| 9/20/2026 | AL-SH-74 | AL | Shelby |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Very similiar conditions to this time last year, as rainfall since lte August has been minimal. Intermittent showers have not been significant enough to change soil or vegetatitive conditions. Lawns are brown, and have ceased growth. Even centipede grasses are starting to turn dormant. Leaf shed is normal, temperatures seem higher than last year, based on electric usage. Soil is very hard, dry and due to heat, evaporates rainfall quickly. I have avoided outside burns for second year in a row, trees are too stressed. Wildlife, especially deer, seem to have changed their feeding locations and patterns. Creeks and small ponds are drying, if not already dried out. Rainfall has been limited to sporadic localised storms of short duration, so conditions may vary across counties. Heat has definitely affected my outdoor work and hobbies, especially yardwork, and daytime outdoor activities. Tree leaves are turning as usual. |
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| 9/20/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Rain has again been spotty this week, but at the station only a trace was received. This had led to more dust activity and a slightly higher fire risk. However, plants remain green except in shallow soils and in the vicinity of trees (which draw up more water). |
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| 9/20/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire
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| 0.57 precip last week. Cave Creek running under the bridge up in Portal. One lightning wildfire start - confined to a single Juniper. |
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| 9/20/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The week started with high temperatures in the low 80's before cooling into the 70's. The high of the week was 83° on Monday. Lows ranged from 51° on Saturday to 62° on Monday. Monsoon moisture hung around with a little rain on Tuesday and more significant rain on Wednesday and Thursday. A total of .76 inches fell for the week. The week ended with partly cloudy skies and breezy afternoons. No change in the wildland and open areas with green grass and plants. Wildflowers continue to bloom. The garden is lush and healthy looking. Saw finches, hummingbirds, and a Scrub Jay in the yard. No other wildlife seen. |
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| 9/20/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We are very dry, ranchers feeding hay and ponds are very low.
Very little forage. High fire danger and we are under a Burn Ban. |
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| 9/20/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Only 0.02” of rainfall this week and continuing heatwave has us in the moderately dry category again. The 2 week total rainfall is 1.53”. The plants/crop growth that had recovered a little bit 2 weeks ago from the rain are now suffering again from lack of water and the heat. Ranchers are having to feed hay to livestock due to lack of forage. Streamflows and water levels are very low compared to average. We are still in a burn ban. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For the week of September 13 - September 19, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 76.4 deg F, minimum low temperature 54.7 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.55 in. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| A dry week with a small amount of drizzle, partial ETo 0.10". During 3 week absence, 1.29" ETo and 0.29" precipitation. High and low average this week 66f and 54f. Ruth Lake Reservoir at 78% on 9/16. Mad and Eel Rivers remain steady while the Trinity at Hoopa stands at 12 feet and 1400 cfs due to increased releases for river fisheries. Annual North Country Fair in Arcata this weekend, 52nd anniversary of it, bringing the community together. The bike tour company my son works for continues doing tours on the Redwood Coast, with a fully booked week ahead. He's personally given 122 tours this year in Prairie Creek State Park and Avenue of the Giants. And they are already getting bookings for next year, including some cruise ships that will visit Eureka. Spotted Towhees returned this week, earliest arrival in 15 years of tracking--6 days ahead of only other September arrival in 2016. Normally, they arrived in October. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| no rain in the last week. The marine layer was around a lot so plants didn't suffer as much as if the sun was shining. Trees and plants are definitely suffering. Still at 90% of normal for the water year. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain again this reporting period. Several warm sunny days and then the return of marine layer overcast and fog. Ocean conditions were generally favorable for fishing and water sports. Still lots of visitors in the area, but some RVs have left and sport boats are being pulled out of the marina for winter storage. Looks as if some of the summer bird migrants are starting to leave. Watching for the first big flock of juncos to arrive for the winter. The farmers markets are selling late summer produce and winding down. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-BO-596 | CO | Boulder |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We have been in a drought this entire water year. I have not missed a single observation, and we are closing in on 10.19” for the water year, with ten days left. This is 58% of normal. What these numbers don’t describe is the impact of months and months of relentless high temperatures, far above long term norms. Soil water content is essentially nothing. The wildflower season has been a complete bust. Trees are dying or dropping their leaves early. Wells are drying up. If anything, the last couple of months have been even worse than the ongoing year long catastrophe.
