Weekly precip was 0.00 inches. The lows:50,45,47,54,56,53,56. Highs:66,73,77,81,80,82,85. A very tranquil and dry week of weather. We planted soybeans everyday this past week. We have been planting our soybeans as deep as 1.5 inches to reach sufficient moisture to get them up (something we have never done this time of year). Some of the beans we planted before last Saturday's 4 tenths are at an iffy stage now (many of them sprouted but seem to be in dry dirt now because we planted them shallow [1 to 2 inches of rain was in the forecast at that time]). We had as much as half an inch to 6 tenths on some of our ground during the same rain and that seems to have done the trick. I don't remember a time when it was so dry during planting season (too much rain and soft and muddy conditions are the norm for spring here). Dad says this year has started like 1988 (that was a year before I was born). Hopefully, the lack of rain doesn't continue into the summer when the demand for water is much greater. Other observations: landscape has turned green in a hurry (trees, grasses and crops). The weather has been very tranquil (a little windy some days) and sunny with low humidity making for comfortable air.