| 7/4/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Soil retains somewhat soft. Plant and tree growth maintain green. No wilting or brown colors. |
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| 7/4/2026 | AZ-GN-3 | AZ | Greenlee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| High potential of fire risk, vegetation is dying off, animals are searching for water sources and you could come in contact with large animals like bears, mountain lions etc. |
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| 7/4/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Moderate D1 drought status along the lower Colorado River valley. Very dry this 4th of July weekend and on the 250th Anniversary of American Independence! |
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| 7/4/2026 | CA-SD-12 | CA | San Diego |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| The land has dried out as is usual for the summer here in San Diego County. Year to date rainfall is 7.65" and water year to date is 11.50". Landscape watering has been ongoing for about two months. Wildfire abatement and weed removal is complete for the season. |
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| 7/4/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 52% of normal, WY 49% of normal. Have lost a few garden plants which didn’t receive supplemental water. |
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| 7/4/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Small shallow cracks in the yard, I am watering grass every 3 days for 45 minutes |
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| 7/4/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Despite 0.42" of rain during the last week, the area remains dry. Watering of gardens is required. The hot, muggy weather has led to crowded beaches. |
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| 7/4/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Severely Dry
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| Lawns brown. Springs not flowing. |
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| 7/4/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| 6/28-7/3 only .31" during one event. Much humidity and morning dew keeping grass green and growing. Field irrigation used for first time on corn across the road. Morris Branch is dry at all pipe crossings. |
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| 7/4/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice, golf course and especially retention ponds are dropping below average. Heat is stressing plants too, so annuals need daily watering. Lawn not growing much. Happy 250th! ???? |
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| 7/4/2026 | FL-AL-107 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Drought conditions are back just when we thought the usual summer rains had returned. We are irrigating the pastures again. |
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| 7/4/2026 | FL-CR-80 | FL | Collier |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We've had a bit of rain but things are still on the dry side. Mosquitoes are bad, the County has sprayed a couple of times. The burn ban was lifted in time to have fireworks for the 4th of July.
My basil, dill and parsley have succumbed to the heat despite watering 3x/week. |
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| 7/4/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE - The Drought Map for Florida as of June 26 shows us at D-3 EXtreme Drought. However, the last 7 day Precipitation for us is 1.76” of rain. This should help us get out of the Drought Extreme Category and start to lessen our Fire Hazards.
ENERGY - The last seven days has put us in Normal Temperatures both day and night. Previously, as reported, our night time temps were 4-10° above normal. We’re closer to normal.
GENERAL - Rain has come down! And it looks like our forecast for the next 10 days puts us BACK into a normal Summer Pattern of Showers and/or Thubndeerstormsl during the afternoon and early evening hours. |
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| 7/4/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| No doubt, the canicular, blast furnace, scorching, dog days of summer have arrived, starting almost a week earlier than the official date of July 3. Fortunately temps have moderated as of Thursday night and just maybe the soil moistens up and the mosquitoes disappear. One can dream. Rain for the week, that repeatedly skirted this area, totaled 0.20", resulting in mildly dry soil conditions for the time being. Local waterways are doing ok, being near their normal levels. Trees are looking pretty good considering the hot and windy days we just endured. And lawns are hanging in there so far. Saw a doe deer with two little ones the other day and other than the random droppings on my driveway, wildlife has been kind of subdued. Our two resident turkeys have lost a couple poults since last week but the remaining ones are getting bigger and will probably be able to stay out of harms way. The phoebe nest near our porch ceiling now has chicks that were feeling the recent heat as they continue to grow. And finally, about those mosquitoes. They have returned in force and are abundant, tenacious, relentless and everywhere, even during mid day, sometimes in my garage, forcing me into retreat mode. Haven't seen them this thick for a while. With any luck the dragon flies will show up and take a bite out of their numbers.
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| 7/4/2026 | IN-AL-133 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Couple of puddles streets with poor drainage may have slight floods near the curb trenches, divots holes in yard may have been soaked and muddy during the rain. |
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| 7/4/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain since last report. But greenery remains healthy though grass not growing nearly as fast. Creek down some but still full. Birds remain busy as do flies. Wasps have made their presence known more often. |
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| 7/4/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Hot and dry. Normal for end of June and beginning of July. |
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| 7/4/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| 8.04 inches of rain in June is over 200% of normal. We are still 5 inches below normal for the year to date. That said all the vegetation is healthy and looks good and the creeks and ponds are about normal for this time of year. With all the days of rain in June the farmers are still planting some fall crops and we are just now putting up our first cutting of alfalfa. |
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| 7/4/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| 9.2 inches of rain on the first day of the period, followed by 6 dry days. |
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| 7/4/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!