We have received 0.37” of precipitation this month, mostly in amounts less than 0.05”. This is 39% of average. We are at 8.71” for the calendar year, 60% of average. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-CS-35 | CO | Costilla |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Regular rain and higher humidity is easing out drought conditions slightly, although we remain in D4. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.02" of rain last week. Cooler temps with the highs no warmer than the upper 70's. The ground is quite wet but no standing water at this station. No use of air conditioning last week. Cool season grass is greening up with the rain and cool nights. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-EL-96 | CO | Elbert |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Monsoon moisture has impacted our are in the past week. The natural grass and weeds have greened back up and aren't crunchy like before. The local creeks have a low flow. Nearby cow ponds have filled. So has our rain barrel. Watering and burning restrictions remain in effect. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Just 0.15" this week. The cooler temps and higher humidity values were nice though — less stress on vegetation and less watering. Grass growth is slowing down. |
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| 9/20/2026 | CO-GF-88 | CO | Garfield |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| What a difference an inch + makes. For once, we were under the train of cells this last week, and the grass is green and needs mowing. But, as far as I know, the water supply in the community wells is still critical. |
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| 9/20/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 9/13-19 measured 1.05" during one event. Cornfields are being picked, ditches and Morris Branch are dry. |
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| 9/20/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Daily late afternoon and late evening Seabreeze TS. |
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| 9/20/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| I continue to see neighbors yard growing brown more and more. |
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| 9/20/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Still Dusty. |
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| 9/20/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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| Storms passed ...none approaching at this time ... slight chance of showers ... good!
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| 9/20/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| General: We're getting some moisture relief, so I've backed my drought assessment to reflect this. We're currently at .97", with an expected rainfall for September of 1.355 (sd=.937). We're definitely closing on our average. The result is less fire danger. We had a great storm on Sep. 18 see photo from my friend, Rose in Pocatello), with lots of cloud-to-cloud lightning and good rainfall.
Agriculture: A sigh of relief as we get some ground moisture for next year's crops.
Energy: Still in the positive energy stage of the year, with 52.50 kWHR generated and 14.99 kWHR used. We had partial could cover, but also didn't have to use heater or air conditioner. I did bake, however!
Fire: Definitely a safer period. I'd say mild risk, considering moisture and cooler weather. I don't see any fires in the area right now.
Plants/wildlife: A sigh of relief with the cooling temperatures. We saw an immature bald eagle (or Golden eagle). We suspect it's a bald eagle as it was flying from an area up-mountain that we've seen bald eagles before (suspected nesting site). The beavers on Buckskin are starting to rehabilitate the pond the Bannock County Roads and Bridges crew destroyed in the summer. Hummingbirds have moved on.
Water: Again, we're on a slight up-tick, with September approaching 6-year normal. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Another reasonably heavy rain event this past week. Along with above normal temperatures have prolonged summer a few weeks past the norm. We are making good use of the rain that has came for it had been so so dry. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-CP-179 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Finally some rain! I recorded 1.36" this past week. Lawn was turning brown in spots but the rain has made things green again. Still mowing once a week. Driving the country side corn and soybeans are getting closer to being harvested. I am looking forward to the fall like temperatures that are forecast for the next week. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rains have caused standing water throughout the yard. Grass has started greening back up. Did not select "moderately" wet as I assume this could be just near surface moisture so far. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| It is wet! With 4.32" of rain in the last 48 hours, there is standing water in the low spots of my yard and ditches are full. There is also standing water in the nearby field. It feels like it has rained nonstop for the last two days with some very heavy down pours. It continues to rain as I make this report. All To Dates are on the plus side with September at +4.44" of NOAA Norm. Corn harvest has started for some farmers and beans continue to dry down, with most nearby fields having yellowed. Area rivers are on the rise with flood watches in effect for both the Mississippi and Rock Rivers. The Mississippi River is expected to hit near moderate flood stage of 15.9 ft by Tuesday in Rock Island, and the Rock River is expected to hit near major flood stage the same day at 13.9 ft. Heavy rain is expected to continue today with rain finally coming to an end by Tuesday. I had expected that the hummingbirds to have moved on, but nope, they are still here and still battling with each other for feeder time. Fun to watch, even in the rain. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Moderately Wet
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| 7 inches of rain in the last ten days has saturated the topsoil and caused considerable runoff.Ponds are beginning to refill with muddy water. The well is still delivering abnormal water. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Substantial rains this week have resulted in mildly wet conditions. Lawns are green again and growing. All other plants and trees are in healthy early Fall conditions. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 4.46 inches of rain this week puts MTD, YTD, and WYTD in the above normal NOAA 30-year categories. Heavy rains have resulted in squishy, lush, green grass that will need to be mowed when grass dries. Hummingbirds are active, and no monarch caterpillars or pupa are evident. Flowers are fewer and smaller, and wet conditions are helping the powdery mildew gain ground on susceptible plants and shrubs.
