| 5/24/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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| I need to water my garden every 3 days, the rain last week was helpful |
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| 5/24/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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| 1.03" rain this week. Winds have been mostly low.
Aspen leaves have really popped out, pone tree male cones are getting larger. Many turkey on the property and area, hummers are active as are many songbirds. Robin nest under the deck has baby birds. Many deer browsing.
Lillie's are coming back. Rhubarb leaves look very good, stalks are thickening a little.
We tested over the limit for PFAS in drinking water. Installed a reverse osmosis system 2 weeks ago. Water quality is better. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| An inch of light rain this week, with little runoff or floodidng, has helped plants immensely. Unfortunately most was on the weekends, dampening tourism. Two 80+F weekdays made it seem like summer - briefly. Now cold, gloomy & rainy again. Birds are nesting. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| We’re still a couple of inches down for the year, but on the surface, with these recent rains, the surface conditions are pretty good. Irrigation is not needed for new crops. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Moderately Dry
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Energy
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| Dry conditions continue with unirrigated areas showing wilting and browning of grasses. Temps reaching early summer highs (low 90's) and lows (low 80's). AC use increasing accordingly. No precip before today. We really need rain and no major storm is forcast for the upcoming period. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE = Remains Extreme Drought D-3 Status. While we recorded rain last week, Sunny and windy regather following has dried the soil out again.
ENERGY - Normal and slightly above temperatures are allowing the AC to run near normal for this time of year.
GENERAL - Precipitation has been predicted for our area all last week, and into next week. Our issue at this time is the rain/thunder storms are very isolated and are not covering the entire area. Yesterday we heard thunder and our Weather Alerts warned of heavy rain nearby and lightyening, but the gauge was empty. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-MA-17 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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| The extreme drought continues but the rainy season has started as well. Small amounts of rain fell over the past week and more than that summer has started. The days are much more humid with tropical breezes with scattered shower's and storms. Not that much rain fell over this station but thunderstorms have dumped a few inches of rain nearby. The plants and trees are responding into the summer growing season as well. |
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| 5/24/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Things are better with recent rains, but there is still a long way to go. |
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| 5/24/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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| Recent rains helped plants & soil surface. Pond still very low, |
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| 5/24/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Severely Dry
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| General: We are dry. We had a tiny bit of rain this week, but generally we're at .08" for May, and last year we had 1.14" for May (we expect, on 6 year average, to get about 1.6"). We're down for the month, for the winter, and for the water year.
Agriculture: What I assume is mustard is struggling without rain. There is still a lot of space between plants in parts of the field.
Energy: We're in peak generation now. We generated 97.47 kWHR yesterday and used 26.21 kWHR.
Fire: Danger is high.
Plants/wildlife: More birds have arrived, and it's a little noisier. We have 3 hummingbirds, and hope we'll get more with migration. Last year we had around 12 at any time. The beaver pond has not been worked on by the beavers (the Bannock County Roads and Bridges Department destroyed it a couple of weeks ago). I'm not hopeful that they will rebuild since we're so low on water flow. They likely moved on (I hope the crew didn't kill them). It's discouraging, to say the least. Beaver ponds are a major contributor to aquifer replenishment, and this, of all years, is a particularly unwise year to destroy a means of recharging Pocatello's water source.
Water: Our condition is simply not great. Poor soil moisture, and nothing falling. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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| Some more drought buster type rains this past week. A few nice dry days in between and then a good shower to moisten things back up again. Everything is green and growing well. Corn is sprouting in the recently planted fields.
Some Black Gnats are starting to annoy us. Weather wise the temps have been pretty nice. Nothing too warm just yet. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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| A good soaking rain would really be nice. This station is currently running at a MTD NOAA Norm deficit of -1.66" (54%), however YTD and WYTD are still near normal. Corn and beans are both up in area fields and the soil is quickly drying out. I again provided supplemental watering to the vegetable plants in my garden. The Green, Rock and Mississippi Rivers are all holding steady levels and are not forecasted to see any rise or fall in the next week. The weather forecast is not showing any great chance of rain, just a rise in temperatures to the mid and upper 80's which will further dry out the soil. It appears May will end being much drier than April. Lots of hummingbirds at the feeders. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Overnight rain has maintained near normal conditions. All plants, lawns, and trees are growing well and appear healthy. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-KD-126 | IL | Kendall |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Digging in garden yesterday, down six inches soil damp but hard packed. Took soil temperature six inches down, 82 but outside temperature 80. Odd soil temperature warmer than air temperature. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is full up to the runoff. Rainy and windy all week, cooler than normal. Vultures and hawks are circling their nests.