This week has been scorching, with high temperatures and mid-50% humidity. There’s no sign of rain for the start of the week. The ground is cracked in some areas under large trees and along the driveway. Keeping newly planted grow bags watered has been a challenge. A drip irrigation system in the grow bags is needed. Herbaceous plants were wilting in the afternoon heat and sunshine. Rain continued to miss this area, but lightning was close by. The rain traveled just north and south of here, and even dissipated just before reaching my area. Finally, on Thursday afternoon, we received a brief 0.14” shower that dried up before the lawn’s roots could get to it. lol. The grandkids spent June with us. They are from 9K feet elevation in Colorado and have been complaining about the high temperatures and humidity we have here even though they usually visit every six months and know a little about weather conditions in this area. The one day we did get a cooling shower, they ran barefoot in the rain and loved the feeling of grass to play on. The grandkids only have sand in most places around their home in CO. |
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| 7/4/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| A long stretch without rain has brought on the need to water garden plants. Lawn is still green and growing normally for this time of year. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| June 2026 summary from eastern Worcester County (using midnight to midnight data) - Temperatures were near to slightly above average with an average daily maximum of 83.2 and an average daily minimum of 65.2. The highest daily maximum was 96.4 on the 11th and the lowest daily maximum was 73.8 on the 1st. The daily maximum was 90 or higher on 6 days. The lowest daily minimum was 51.1 on the 9th and the highest daily minimum was 76.3 on the 12th. The average daily humidity was 75.7%. The dewpoint was 70 or higher on 19 days. Total rainfall was 4.81 inches, which is about 145% of average. Measurable rain was observed on 7 days. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| no rain in a week |
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| 7/4/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Hot temperatures over this past week, fortunately some showers, adding up to 0.91", provided some needed moisture to the gardens and fields. Everything is growing well. Groundhogs continue to be active, and rabbits. Bee activity seems to have increased over this week. Rivers and streams are running at fairly normal levels. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MA-BR-62 | MA | Bristol |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Current heat wave has dried out the soil. Grass has turned brown in many spots. Small ponds are dry on this wooded lot. However I'm not noticing any signs of stress on the trees. The heat is unrelenting. Wildlife browsing by deer, woodchucks, turkeys unchanged. No obvious impact to well water. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Total weekly precipitation of 0.59 inch. Have had Extreme Heat Warnings from Wednesday through today. Also had an Air Quality Alert. Ground remains dry and most plants appear to be doing OK despite lack of precipitation and water restrictions. Our area is quite below where we should be at this point in the water year. Less birds and squirrels seen during the very hot periods of the day. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| A week of no rain and extremely high temps and humidity, unless yesterday when a thunderstorm produced over half an inch of rain and a tornado warning (none was sighted). Standing water in the driveway. A lot of the field corn is 6' tall. Beans look good. Sugar snap peas in the garden are producing. Creek level is a little low. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Hot and dry conditions followed by a single thunderstorm late in the week. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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| Plants are growing tall, everything is green and lush |
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| 7/4/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 28 June 26 to 4 July 26. There was 1 day of precipitation for the week, for 0.38 inches. The total precipitation for June is 5.66. The historical average for June is 4.70 inches. The total precipitation for July is 0.38. The historical average for July is 3.70 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The rain has ceased for the early summer and now things will begin to dry out, Shoal Creek is still high but returning to normal levels. Hay meadows and fields are drying enough to begin harvest. Fire danger is low but rising due to 4th of July weekend Smalll animals and deer are very active. Daily temperatures are rising into the 90'sº daily. |
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| 7/4/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain this week with hot weather stressed everything. Row crops, pastures , gardens, potted plants. Water levels dropping in impoundments. |
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| 7/4/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Tourism & Recreation
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| A couple heavy showers this week keeping the area moist. Hiking and mt biking trails have few mud sections but those are drying out. Lots of mushrooms to be found. Mad River flow at six mile bridge paddlers gage averaged about 0.1' this week. |
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| 7/4/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Numerous larger, older pinons in the neighborhood dying off. Now up to 3 dying/dead just in our backyard. While there are young pinon, with climate change I wouldn't be surprised if this landscape shifts from pinon-juniper woodland to a more juniper dominated one.