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 1/2 acre pond is approximately 5 inches below runoff.
Grass is dry and crunches under foot.
The ground is hard and cracked.
Leaves are falling.
Hummingbirds are following me.
Pumpkins are growing. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-MD-37 | IL | Madison |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The Creeks and Streams can be walked across. Lakes and Ponds are 18" below normal pond level. The Bogs along US 40 are dry; there is no water showing at all. All Corn in the area stands at 50% harvested. The first planted beans are ready to harvest; the last planting is roughly 44 inches tall and dark green in color. The vegetation is dry and will support combustion and is easily lit! The soil is extremely dry and does not compress. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Near Normal
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| A moderately wet week with no real change in the overall status. Lawn and Pasture are still green but showing normal fall move toward dormancy. Crops are drying dramatically but still have a way to go before harvest gets started. First signs of a few leaves dropping from the trees but for the most part all are still green. Creeks and river are low and about where you would expect for late summer. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Yard and garden vegetation remains lush and relatively productive, aside from usual seasonal changes. Streams remain low. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IN-MD-38 | IN | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Local rivers and streams appear to be at normal levels. The ground appears to be with good moisture levels. Crops appear to be very healthy with some crops being taken out already. Local construction projects are on track. Our lawn and trees are very healthy. Flowers and plants are healthy and growing very well. Our lawn is showing no signs of stress. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.84 inches of rain over the past two weeks. Grass is growing again and most brown patches have turned green. Particularly noticeable increase in spider activity, but also flies and gnats, compared to earlier this month. Nearby corn crops still appear stressed though despite wetter conditions. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 9/20/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Still falling between moderately dry and mildly dry. We received about 1.60 inches this past week, which has helped to hold us steady as far as the drought goes. Crops are maturing as normal. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Over 4 in. of rain last seven days. Ground was able to absorb it, some temporary ponding in low places. Creeks are back up to normal, rivers are above normal. Crops are maturing more slowly. Grass is growing well once again. |
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| 9/20/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| About 4 in of rain this past week. Everything lawns pastures, rivers lakes etc are about the same as the past several weeks. Average temperatures for the week.
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| 9/20/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Only a trace of rain late this week – 10 seconds on Friday afternoon. May 19 was our first 90F+ day; we've had 50 in the following 123 days with another predicted today. Creeks just puddles, seeps nonexistent, ponds low. More corn coming down, one bean field down, brown the dominant color in the corn&bean fields. Saw a young man with a five-horse team turning under corn stubble. Flushed a flock of quail on the mailbox walk before sunrise. Saw lone hen turkeys a couple times eating bugs in the shade. No deer, but we're hunkered down inside with most of the blinds closed against the heat so no surprise there. Hummingbirds we have plenty with the feeders on the shady side of the house. A humongous HAF! |
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| 9/20/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| streams are running low. when it does rain the ground is dry the next day. I have heard talk of wells running dry. The grass is brown and crunchy. |
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| 9/20/2026 | ME-WL-27 | ME | Waldo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Streams 1-3 feet wide, either completely dry or puddles with no flow.
Streams 3-5 feet wide, very slight flow seen.
Streams >5 feet wide, some flow, in places you can walk across a stream ~30 feet wide on rocks.
Ponds < 1 ac. dry.
Ponds 1-3ac. no obvious water, full of cattails and aquatic vegetation.
Ponds > 3 ac. 2-4 feet below normal level and shrinking in size as vegetation increases.
The maples are beginning to change color as are some of the quaking aspen. Oaks are dropping their acorns. "Weeds"in the fields are now mostly brown. Wild apple trees are losing their fruit. Not a single low-bush blueberry to be seen. Golden rod is so dry that the honey bees aren't visiting it.
Our gang of American Wild Turkeys visit twice a day...the two young generations have gotten large. Finches of all kinds are gone. Chickadees and Nuthatches and a pair of Cardinals come by for seeds and WATER. Even the Downy and Hairy woodpeckers are eating seed and drinking. No signs of deer or moose or,thankfully, bears.