Grasses are seeding. Chives are blooming. Hay fields are thick and tall.
Grapes and Mulberries are starting to produce.
Strawberries are ready to pick. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil saturated but flooding subsided locally. Too wet to work in gardens. Plants lush. Some areas eroded from recent rains. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| rain over past week mild temps |
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| 5/24/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| With continued rains last week farmers are waiting to finish up with planting and spraying. Many alfalfa fields are waiting to be mowed. Side hill seeps are starting to show up for the first time in almost five years. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-BE-9 | KY | Breathitt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Recent rainfall has really brought things back to life. Vegetation is lush and green. Grass has begun to grow much more like normal for this time of year. There is substantially more pollen in the air as well. Overall it seems things are much closer to normal than the past couple of months. Went mildly dry only because the river, along with some of our local creeks continue to run below normal and the fact that we are still a little behind in precipitation for this time of the year. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| 2.87” rain this week, Saturday's reading of 2.17” was the highest since April 5 2025. Still way below normal, so calling it on the dry side. Creeks, seeps, and ditches flowing. Ponds coming up, but need another 16” to fill them. More fields sprouting, raspberries fruiting. Sun-Tues temps hit 90F, but low humidity so we could stay on the porch. Deer, quail, kingbirds, and hummingbirds providing entertainment. Big black rat snake successfully crossed the road in front of us. With a crash, a tree fell in the north woods. 2” rain must've loosened the soil enough. There's a steep dropoff there. Frogs and toads very vocal. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Moderately Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY flow at 2590 ft3/sec, much above normal. Rain every day this week. Mowed the front pasture and lawn this week. Back pasture not ready to be mowed. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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| 0.08”in the preceding week, which brought MTD catch to 1.93” before this morning’s report. If the forecast for the Memorial Day Weekend system verifies, we should end the month reasonably close to PRISM average for May. As for right now, barely hanging on to the ‘near normal” tag, and we’re just shy of average for the Water Year to Date. Regardless, everything is growing well around here and flowering trees and shrubs are showing their best. Pond level is normal. The big wildlife news is that the pair of mute swans on the pond is now swimming around with a clutch of nine cygnets – the most I’ve ever seen. With any luck, maybe one or two of them will survive to fly off this autumn. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MA-BE-24 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Dry
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| Soil is dry for 6" under leaf litter |
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| 5/24/2026 | MA-PL-15 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| I am going to describe conditions as on the dry side of "near Normal". Streams are lower than normal. We have moved into D1 with no significant rain in the past week. Lawns and yard plants are still doing OK but I imagine that farmers may be concerned. Total water bans are in effect. A fox has been visiting my yard a few times so she may have kits to feed. I hope she catches a wood rat or two! |
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| 5/24/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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| Only .15" of rain for the week and only 1.37" for the month so far. That's 49% of PRISM normal, so it's definitely a dry month. Most drainage ditches are now dry and local brooks are at a trickle. Although the soil has become very dry, the grass is still green and trees don't appear to be stressed. A good amount of much needed rain is expected to fall today. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MI-BN-3 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| For the week ending 5/24/2026, conditions were NEAR NORMAL. The 7-day cumulative precipitation total of 0.60 inches was 23% below the 13-year (2009-2022) average of 0.78 inches and in the “near normal” range; the 30-day total of 2.52 inches was 26% below the expected 13-year average of 3.42 inches and in the “near normal” range; and the 90-day total of 14.48 inches was 41% above the expected 13-year average of 10.25 inches and in the “mildly wet” range. There were 3 days of measurable precipitation, with a max of 0.34 inches on the 23rd. Temps ranged from 86 F (on the 17th) to 51 F (on the 22nd), with average Hi/Lo temps of 75/56 F (+9/+11 relative to last week). Precipitation Trends—May to Date: 1.60 inches (down 1.54 inches, 51% of PRISM Normal); Year to Date (2026): 19.23 inches (up 5.35 inches, 139% of PRISM Normal). Bullfrogs were heard croaking on Crescent Lake for the first time this spring on the 19th. Tree foliage is now nearing peak density, with late-leafing Sassafras and Sycamores finally leafing out. Two broods of Canada Geese—each with 8 gawky goslings—were in the yard on the 24th. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Wet
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| This week concludes with conditions mildly wet, thanks to rain arriving early in the week, frequent overcast, and moderating temperatures with good overnight recoveries. The gauge catch captured 0.53 inches of precipitation and the gauge was dry on only three mornings. Monday’s thunderstorm was responsible for 0.38 inches of the weekly total and also brought high winds that caused tree failures and downed power lines. Soils are moist to the surface. The landscape has taken on a lush-green hue as most deciduous trees are now leafed out. Outdoor recreation and agricultural activity are both vibrant and vehicular traffic seems heavier than normal. Seasonal produce stands are beginning to open. Gray catbirds arrived and have been busy gathering their nesting materials. A red-headed woodpecker was observed pecking for insects in a sweetgum tree. Spring continues to progress. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-CK-69 | MN | Cook |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Vegetation finally greening up. Many different birds flocking in. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-DK-286 | MN | Dakota |
Mildly Dry
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| 1.16 precipitation so far in May versus 3 inch average. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Dry
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| My wish last week was another good soaking Rain, which came over multiple days totaling 1.36”. Lower Temperatures, down to the low 40’s, kept the moisture from drying too quickly. It was visibly effective for all forms of plant life. It was another week of deciding A/C or heat, so there was a little of both.
