United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Crop Progress & Condition

   New 
England

Pam Hird, State Statistician                4050 Crums Mill Rd. Ste. 203, Harrisburg, PA 17112             Phone: 717-787-3904             Fax: 855-270-2719

	               	

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Week ending May 12, 2024	by the Northeastern Regional Field Office of NASS	Released May 13, 2024	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in New England, there were 5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, May 12, 2024. Topsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 7 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 25 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 64 percent adequate, and 32 percent surplus. 

Soil Moisture for Week Ending May 12, 2024
(in percent)
     
Item	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
TOPSOIL	0	7	68	25	
SUBSOIL	0	4	64	32	

Crop Conditions as of May 12, 2024
(in percent)
     
Item	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
PASTURE AND RANGE	1	3	19	77	0	

                    Crop Progress as of May 12, 2024
(in percent)
     
Item	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Avg.	
APPLES: GREEN TIP	90	80	89	85	
APPLES: PINK	50	21	52	48	
APPLES: FULL BLOOM	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	
BARLEY (ME): PLANTED	17	5	14	N/A	
BLUEBERRIES, TAME: GREEN TIP	85	73	69	72	
BLUEBERRIES, TAME: PINK	33	15	39	29	
BLUEBERRIES, WILD (ME): GREEN TIP	65	30	60	71	
BLUEBERRIES, WILD (ME): PINK	20	10	28	33	
CORN: PLANTED	10	<5	27	20	
OATS (ME): PLANTED	19	10	27	12	
PEACHES: GREEN TIP	93	86	86	79	
PEACHES: PINK	54	29	56	43	
PEACHES: FULL BLOOM	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	
POTATOES (ME): PLANTED	28	9	19	9	
SPRING TILLAGE: PERCENT COMPLETE	55	33	43	30	
SWEET CORN: PLANTED	5	<5	13	14	

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May 12, 2024, New England Weekly Weather Summary

