Michigan Vegetable Crop Report – July 23, 2025

By Benjamin Phillips and Benjamin Werling et.al

Weather

For the past week, mean temperatures were a few degrees cooler than or close to normal. Rainfall has been extremely spotty with thunderstorms dropping high totals in limited areas and other areas very dry. Some parts of Michigan have better soil moisture, while soil continues to be dry in a swath running west and south from the Saginaw Bay over to west central and southwest Michigan. Degree day totals are above normal in the southern lower to a bit behind in the Upper Peninsula.

This week’s forecast calls for:

• Warm and humid Wednesday, July 23. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible north, spreading statewide Thursday into overnight. Hot and humid Thursday with heat index values up to 100 in the south. Warm and humid Friday and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms possible in lower Michigan. Mostly fair and very warm Sunday. Warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible again early next week.