Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending October 7, 2007

GENERAL: North Carolina experienced abnormally high temperatures and little rainfall again this week. Most stations reported having some rain with Old Fort reporting the most at 1.80 inches. There were 6.3 days suitable for field work compared to 6.6 from the previous week. Statewide soil moisture levels are rated at 59% very short, 32% short, 9% adequate, and 0% surplus. Activities during the week included the harvesting of corn for grain, cotton, apples, burley tobacco, flue-cured tobacco, sweetpotatoes, peanuts and sorghum. Other activities included the scouting for pest and disease problems.

**COMPARISONS**
Crop	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5-Year Average
Planted:
Barley	23	10	13	13
Phenological:
Soybeans % Leaf Drop	54	42	51	50
Harvested:
Apples	82	71	79	83
Corn For Grain	94	90	85	83
Cotton	21	12	N/A	12
Peanuts Threshed	27	12	21	26
Sorghum	72	64	59	49
Sweetpotatoes	42	42	43	41
Tobacco: Burley	92	86	81	90
Tobacco: Flue-cured	86	84	94	96

**CROP CONDITION PERCENT**
Crop	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Cotton	19	27	31	20	3
Pasture	65	20	13	2	0
Peanuts	10	18	45	27	0
Soybeans	31	26	27	14	2
Sweetpotatoes	4	27	45	22	2

**TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT**
Region	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus
State	59	32	9	0
Mountain Region	54	41	5	0
Piedmont Region	81	18	1	0
Coastal Plain Region	45	38	17	0

**WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 6, 2007**
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	0.15	-0.60	24.58	-11.16	85	52	71	7
Asheville	0.91	0.07	28.41	-9.32	79	40	66	6
Aurora	0.00	-0.84	29.31	-12.76	83	61	75	9
Beech Mountain	1.53	0.24	34.00	-15.69	69	43	58	7
Chapel Hill	0.12	-0.62	24.71	-11.64	86	48	71	9
Charlotte	0.46	-0.31	22.03	-11.76	87	51	74	9
Clinton	0.59	-0.12	25.84	-16.65	84	58	73	8
Concord	0.00	-0.87	23.60	-12.48	89	48	72	8
Eden	0.19	-0.65	26.64	-8.29	84	45	68	7
Elizabeth City	0.51	-0.30	20.62	-18.85	85	62	75	10
Fayetteville	0.14	-0.59	21.44	-16.92	83	53	72	7
Goldsboro	0.27	-0.45	25.56	-14.82	87	54	73	8
Greensboro	0.04	-0.80	20.92	-12.71	85	52	72	10
Greenville	0.05	-0.70	25.18	-15.44	89	55	76	11
Halifax	0.22	-0.48	25.46	-10.84	93	54	76	13
Hayesville	0.50	-0.19	29.49	-6.77	83	47	69	4
Hickory	0.21	-0.70	19.91	-19.12	84	48	71	9
Jackson Springs	0.15	-0.69	23.74	-13.68	84	52	72	8
Jacksonville	0.18	-0.69	28.20	-18.03	88	63	76	10
Jefferson	0.29	-0.69	24.65	-13.28	82	33	63	8
Kinston	0.16	-0.64	27.85	-14.81	89	56	74	10
Laurinburg	0.11	-0.68	21.11	-18.64	88	61	76	11
Lenoir	1.01	0.04	25.77	-13.30	83	46	70	7
Lexington	0.01	-0.77	23.60	-11.82	84	43	69	5
Lincolnton	0.33	-0.56	20.75	-16.27	86	47	72	8
Louisburg	0.34	-0.43	23.88	-12.42	88	45	71	10
Marshall	0.04	-0.58	22.32	-10.03	84	37	65	7
Monroe	0.00	-0.91	17.10	-21.03	88	53	74	10
Mount Airy	0.00	-0.93	33.20	-2.96	84	41	67	6
New Bern	0.15	-0.67	31.25	-13.94	86	62	76	9
North Wilkesboro	0.06	-0.92	28.31	-11.47	83	41	67	8
Old Fort	1.80	0.95	28.62	-12.96	81	40	66	8
Oxford	0.46	-0.24	22.95	-12.02	88	48	72	9
Raleigh-Durham	0.13	-0.55	26.34	-6.69	87	53	73	9
Roanoke Rapids	0.31	-0.39	23.66	-12.64	90	49	73	9
Rocky Mount	0.61	-0.02	20.08	-14.77	88	54	73	10
Siler City	0.34	-0.50	27.98	-10.01	85	50	71	10
Waynesville	0.48	-0.22	27.35	-9.87	78	35	62	4
Whiteville	0.56	-0.18	21.96	-18.72	87	61	75	10
Williamston	0.29	-0.55	26.99	-12.67	88	56	74	9
Wilmington	0.06	-0.69	26.45	-19.14	84	63	76	7
¹ Totals may be revised periodically due to updates to weather database.

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Last update October 9, 2007

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

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report: For the week ending October 7, 2007

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending October 7, 2007