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| 6/14/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions are close to normal for this time of the year. Lawns are near normal. Soil moisture near normal. |
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| 6/14/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain this past week. Plus the hot weather has really arrived this week with temps as high as the upper 90s (98 deg here today). Except for one “Trace” reading, no rain since 2 June. No mandatory or voluntary water restrictions here yet, so not going with “Severely Dry”. But the US Drought Monitor does show our area in a “D2-Severe Drought” status. SC Forestry app shows 18 wildfires across SC. Local ditches and swamps now all dry; some retention ponds also dry. Small corn (~ 12” high) showing brown sections in the field instead of green. Local fields and pastures showing brown sections. Local non-irrigated lawns now showing brown and/or bare sections. Many areas of roadside weeds and bushes are brown. Some pine trees showing brown limbs. While hiking today at Poinsett State Park, the park lake’s main spillway was barely running. Rocks in the stream immediately below the spillway are almost totally uncovered (attached photo # 1824). These rocks were almost totally under water in late March and after the late May rain. A nearby tributary that usually has at least some water is now totally dry (attached photo # 1825). A portion of the park’s access road that usually has water draining across the road is now totally dry. The park’s leaf litter was dry, with soil dry to about an inch down. Mosquitos were horrendous in the park today. Bug spray was definitely needed, and still had a surrounding mosquito cloud. They were so bad that I was able to get a short phone video of the mosquito swarm around my head including the sound. Appears that the mosquito hatch has finally happened after the late May rain. Birds and squirrels still active at the feeders; many more squirrels active in the park since the last couple of hikes. From Data Explorer: June rain total: 0.55”(-1.51”/27% NOAA normal). Yearly total: 11.46” (-7.83”/59% NOAA normal). Last 30 days: 5.09” (NOAA normal: 8.31”). Last 90 days: 6.59” (NOAA normal: 15.01”). |
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