.18	
UPPER SUSQUEHANNA												
Canton	79.9	57.3	68.57	64.74	3.83	0.54	2	0	-0.36	2.31	-1.12	
Laporte	76.4	56.3	66.36	63.24	3.11	0.18	1	0	-0.91	1.05	-3.34	
Wellsboro 4 Sw	79.4	53.6	66.5	63.56	2.94	0.48	2	0	-0.46	2.62	-0.75	
Average	78.6	55.7	67.14	63.85	3.29	0.4	2	M	-0.58	1.99	-1.74	
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS												
Lock Haven Sewage Plant	85	59.8	72.4	68.8	3.36	0.88	2	2	0.21	4.24	0.97	
Renovo	83.4	56	69.71	67.84	1.87	0.78	2	0	-0.12	1.47	-1.9	
Ridgway	80.1	55.1	67.64	65.56	2.09	0.48	3	0	-0.46	3.05	-0.48	
Stevenson Dam	82.3	55.4	68.86	65.96	2.9	1.35	2	0	0.43	5.6	2.13	
State College	81.6	62.9	72.21	67.9	4.31	0.48	2	0	-0.44	2.65	-1.08	
Average	82.5	57.8	70.16	67.21	2.91	0.79	3	M	-0.08	3.4	-0.07	
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS												
Altoona Blair County Ap	82	60.1	71.07	68.14	2.93	0.27	2	0	-0.57	2.01	-1	
Prince Gallitzin St Park	83.8	58.8	71.25	66.14	5.12	0.41	2	5	0.13	5.56	3.88	
Everett	82.3	63.7	73	69.1	3.43	0.03	1	4	-0.28	2.08	-0.43	
Average	82.7	60.9	71.77	67.79	3.83	0.24	2	M	-0.24	3.22	0.82	
SOUTHWEST PLATEAU												
Butler 2 Sw	M	M	M	66.47	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
New Castle 1 N	M	M	M	69.79	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Slippery Rock 1 Ssw	80.6	56.4	68.5	66	2.5	0.82	3	0	-0.19	2.78	-0.66	
Connellsville 2 Ssw	85.4	61.6	73.5	69.6	3.66	0.97	2	2	0.25	2.24	-1.17	
Grays Landing	84	60.1	72.07	69.39	2.69	0.95	3	0	0.12	4.36	1.14	
Indiana 3 Se	82.4	57.6	70	67.16	2.84	1.95	3	0	0.94	5.74	1.92	
Meyersdale 2 Ssw	M	M	M	64.6	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Pittsburgh Asos	80.7	62.7	71.71	69.6	2.11	0.91	3	0	0.12	3.62	0.5	
Waynesburg 1 E	83.1	58.1	70.64	68.54	2.1	0.38	3	0	-0.44	2.87	-0.53	
Average	82.7	59.4	71.07	67.91	2.65	1	3	M	0.13	3.6	0.2	
NORTHWEST PLATEAU												
Clarion 3 Sw	80	58	69	66.27	2.5	1.21	4	2	0.57	4.31	2.32	
Erie Intl Ap	79.9	66	72.93	69.46	3.47	0.38	3	0	-0.46	3.45	0.39	
Franklin	83.8	58	70.92	67.49	3.47	0.2	1	1	-0.63	1.63	-2.02	
Meadville Port Meadville Ap	78	62.7	70.36	66.26	4.1	0.86	3	0	-0.02	3.56	0.25	
Springboro 3 Wnw	81.7	59	70.36	65.49	4.87	0.33	3	0	-0.65	4.7	1.01	
Titusville Water Works	80.4	53.6	67	65.34	1.66	0.52	2	0	-0.32	3.16	-0.03	
Warren	81	57.7	69.36	67.1	2.26	0.85	2	0	-0.05	4.21	0.76	
Bradford Regional Airport	77.9	58	67.93	63.24	4.69	1.14	4	0	0.31	2.88	-0.59	
Coudersport 1 Sw	77	58.5	67.75	62.97	4.67	0.45	2	1	-0.33	3.39	-0.03	
Kane 1Nne	79	55.5	67.25	62.43	4.47	1.29	2	3	0.77	2.19	0.29	
Oswayo 1 Ene	M	M	M	61.94	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
Dubois Regional Airport	78.1	60.1	69.14	65.53	3.61	1.25	3	0	0.31	4.19	0.65	
Average	79.7	58.8	69.27	65.29	3.62	0.77	4	M	-0.05	3.42	0.27	
STATE TOTAL	82.8	59.9	71.34	67.48	3.56	0.63	3	M	-0.21	2.88	-0.48	

DFN = Departure from normal.
MSG = Missing days.
M = Missing value.
Data may be subject to additional quality control.
Weather summary provided by the Southern Regional Climate Center, https://www.srcc.tamu.edu.