I love this color of green in the leaves on the trees before they darken. They have a fresh brightness to them.
A lot of flowers have been planted in neighboring yards, and even several homes have added new shrubbery to their yards.
The lake might be a little above normal level, though that could be mis-leading due to the previous dryer than normal seasons. Area residents have joined the City to help clean around different shorelines of water. It’s amazing how much trash and other debris is carelessly discarded by people.
Forecast: High heat starting today with a high of 81°, continuing through the week to the upper 80’s. Only Mostly Sunny skies with no precipitation expected. Light Winds. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-HN-750 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The mild dry conditions are allowing weeds to grow faster, mowing less often does save on gas. Wetland water levels have gone way down and the ducks and ducklings are not around this year. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Near Normal
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| ~0.72" of rain was recorded this past week. Today's report= 51°, 93% humidity, mostly clear & calm with morning dew and an air quality index of 69 at the 6:00 a.m. observation time. NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 US Drought Monitor Map= https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ US Wildfire/Smoke Map= https://tinyurl.com/4j9khhan Rain is forecast tonight. Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/s4pd8z9m Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/53rmc85f YTD Precipitation in this area= 8.40" which is 2.24" less than average. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MN-WG-47 | MN | Washington |
Mildly Dry
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| Precipitation in the gauge for the past week is 1.02", since May 1st it is 1.05", since January 1st it is 7.09"; average precipitation for the Twin Cities area January 1st through May 24 is 8.55"; the St Croix River level is 76.6', well below flood level, and is predicted to recede; moderate fire risk for Washington county, local farmers appear to have completed planting of crops; foliage development appears to be mostly complete. |
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| 5/24/2026 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Weekly precip=2.47". Weekly lowest/highest temp=67/91. Humid and wet conditions continue to prevail with showers and thunderstorms in the area quite often over the past 5 days. So far, perfect amounts of rain have been received with the 2 and half inches being very well spread out over a 5-day period. Crops and yards are very green. Tempted to put near normal conditions, but I know ground moisture at depth is still low (for example: no water standing in the low areas of yard). |
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| 5/24/2026 | NH-MR-9 | NH | Merrimack |
Mildly Dry
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| Radar showed light green overnight, but the gauge was dry. According to WMUR weather report, the air is so dry that the rain evaporated before getting to the ground. Needing to water potted plants over the past week. The lawn is doing well. Our agriculture, including chives, rhubarb and asparagus is doing well also. Not watering that. Using the heat pump even though it seems really cold. When it got up to 80-90 degrees last week, I put my winter PJ’s away. Finally had to get them out again. The temperatures have been in 40’s overnight and at most low 70’s during the day. Yesterday only got into the 60’s.
Our Hostas survived a vigorous raking by a couple of people who came and blew all the leaves out of our garden. Plants were ripped apart or out. We had one gorgeous pink tulip this year. That’s gone now. Daffodils are done, too.
