| 1/20/2026 | CO-BO-596 | CO | Boulder |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We’re about 58% of normal precip for the water year, though we’re up slightly for the month. Temperatures have been warmer than average, and it has been quite windy; plants and soil have been quite dry.
Dormant lawns are beginning to develop bare patches where the dryness has taken its toll. |
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| 1/20/2026 | IN-LK-119 | IN | Lake |
Near Normal
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| Its few inches snow on the ground to make water. |
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| 1/20/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond level below normal. The grass is unusually brown. A lot of the brownness is due to the cold; but a lot also is due to the abnormally dry conditions for this time of the year. Campbell County, Kenton County and Boone County had just entered D0 - ABNORMALLY DRY - beginning of a Drought. My station KY-CB-10 had only 0.85" of precipitation during the past 30 days which meets the criteria for DO - ABNORMALLY DRY - BEGINNING OF A DROUGHT which is less than 1" gauge during a 30 day period. Both the HEUY mesonet station had 0.79" and the HTTS mesonet had only 0.86" during the past 30 days. The CVG airport only had 0.96" during the past 30 days. The Cocorahs Station KY-KN-15 had only 0.52" during the past 30 days. Both the Ohio and Licking Rivers are near or slightly above pool stage which is unusual for this time of the year. Stream flow is very low for this time of the year. The pine trees are starting to show some minor stress due to the dryness. Despite the cold, the ground surface is becoming quite dry. Precipitation was on the meager side with only very light showers or snow flurries had fallen last week. The NWS weather forecast forecasts only several days of meager amounts precipitation either in the form of snow flurries or light sprinkles during the next 7 days. |
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| 1/20/2026 | MI-OK-172 | MI | Oakland |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
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| When it gets sunny I can hear water in the gutters and over the last few days before the new round of snowfall fell i could see my ground was pretty wet |
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| 1/20/2026 | MN-CG-61 | MN | Chisago |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Snow pack is light and crusted over due to freezing rain on top of snow. Driveway is a sheet of ice, probably .5 inches thick. |
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| 1/20/2026 | NH-MR-72 | NH | Merrimack |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Lots of minor snow events this winter interspersed with occasional rain, freezing rain and sleet. It's generally been cold since late November, and Tucker Pond froze early this year. Strangely, some of the feeder streams are still flowing. Walking can be treacherous due to underlying ice being covered by powder snow. About 8 inches on the ground at observation time. |
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| 1/20/2026 | NY-SF-103 | NY | Suffolk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Snow on ground again has re-moistened things up OK. |
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| 1/20/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy and cold with snow and gusty winds, then cloudy and cold overnight with gusty winds and snow. The high temperature was around twenty two degrees, and the low around eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every 2 to 3 days. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Winter levels. Some manure is being spread. |
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| 1/20/2026 | NC-GL-84 | NC | Guilford |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| There is not much effect since the growing season has not started. |
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| 1/20/2026 | NC-OR-48 | NC | Orange |
Moderately Dry
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| Newly planted trees and shrubs may not have as much root growth as I had hoped, due to the depth of the dryness. |
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| 1/20/2026 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Two-thirds of the way through January and my area has 2/3s an inch of precipitation including an inch of snow. We ended 2025 with a precipitation deficit and we are going to start 2026 the same way unless we get substantial rainfall or snowfall in the next 10 days. |
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| 1/20/2026 | PA-CM-11 | PA | Cambria |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Ground frozen for several days, due to below freezing temperatures |
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| 1/20/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.94” this past week, but still Moderately Dry due to the long dry spell. Drought Monitor shows us in a D0 - Abnormally Dry condition, with D1 conditions close by. SC Forestry app shows 17 fires across SC. Last week’s Poinsett State Park hikes showed main streams (spring fed) running but low. Smaller streams either dry or a small trickle. Park staff recently did a major project cleaning the main and waterfall spillways, but beavers have already dammed the waterfall spillway, leaving only a trickle. The main spillway is running, but a bit low. Leaf litter and pine needles dry. Soil in the park was dry down to 1” in some places, while damp in other spots. Resurrection ferns dry, grey and curled. Local roadside swamps holding a little water, but not much. Roadside ditches dry. From Data Explorer: Jan total precip is 1.15” (-1.18” or 49% of normal). Last 30 days is 1.16” vs NOAA normal of 7.25” for the same period. Last 90 days precip total is 7.06” vs NOAA normal of 13.52”. So still quite dry compared to normal. Birds and squirrels very active at the feeders, with usually about 20 Baltimore Orioles fighting over the grape jelly. |
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| 1/20/2026 | SD-YN-28 | SD | Yankton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Dust blows when wind is blowing causing black drifts along fence lines. |
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| 1/20/2026 | TN-SQ-33 | TN | Sequatchie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 63% of precipitation has caused slight browning of plants |
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| 1/20/2026 | TX-DA-76 | TX | Dallas |
Moderately Dry
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| Moderately dry. |
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| 1/20/2026 | TX-KN-28 | TX | Kendall |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Expansive soil is contracting exposing tree roots. Creeks are dry. Forage for animals is almost none existent. Deer population is standing under Oak trees waiting for acorns to fall off tree. This has been main source of food for the last couple of months. No benefical rain fall since Nov. 19. |
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| 1/20/2026 | VA-FQ-21 | VA | Fauquier |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Severe drought conditions continue. FINALLY acknowledged by local media. Ag community concerned, along with emergency management personal with focus on possible fire emergencies in coming months. General awareness still lacking. |
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| 1/20/2026 | WI-DN-15 | WI | Dunn |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| snow pack very shallow, and a hard icy mass. rivers very low |
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| 1/20/2026 | CAN-BC-228 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| limited rain during the fall gave the ground about 3 inches of moisture. Below that is dusty dry due to the drought in progress. Snow is moderate and we need more. Snow pack is 30 cm down from 42 cm since the atmospheric river effect went through. Skiers and snowboarders are starting to complain no new snow. The water table in my well is still as low as ever, about 3 meters below ground level with a lot of silt. |
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