Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending May 5, 2008

GENERAL: Most of North Carolina received rain this week with Aurora recording 2.62 inches. Average temperatures ranged between 51 to 66 degrees. Topsoil moisture in the mountain region is becoming dry while the coastal region is still drying up from the recent rain events. There were 5 days suitable for field work, compared to 4.4 the previous week. Statewide soil moisture levels are rated at 1% very short, 13% short, 77% adequate and 9% surplus. Activities during the week included the planting of corn, sorghum, cotton, flue-cured and burley tobacco, spreading of fertilizer and chemicals, and other spring planting preparations.

**COMPARISONS**
Crop	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5-Year Average
Planted:
Corn	87	70	94	88
Cotton	13	N/A	31	30
Sorghum	17	10	29	14
Burley tobacco	22	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flue-cured tobacco	43	22	61	60
Phenological:
Corn % Emerged	54	N/A	76	65
Wheat % Headed	90	66	82	75
Harvested:
Hay 1st Cutting	16	N/A	24	12

**CROP CONDITION PERCENT**
Crop	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Barley	0	1	4	74	21
Oats	0	1	12	73	14
Rye	0	0	3	75	22
Wheat	0	1	12	65	22
Corn	0	1	21	68	10
Irish Potatoes	0	0	6	62	32
Pasture	3	6	34	51	6
Truck Crops	0	1	11	72	16

**TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT**
Region	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus
State	1	13	77	9
Mountain Region	4	22	71	3
Piedmont Region	1	18	71	10
Coastal Plain Region	0	1	87	12

**WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 4, 2008**
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
Apex	1.81	0.98	13.41	-1.96	81	39	62	-3
Asheville	0.83	-0.05	13.70	-2.09	75	31	57	-3
Aurora	2.62	1.70	16.63	1.23	81	45	65	-1
Beech Mountain	0.98	-0.23	14.91	-4.91	72	20	51	2
Chapel Hill	1.43	0.55	15.76	0.08	82	38	62	-1
Charlotte	1.02	0.29	12.94	-2.25	80	37	62	-2
Clinton	0.64	-0.30	15.69	-0.28	83	41	64	-2
Concord	1.28	0.49	12.49	-2.95	82	37	62	-2
Eden	1.56	0.71	11.24	-3.53	80	35	59	-4
Elizabeth City	0.05	-0.84	8.92	-6.51	81	45	64	2
Fayetteville	1.68	0.98	15.28	0.27	80	41	63	-3
Goldsboro	2.23	1.38	16.66	0.44	81	41	63	-3
Greensboro	1.57	0.77	13.38	-0.25	80	38	62	0
Greenville	0.69	-0.18	15.72	-0.07	83	43	65	0
Halifax	1.45	0.57	18.44	3.23	83	42	65	3
Hayesville	1.16	0.34	18.75	3.44	80	35	58	-7
Hickory	0.33	-0.55	10.97	-5.71	79	34	60	-3
Jackson Springs	1.40	0.66	14.68	-0.97	81	36	61	-4
Jacksonville	1.18	0.22	17.46	0.81	80	44	65	-2
Jefferson	0.70	-0.31	13.02	-2.88	74	24	50	-6
Kinston	1.36	0.45	15.62	-0.48	81	43	64	-1
Laurinburg	1.12	0.44	15.81	0.13	87	38	64	-2
Lenoir	0.35	-0.58	12.70	-3.59	82	34	60	-3
Lexington	1.17	0.36	11.21	-4.42	82	31	60	-5
Lincolnton	0.65	-0.25	11.68	-4.31	81	31	61	-3
Louisburg	2.15	1.27	13.67	-1.67	81	37	61	0
Marshall	0.71	-0.11	11.81	-2.48	81	28	54	-4
Monroe	1.39	0.67	11.50	-4.88	79	38	62	-3
Mount Airy	1.26	0.30	11.80	-3.51	79	31	56	-6
New Bern	0.38	-0.51	14.14	-2.18	82	44	65	-2
North Wilkesboro	0.30	-0.62	12.15	-4.70	80	32	58	-2
Old Fort	0.49	-0.46	12.28	-5.05	78	30	56	-3
Oxford	1.54	0.73	13.55	-1.20	80	39	61	-2
Raleigh-Durham	1.84	1.10	13.87	-0.20	81	38	64	1
Roanoke Rapids	0.97	0.09	17.10	1.89	80	42	62	-1
Rocky Mount	1.10	0.29	13.38	-1.77	81	41	64	0
Siler City	2.42	1.52	14.66	-1.52	79	38	60	-2
Waynesville	0.98	0.09	15.76	-2.05	80	32	57	-2
Whiteville	0.84	-0.01	16.03	0.39	83	40	63	-2
Williamston	0.48	-0.40	15.25	-0.25	84	45	63	-1
Wilmington	0.38	-0.42	12.87	-2.03	81	42	66	-2
¹ Totals may be revised periodically due to updates to weather database.

Back

Last update May 6, 2008

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@ncmail.net

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report: For the week ending May 5, 2008

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending May 5, 2008