	Air Temperature Last Week	Precipitation	
State	Station	Max	Min	Avg	Norm	DFN	One Week	Rain Days	MSG	DFN	Four Weeks	Four Weeks DFN	
Connecticut	NORTHWEST												
	Norfolk 2 Sw	63	43.4	53.21	53.49	-0.27	1.25	5	0	0.37	2.71	-0.88	
	Average	63	43.4	53.21	53.49	-0.27	1.25	5	M	0.37	2.71	-0.88	
	CENTRAL												
	Burlington	M	M	M	56.64	M	M	M	M	M	1.55	-0.78	
	Danbury Municipal Ap	68.3	47.9	58.07	55.66	2.41	0.64	3	0	-0.19	2.06	-1.21	
	Hartford-Bradley International Airport	71.9	48.9	60.36	58.19	2.17	0.52	2	0	-0.3	1.98	-1.56	
	Meriden Markham Municipal Ap	68.9	47.3	58.07	57.17	0.9	1.26	4	0	0.52	3.41	-0.09	
	Norwich Public Utility Plant	67.3	49.3	58.29	57.5	0.79	0.85	3	0	0.07	1.62	-2.05	
	Staffordville	64	42.6	53.29	53.1	0.19	1.25	3	0	0.44	2.54	-1.03	
	West Thompson Lake	67.6	46.6	57.1	55.09	2.3	0.58	2	2	0.03	1.55	-2.06	
	Willimantic Windham Ap	67.9	44.9	56.36	56.5	-0.14	1.1	3	0	0.4	2.55	-0.66	
	Average	68	46.8	57.36	56.23	1.23	0.89	4	M	0.14	2.16	-1.18	
	COASTAL												
	Bridgeport-Success Hill	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Average	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	M	N/A	N/A	N/A	
	STATE TOTAL	66.8	46	56.38	55.58	0.87	0.97	4	M	0.19	2.29	-1.11	
Maine	NORTHERN												
	Caribou Wfo	61.4	36.3	48.86	49.87	-1.01	0.09	2	0	-0.65	0.71	-2.2	
	Frenchville Northern Aroostook Ap	60	37.6	48.79	49.29	-0.5	0.06	2	0	-0.6	0.55	-1.95	
	Houlton Airport	59.7	34.6	47.14	49.07	-1.93	0.36	3	0	-0.41	1.26	-1.66	
	Millinocket Municipal Airport	61.6	38.1	49.86	50.93	-1.07	0.15	2	0	-0.61	0.63	-2.6	
	Moosehead	58.1	36.1	47.14	48.46	-1.31	0.85	2	0	0.12	1.55	-1.51	
	Rangeley	57.4	35	46.21	47.3	-1.09	1.1	3	0	0.33	2.25	-0.82	
	Average	59.7	36.3	48	49.15	-1.15	0.43	3	M	-0.3	1.16	-1.79	
	SOUTHERN INTERIOR												
	Augusta State Airport	62.1	43.4	52.79	53.23	-0.44	0.17	1	0	-0.56	0.89	-2.48	
	Bangor International Airport	62.3	38.7	50.5	52.33	-1.83	0.24	2	0	-0.52	1.17	-2.11	
	Bethel 6 Sse	58.7	38.5	48.58	51.67	-3.2	0.75	2	1	0.03	1.68	-1.97	
	Bridgton 3 Nw	M	M	M	52.14	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	61	38.6	49.79	50.14	-0.36	0.51	3	0	-0.25	1.12	-2.11	
	Harmony	61.3	42.2	51.33	51.57	0.27	0.63	2	3	0.18	1.63	-1.06	
	Livermore Falls 1 E	M	M	M	51.3	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Topsfield 2	63.7	38.7	51.21	51	0.21	0.53	2	0	-0.48	1.14	-2.93	
	Turner	61.3	40.7	51	52.19	-1.19	0.52	2	0	-0.32	1.58	-2.2	
	Woodland	62	35.3	48.67	52.93	-3.8	0.67	2	4	0.29	1.35	-1.17	
	Average	61.5	39.5	50.48	51.85	-1.29	0.5	3	M	-0.2	1.32	-2	
	COASTAL												
	Durham	63	40	51.5	50.44	1.06	0.55	4	0	-0.26	1.63	-2.22	
	East Surry	59.9	36.7	48.29	50.3	-2.01	0.34	3	0	-0.54	1.34	-2.61	
	Hollis	61.4	38.9	50.14	51.06	-0.91	0.86	3	0	-0.01	1.73	-2.37	
	Portland Jetport	59.7	40.9	50.29	52.8	-2.51	0.12	1	0	-0.69	1.53	-2.28	
