September 2019 Conditions: Kansas enters wheat-planting season following the wettest August on record (since 1895: 208% of normal) adoring to the office of the Kansas State Climatologist. Weed control has been an issue with saturated fields, as well as the continuing problems for row-crops such as sprouting, dropped ears and mold in corn. For wheat growers across the plains, the chance for saturated soils could mean planting delays. While August was cool, the next few weeks could be warmer as usual. Meanwhile in Southwest Oklahoma and the southern Texas Panhandle, the U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook shows persisting drought, valid through November.