| 7/17/2026 | AZ-MR-443 | AZ | Maricopa |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Hot and dry. Desert plants are dry and we are having to use more water on the lawns |
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| 7/17/2026 | CO-KW-4 | CO | Kiowa |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Very low precipitation, high temperatures and persitent strong winds have stopped all crop and native plant growth. Native range looks like middle of winter. |
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| 7/17/2026 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Have to water landscaping |
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| 7/17/2026 | MA-PL-85 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| My plants and vegetation are handling this lack of rain pretty well. Mid-day they may droop but seem to recover well over nite. I have adjusted my outside activities to earlier in the morning and after 6pm. it is working out ok, it is the middle of July after-all. I do have birdbaths located in various parts of my yard to help the birds and insects, they seem to be happy wth them. |
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| 7/17/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and warm with smoke and moderate winds, then cloudy with smoke and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy eight degrees, and the low around fifty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 50" - 72" tall, late corn is 15" - -22"" tall. The third cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/17/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Over 1.5" of rain early this week which helped. |
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| 7/17/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
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| Backyard rainfall measured so far this July is not much different than regional normal. Streamflow observed from the nearby reservoir has increased since June. Land use map shows more land is zoned as residential than industrial and no agricultural land zoned in this town. Review of six selected past years of county permit data reveal that 602 residential permits and 58 industry permits (affecting water demand) were issued in this town. The type of nearby businesses impacted by nearby water balance may include apartment complexes, homeowners’ associations, property managers, construction, landscape, & pools. One nearby HOA recently suffered a mature toppled evergreen tree and a storm damaged mature deciduous tree on their common grounds. |
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| 7/17/2026 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Rainfall for the week was 1.15 inches. This maintained conditions, but no improvement in stream flows. Burn bans and water restrictions are in place. |
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| 7/17/2026 | OH-FF-26 | OH | Fairfield |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The on/off heat dome the last 2 weeks, limits activities to early morning and early evening. Watering the garden, no other activities, limited to staying in the house. Pines, shrubs drooping their limbs, water in stream on property at a very, very low level but not completely dry. Stream monitoring on 23 June of macroinvertebrates & chemical analysis resulted in good water quality. |
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| 7/17/2026 | PA-CM-11 | PA | Cambria |
Near Normal
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Society & Public Health
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| Moderate smoke from Canadian wildfires |
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| 7/17/2026 | PA-PH-30 | PA | Philadelphia |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Increased watering of plants and garden |
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| 7/17/2026 | TX-WA-31 | TX | Washington |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| Impact is great! Plentiful rainfall in July so far, grass is not dormant but growing, high temperatures have lowered a bit. Cattle are in good condition. |
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