	West Rockport 1 Nnw	58	42.9	50.43	51.27	-0.84	0.12	1	1	-0.73	1.1	-3.39	
	Average	60.4	39.9	50.13	51.17	-1.04	0.4	4	M	-0.45	1.47	-2.57	
	STATE TOTAL	60.4	37.8	49.09	50.29	-1.18	0.45	3	M	-0.29	1.25	-1.97	
Massachusetts	WESTERN												
	Lenox Dale	M	M	M	53.71	M	M	M	M	M	0.3	-0.66	
	North Adams Harriman Airport	67.7	47.1	57.43	54.23	3.2	0.39	2	0	-0.37	2.27	-0.61	
	Pittsfield Municipal Ap	64.9	44	54.43	53.71	0.71	0.31	3	0	-0.46	2.1	-0.97	
	Worthington	M	M	M	52.66	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Average	66.3	45.5	55.93	53.58	1.96	0.35	3	M	-0.42	1.56	-0.75	
	CENTRAL												
	Amherst	66.6	46.7	56.64	55.37	1.27	1.18	3	0	0.35	1.78	-1.74	
	Barre Falls Dam	70	45.8	57.9	54.56	3.62	0.97	3	2	0.39	2.78	-0.5	
	Bedford Hanscom Field	65.1	42.7	53.93	56.5	-2.57	0.65	2	0	-0.04	1.8	-1.3	
	Beverly Municipal Ap	61.3	42.1	51.71	54.69	-2.97	0.5	1	0	-0.25	1.46	-1.99	
	Birch Hill Dam	M	M	M	53.87	M	0.25	1	3	-0.2	1.8	-0.29	
	East Brimfield Lake	66.3	45.7	56	55	1.15	1.73	5	1	1.08	2.58	-0.44	
	Fitchburg Municipal Ap	66.7	44.6	55.64	55.77	-0.13	0.54	2	0	-0.22	2.01	-1.21	
	Greenfield No. 3	66.1	46.9	56.5	55.36	1.14	0.88	4	0	0	2.1	-1.39	
	Lawrence	M	M	M	56.9	M	M	M	M	M	0.6	-1.63	
	Lowell	66	45.3	55.64	55.5	0.14	0.87	2	0	0.02	1.61	-1.59	
	Norwood Memorial Airport	67.9	45.7	56.79	57.67	-0.89	0.63	2	0	-0.06	2.37	-0.83	
	Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport	68.6	46.3	57.43	56.94	0.49	1.21	2	0	0.41	2.91	-0.62	
	Worcester Regional Airport	64.4	47	55.71	54.89	0.83	0.69	2	0	-0.08	1.89	-1.57	
	Average	66.3	45.3	55.81	55.62	0.19	0.84	5	M	0.12	1.98	-1.16	
	COASTAL												
	Boston Logan International Airport	61.7	48	54.86	56.47	-1.61	0.73	2	0	0.04	1.86	-1.18	
	Chatham Municipal Ap	57.9	45.7	51.79	52.99	-1.2	0.35	1	0	-0.42	0.63	-2.69	
	Edgartown	62	48.7	55.33	54.87	1.03	0.58	2	4	0.21	1.31	-1.75	
	Hyannis Barnstable Municipal Ap	59.4	44.9	52.14	54.5	-2.36	0.73	3	0	-0.06	1.26	-2.08	
	New Bedford Municipal Ap	64.3	46	55.14	54.74	0.4	1.41	4	0	0.69	2.32	-0.86	
	Plymouth Municipal Ap	63.9	46	54.93	54.4	0.53	0.63	2	0	-0.11	1.59	-1.9	
	Taunton Municipal Ap	67	45.3	56.14	55.9	0.24	0.76	3	0	0.06	1.75	-1.6	
	Average	62.3	46.4	54.33	54.84	-0.42	0.74	4	M	0.06	1.53	-1.72	
	STATE TOTAL	65.1	45.7	55.39	55	0.34	0.72	4	M	0	1.76	-1.25	
New Hampshire	NORTHERN												
	Berlin	59.6	38.3	48.93	50.9	-1.97	1.14	2	0	0.36	2.48	-0.64	
	Colebrook 3Sw	63	42	52.5	48.44	5.2	0.86	1	6	0.74	3.01	0.9	
	Errol Airport	59	35.4	47.21	48.17	-0.96	0.81	4	0	-0.15	2.65	-1.01	
	Jefferson	59.2	40.8	50	50.91	-0.73	1.07	3	1	0.38	2.68	-0.42	
	Average	60.2	39.1	49.66	49.6	0.39	0.97	4	M	0.33	2.71	-0.29	
	SOUTHERN												
	Bradford 2	M	M	M	52.66	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Concord Municipal Airport	66.3	42.6	54.43	54.63	-0.2	0.36	2	0	-0.4	2.16	-0.98	
