Ontario farmers will likely have to wait until June for spring heat

An early start to the 2021 planting season in Ontario may not end up pushing the corn and soybean crop ahead of schedule, if the weather trend currently in place doesn’t change.

David Tolleris, founder of WXRisk.com, says that a few weak systems will continue to move through over the next week or so, bringing some rain and gloomy weather.

By middle of the month, the weather is increasingly unsettled, bringing more rain, and — most notably — cool conditions.

The jet stream has been persistently dropping south, keeping the May pattern quite cool and below normal. “For the most part, it’s not a warm month,” he says.

But June looks different. Some signals are pointing to a significant warm up after the first few days of the month, Tolleris says.

Listen on for the full, short range forecast for Ontario, here:

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