We are still collecting rain water whenever there's a passing shower. Water is for non-potable uses. We try not use our well water (130 feet deep into granite bedrock). Reports of household wellsgoing dry have slackened off. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 3.87” in the preceding seven days, 3.86” of which came in about ten hours on Sunday – about two hours after I’d changed my CMR status from “mildly” to “moderately” dry! That total was the “lollipop” for Cape Cod, even edging out the venerable MA-BA-1 by .06”. Obviously, it would’ve been preferable if that amount hand come in the form of a two-day soaker, but we’ll take it – that event pushed September to 5.06” MTD against a PRISM average of 4.15”. So we’ve exceeded our “nut” for both September and the Water Year. In fact, we’re currently roughly 10% ahead of PRISM average for the entire water year, with more rain in the forecast. This is gratifying. As an old meteorologist buddy used to assure me, “Mother Nature loves her averages” and it would be nice to take a chunk out of the ‘24-’25 deficit. We’re in the heart of the lovely September weather that makes this the most pleasant month of the year – warm days, cool nights. Gradual color changes continue; fall flowers are blooming (including plenty of goldenrod – sniffle). Most garden plants except roots are announcing they’re done – time to start cleaning out. Pond level and wildlife activity are normal. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Our generous September rainfall continues with over an inch last week and more coming down today. Lawns remain green and growing. Fall foliage colors are becoming more widespread, though muted. Bassett Brook and Hoosic River flow levels remain near normal and my pond is full. White pine and Norway Spruce cones are maturing and squirrels have begun harvesting.The first of the fall crop of raspberries are ripening and I may get a harvest if the frost holds off for a couple more weeks. Hiking and biking trails on Mt Greylock remain wet. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| One inch of precipitation seven days ago, and then zero since has moved my spot on earth back to mildly dry, from normal. Temperatures have been lovely seventies daytime highs, cool fifty-sixties as lows. Expecting some precip today, so optimistic. Grasses looking good without watering, river continues with normal shallows of late summer. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-PL-15 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Despite 1" of rain early in the week the ground is still quite dry. Streams are at or below normal levels with some even well below normal. Officially we are in D0 status. Rain, possibly heavy, is expected to start within a few hours of my writing this so we'll see what happens. Migrating birds are leaving, seasonal plants are dying off and lawns aren't looking great due to lack of rain. Trees have not started to change color yet. Mandatory or emergency water restrictions are still in effect. Surprisingly there have been no significant wildfires that I am aware of. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Despite getting 1.59" of rain this week (all in one day) conditions remain moderately dry. Streams are at a trickle and some brooks are completely dry. The grass is still green been isn't growing nearly as fast as during the summer. My linden and pear trees are dropping leaves ahead of schedule this year. Only 1.97" of rain month to date. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.96 rainfall diring the past week, 2.32 so far this month, overall conditions pretty normal, lawns green and lush, streams at normal levels, bird activity has diminished. the food in the humminbird feeder has gone down although we haven't seen one since Wednesday presume they are sragglers. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| One all day rain brought 1.62", followed by 0.01" a few days later. The rainy day was a soaker here, steady moderate rainfall that worked into the soil rather than running off. Temps are steadily dropping. Overnight temps have stayed in the 50s, but the 40s probably aren't far off. The forecast for this coming week are daytime temps only in the 60s. Autumn arrives this week too.
Plants are winding down. Dogwood trees are usually the first to change (in my yard anyway), and they are turning maroon. Tomatoes are still abundant at farm stands and from neighborhood gardens. Four of my six plants have grown rather ugly but very tasty heirloom varieties with several more still green. They may have to ripen on windowsills.
Goldenrod are still blooming and drawing in lots of bees although the variety of bee types is fewer. It's been weeks since carpenter bees or sweat bees have been spotted, but there are plenty of mason bees and bumblebees. I haven't seen additional Monarch butterflies lately either, but seeing the dozen or so over the summer was great.
Birds continue to visit the feeders, but the varieties have dropped too. No robins have been around, nor have red tailed hawks been seen or heard. But bluejays, sparrows, and chickadees are regulars, as are the local crows (every morning and afternoon).
I haven't seen the groundhog lately, but two tomatoes plants showed signs of its recent visit (stems where there used to be leaves). A few rabbits are still around too, although not as many these days. Coyotes are apparently keeping their numbers down. I haven't seen coyotes, but I've heard them.
You know seasons are changing when TV forecasters start the fall foliage reports. They started showing them this week. |
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| 9/20/2026 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had a very wet, rainy week with 3.55" of rain falling over 5 days. This rain has brought our September total precipitation to 5.00" as of today, which is considerably above the PRISM average (3.29") for the entire month. Temperatures have been about seasonal average with daily highs in the 70's and 60's (F). Sky's have been largely overcast and gloomy (dark). Lawns are lushly green and the grass is growning fast enough to require weekly mowing. We have a lot of black walnuts and acorns falling now. Quite a few mosquitoes have been observed around my house. |
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