	East Milford	62.9	43.7	53.29	55.06	-1.77	0.96	3	0	0.2	2.06	-1.36	
	Epping	64.7	43.1	53.93	54	-0.07	0.87	3	0	0.06	1.87	-1.79	
	Hancock	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	0.3	M	
	Jaffrey Silver Ranch Airpark	64.4	44.9	54.64	54.63	0.01	0.99	2	0	0.18	2.1	-1.33	
	Keene	64.3	44.6	54.43	52.63	1.8	1.13	2	0	0.29	1.79	-1.47	
	Lakeport 2	64.3	44.9	54.57	54.07	0.5	0.62	2	0	-0.16	1.57	-1.72	
	Lebanon Municipal Airport	66.1	43.9	55	54.46	0.54	0.38	1	0	-0.35	1.82	-1.04	
	North Conway	62	41.7	51.86	53.21	-1.36	0.72	4	0	-0.11	1.67	-2.22	
	Tamworth 4	62.3	40.3	51.29	50.8	0.49	0.8	3	0	-0.05	1.65	-2.3	
	Owls Head	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Average	64.1	43.3	53.72	53.61	-0.01	0.76	4	M	-0.04	1.7	-1.58	
	STATE TOTAL	62.9	42	52.47	52.38	0.11	0.82	4	M	0.08	2.01	-1.18	
Rhode Island	ALL												
	Newport State Ap	60.7	45.3	53	54.84	-1.84	1.24	5	0	0.57	2.21	-0.77	
	Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport	64.4	47.1	55.79	57.14	-1.36	2.03	3	0	1.28	2.86	-0.6	
	Westerly State Airport	62.7	47.3	55	56.49	-1.49	1.41	3	0	0.69	2.48	-0.66	
	Woonsocket	M	M	M	56.94	M	1.58	2	1	0.89	2.43	-1.25	
	Average	62.6	46.6	54.6	56.35	-1.56	1.56	5	M	0.86	2.5	-0.82	
	STATE TOTAL	62.6	46.6	54.6	56.35	-1.56	1.56	5	M	0.86	2.5	-0.82	
Vermont	NORTHEASTERN												
	Averill	59.4	38.1	48.79	48.69	0.1	0.34	2	0	-0.33	2.09	-0.61	
	Montpelier - Edward F. Knapp State Airport	61.9	42.3	52.07	51.27	0.8	0.37	2	0	-0.37	1.97	-0.86	
	Corinth	59.1	42	50.57	50.06	0.51	0.81	3	0	0	1.51	-1.79	
	Johnson 2 N	59.3	41.4	50.36	50.77	-0.41	1.54	4	1	0.83	3.79	1.1	
	Newport	M	M	M	51.13	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Rochester	M	M	M	51.8	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	
	Saint Johnsbury	66.4	43	54.71	54.51	0.2	0.38	5	0	-0.42	2.61	-0.51	
	Sutton	58.9	40.7	49.79	50.37	-0.59	1.67	5	0	0.74	3.09	-0.7	
	Average	60.8	41.2	51.05	51.08	0.1	0.85	5	M	0.07	2.51	-0.56	
	WESTERN												
	Bennington/William H. Morse State Airport	66.3	46.3	56.29	54.39	1.9	0.75	3	0	0.02	3.12	0.62	
	Burlington International Airport	66.4	48.3	57.36	56.16	1.2	0.21	4	0	-0.59	1.85	-1.23	
	Rutland	65.3	44.4	54.86	52.93	1.93	1.42	4	0	0.64	2.37	-0.67	
	South Lincoln	64.8	41.8	53.25	49.74	4	0.37	2	4	-0.06	1.65	-1.59	
	Average	65.7	45.2	55.44	53.3	2.26	0.69	4	M	0	2.25	-0.72	
	SOUTHEASTERN												
	Springfield Hartness State Ap	65.4	45.9	55.64	53.51	2.13	0.61	2	0	-0.13	2.57	-0.45	
	Woodstock	63.6	44.1	53.86	53.17	0.69	1.41	4	0	0.63	2.24	-0.84	
	Average	64.5	45	54.75	53.34	1.41	1.01	4	M	0.25	2.41	-0.65	
	STATE TOTAL	63	43.2	53.11	52.18	1.03	0.82	5	M	0.08	2.41	-0.63	

DFN = Departure from normal.
MSG = Missing days.
M = Missing value.
Data may be subject to additional quality control.
Weather summary provided by the Southern Regional Climate Center, https://www.srcc.tamu.edu.