Thanks for the feedback! I do agree with the warmer weather comment. It's very accurate and something that I just over looked during our warmer weather here.
Just for fun I have been trying to check if the moon was overhead and underfoot, but I didn't see any trends there yet.
The other piece of the puzzle is that two of the areas have a lot of standing corn. Some is starting to come off now, while some will stay up until November/December.