The province is forecast to get 50 millimetres (2 inches) of rain compared with an average 51.7 millimetres for the period, the Jilin Meteorological Bureau said in a report on its website yesterday (July 11). Temperatures will average 22 degrees Celsius compared with 22.4 degrees in previous years, it said.

China is the world's second-largest corn consumer and the country's northeast, including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, accounts for almost 40% of the nation's output, according to a study by the Economic Research Service of the USDA.

Corn crops in the central and west areas of Jilin are entering the so-called elongation stage, and are developing faster than average, the meteorological bureau's report said. Soy is flowering and are developing at a near-average pace, it said.

In the first 10 days this month, Jilin received 69.7 millimetres rain, 57% more than the past average, the report said.