Monitoring how much moisture can be absorbed before the season’s freeze

Monitoring how much moisture can be absorbed before the season’s freeze

A climatologist says he’s closely watching how much soil recharge there is before the first hard freeze of the season across the Corn Belt.

“We have a long ways to go with some of the dryness that we’re still seeing.”

Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says timing will be critical for an active weather pattern over the next two-to-three weeks. “How much moisture? How much water can we get infiltrated into the soil?