SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - South Dakota had a drier than normal fall and winter didn’t provide a lot of snow so farmers are looking at drier subsoil moisture heading into planting.
SDSU’s Extension Climate Field Specialist Laura Edwards says NOAA has declared an El Nino climate is occurring in the Pacific Ocean.
Edwards says she's not to concerned about climate extremes in the upper midwest right now and not at least in the coming growings season.
She says El Nino will have a bigger impact on the west coast where California is heading into a third year of drought.
Sioux Falls snowfall this season is just under 32 inches which two inches below normal.