No water restrictions. Everybody and his brother drove up into our White Mountains yesterday only to be facing a cloudy and rainy weekend. The water temperature in lakes and rivers is too cold to swim in and warnings are out for boaters to always wear life jackets because if their boat capsized, they wouldn’t be able to buckle a life jacket nor work a radio before losing too much body warmth to function. We have had some good rainfall last week and the Merrimack River rose up to around 9-11 feet. Still in a drought. No water restrictions. Water quality great. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NJ-HN-31 | NJ | Hunterdon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| finally significant rainfall, streams are still running below normal, lawns were burning out in spots |
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| 5/24/2026 | NY-MD-16 | NY | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Topsoil is saturated; pond is full; everything is green and growing. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NY-OG-10 | NY | Onondaga |
Near Normal
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| 1.20 inches of precipitation over the past week. Lawns green, fields are plowed and being planted. No standing water noted, although rain over past 24 hours could lead to this. High wake warnings still in effect for area waterways due to continued high water levels. Back to near normal conditions currently but could change if rain continues over the weekend. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Things were drying out by 22 May, however the 1.59" that was received yesterday and early this morning put the conditions at "Mildy Wet". The grass is responding with rapid growth, but the center of the yard has gone back to being very wet and draining albeit very slowly to the north. The strawberry plants have flowers, and the Maple Tree is dispersing its "helicopter seeds". |
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| 5/24/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Standing water on trails. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Wet
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| Cloudy and cool with gusty winds and rain, then cloudy and cool overnight with gusty winds and rain. The high temperature was around fifty degrees, and the low around forty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a half feederful every day. Butterflies are emerging. Hawthorn leaves, White Ash tree leaves, Hackberrry tree leaves, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, phlox flowers and Bush Honeysuckle flowers are appearing. Corn is being planted. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring flood levels. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NC-BC-150 | NC | Buncombe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.28 inches of rain during the most recent four days has resulted in moist soil again. Sweet white azalea is in full scent-filled bloom. One Asiatic lily is blooming and oakleaf hydrangea has its first small flowers. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NC-CW-59 | NC | Chowan |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Only .31" of rain over the past week. With one week left in May, rainfall is 2.42" behind for the month. The recent rain and slightly cooler, cloudy weather has helped the crops. Prior to the rain, corn that was planted early was wilting in the afternoon sun as if it were July. Since the rain, the growth has increased and the plants look better. Sage is in full bloom, however, the farmers are waiting to see if the upcoming rain will give the plants a slight boost to produce a few more leaves before harvest. More planting occurred this past week, but there are still many unplanted fields. Garlic tops are dying off early, even with some watering occurring. Deeper soil moisture is still poor. Bird bath use is far more frequent than normal, likely due to lack of standing water in the swamps and salinity in the Sound. |
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| 5/24/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Severely Dry
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| The total of .74" was great help. And the cool, cloudy conditions of the last 3 days have been very helpful. However, all this is just keeping us in place and from conditions deteriorating even more. A few inches down in the soil there is no change. And rivers/streams have not been helped. We did sow some seed for a cover crop in the garden just before the rain and this weather has been good for that. Really hoping for more rain the next few days! |
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| 5/24/2026 | NC-HK-14 | NC | Hoke |
Moderately Dry
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| Recent rain has helped the grass to green up. Farmers have returned to planting parts of crops that didn't have a good start due to lack of rain. The wildlife seems to be seen more as they are on the move. At my house the hummingbirds are not as abundant as usual. The lakes and ponds are not as full. |
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| 5/24/2026 | OH-DL-36 | OH | Delaware |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Ground is wet with field across the road under water in areas from creek out of its bed / creek also covered road in areas / some fields still have standing water - still pretty wet everywhere |
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| 5/24/2026 | OH-FR-111 | OH | Franklin |
Moderately Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 5/172026 - 5/23/2026
Precipitation: 3.06” of measurable gauge precipitation for the week.
Temps: Temps ranged between lows of 49° and 60°, highs between 62° and 90°.
Plant/lawn conditions: Lawn is completely soaked from rain every single day this week. Ground is soggy and mushy. Plants and bushes doing well.
Summary: Rain every day has resulted in soggy conditions, but after the dry spell it is appreciated. Overcast pretty much all week. Streams around us are definitely high, but not overflowing the banks. |
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| 5/24/2026 | OH-GR-49 | OH | Greene |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil conditions are saturated with the pasty week's 3 + inches of rain. We do not have any flooding conditions. Grasses and vegetation are growing quite well. Trees have completely leafed out. Birds are very active in search of food and nest building or maintenance. Small mammals are very active in search of nuts and seeds. Larger mammals are also active in search of food, more spotted during mid-day as well. |
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| 5/24/2026 | OH-PB-1 | OH | Preble |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Streams are above normal for this time of year from recent rains. Yards are green. Some fields have ponding of water particularly in low lying areas Precipitation is a above normal for the month to date. ET balance for the month is + 3.70”
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| 5/24/2026 | OH-SM-57 | OH | Summit |
Moderately Wet
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| Heavier rain accumulations in the latter part of the week slid the weekly scale to moderately wet ending with a total of 1.44” for a weekly catch. Plant life is generally strong and green and not stressed by the abundance of water. Creek levels remain elevated especially after rains of over ½”. The lawns are needing to be mowed twice weekly to look presentable but the ground is too soft to mow that often. A couple of days without rain is needed so the tractor doesn't make ruts.The mosquito population has exploded and insect repellent is a must if venturing near or into the woods. |
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