The National Weather Service (NWS) is calling for above-normal temperatures over most of the country during the July through September period. The exception is a bubble from far southern Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico, for which NWS predicts “equal chances” for normal, above- and below-normal temperatures.
The extended forecast favors above-normal rainfall over most of the eastern Corn Belt down through the Southeast. The rest of the Corn Belt has mostly “equal chances” on precip, though a bubble of below-normal precip is expected north and west of the western Corn Belt.
Warm temperatures are also expected for the Northern Plains and all but far southern areas of the Midwest during July. NWS says there are equal chances for normal, above- and below normal temperatures for the central and southern Plains and into the Southeast.
The precipitation map for July is rather noncommittal, with a patch of below-normal precipitation likely from the Pacific Northwest to the Dakotas and for the southeastern quarter of the country, including far southern areas of the eastern Corn Belt. Elsewhere, there are equal chances for normal, above- and below-normal precipitation.