Been hot, dry, windy and now with wildfire smoke from SW. |
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| 7/4/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of June 27 through July 4, 2026. This week has been much warmer than usual starting on 6/30. Temperatures were in the high 80°’s with humidity in the high 80% to low 90% range. Making it very uncomfortable being outside doing anything. We had severe thunderstorms on 7/1 and 7/2. These storms had alot of thunder and lightning, high winds, and heavy rain. Rain on 7/1 was 1.64” and on 7/2 was 0.46”. Our vegetable garden is doing well. The lawn had to be mowed twice. The AQI has been in the moderate range during the high heat days. The St Lawrence River level are 246.8 feet, 45.4” Above Low Water Datum and 67.8°F recorded at the NOAA Observation Station at Alexandria Bay, NY at 08:48. Happy 250th Independence Day!! |
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| 7/4/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny and hot with increasing clouds and light winds, then mostly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around ninety degrees, and the low around sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, Avens, Soapwort flowers, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Early corn is 24" - 44" tall, late corn is 12" tall. The second cutting of hay is occurring. The local intermittent stream is still flowing but drying up in places downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/4/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here remain severely dry. Today the 250th Anniversary of Independence will be as hot as the proverbial firecracker. Yesterday's high temperature here was 105 F at 34% humidity. Today may hit 110 F as extreme heat continues through to Monday. Heat advisories and stage 1 and 2 water use limitations have been issued in the Piedmont. Cooling stations for those in need have opened. Fire danger remains high. Local reservoir water levels are dropping. Lake Jordon, our major reservoir, water levels declined to the point where people can walk out into the former lake. We have curtailed outdoors activities until the heat wave breaks. The forecast for next week calls for lower temperatures, albeit above the "normal" high temps. No rain in sight. Nevertheless 4th of July Celebrations will take place throughout the region. |
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| 7/4/2026 | NC-PR-19 | NC | Perquimans |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| Extreme heat wave with very humid, tropical, and hot weather - limited to water activities outside and the air conditioning has to run constantly-older people and babies need to limit exposure outside -Corn tasseled and rolled early and other crops look yellow and stunted-Algal blooms are popping up in bodies of water
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| 7/4/2026 | NC-UN-1 | NC | Union |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Daily highs have been hovering in the 90s to low 100s, mirroring the hottest stretches of the year. Little to no rain in June < 2". Dry and hot - seems like no relief in sight until fall. Creeks have stagnant water making it difficult on wildlife - high stress in all areas and I see D4 back in our area very soon.
Happy 250th Birthday America - |
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| 7/4/2026 | PA-BV-34 | PA | Beaver |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Tourism & Recreation
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| Extreme heat over the past week made for less landscaping and mowing. While the grass showed little growth, the dandelions kept up their normal pace. Wildlife was also subdued by the heat with shaded napping being what most animals chose to do. Last night's rainfall (0.13") helped a bit, but not a whole lot. We missed the bigger storms yesterday as they were further north, but more storms are predicted for today. River traffic other than barges was more active this week with personal craft being the most active, Not sure if it was to beat the heat, the fireworks, or just holiday celebrations. Hopefully some improvements this coming week. |
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| 7/4/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| .13 inches of rain this past week.
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| 7/4/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| A very scattered 0.31” of rain this week and only 7” since April 1, leaves conditions at moderately dry. The Pascoag Reservoir maintained its depth at 8’5”; still a little low for the Fourth of July but at least it’s not dropping. Outdoor water activity like boating, fishing, tubing are all at a high level with the holiday weekend and extreme heat. Water temperature in the lake was up to 85.5F yesterday which is really high. It can’t be good for the wildlife but it’s really nice for swimming and floating. With the light periodic rain for the last 2 weeks, the lawn has perked up a little and started growing again in some areas. Hostas and hydrangeas are starting to bloom and day lilies would also be blooming if the deer didn’t eat all the buds this week. Hummingbirds, red winged black birds, blue birds and sparrows have all been active as have squirrels and rabbits. Local hiking trails continue to be very dry. Happy Fourth of July everyone! |
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| 7/4/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS REVERT BACK TO MODERATELY DRY*** |
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| 7/4/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Very hot and humid, not much outdoor activity.
Retention pond is down about 2 feet from normal. Tributaries are trickling. Lawns are drying out. Quite a bit of frog activity. Clay soil is light tan color and hard. |
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| 7/4/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Mildly Dry
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| We've measured 0.49" in the last 7 days and nothing in the last 5. High temperatures are consistently in the 90s. The lawn is showing the first signs of stress. |
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| 7/4/2026 | TX-KF-20 | TX | Kaufman |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We have really dried out. We have had wind and hot days all week. Our yard is still very green, but the pastures are really drying out. Please excuse our long yard in the photo, our mower is in the shop! |
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| 7/4/2026 | TX-MSN-8 | TX | Mason |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Daily highs in the 90s F and no rain is resulting in the area drying out after two months of heavy rain, but conditions remain good with exceptional plant growth and abundant wildlife. There is no drought condition in the county and the DSCI remains at zero. The USGS reports the Llano River at Hwy 87 is flowing at 101 cfs, right at the 43-year median of 103 cfs. There are still plenty of recreational kayakers on the river. There are no burn bans in effect. |
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| 7/4/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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| its been over two weeks since we had rain |
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| 7/4/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain for two weeks now --and normal Texas summer temps are drying us out fairly quickly. Grass still green, but not growing as much; gardening needs irrigation now (but mostly going into summer dormancy) Fire danger high again, though burn bans have not been prominent yet.
Today is the one year anniversary of the horrible Hill Country floods in Kerr County, which drifted to Williamson and Travis Counties the next day. Our eastern part of the county only got 5-6 inches, but the western edge got up to 20". The only benefit was that lake levels locally rose from serious drought conditions, and presently are "full" for the first time in years, and watering restrictions are lowered.
For an interesting comparison of how a short distance matters in rainfall, check this report (I have had just 20' this year) against the Travis condition report in Leander (20 miles west of mine, and reporting over 26" for the year!) |
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| 7/4/2026 | VT-BN-41 | VT | Bennington |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| The heat has caused a lot of water uptake by the plants; many shrubs and trees are having leaves turn a paler color, even yellow or brown. |
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