| 3/15/2026 | AL-SH-74 | AL | Shelby |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| Oak and sweetgum trees starting to bud out with some tender growth occurring. Lawns are greening and some weeds appearing, soils are moist from last week storms. Azaleas blooming, pears and redbud finishing blooming, as have early tubers. 6 month rainfall amount is still at 79%, but doesn't seem to be hurting wildlife or landscaping. More concerned with projected coldsnap for Mar 17-20, as it may effect young tender growth. Creek levels near normal, standing farm ponds mostly wet or near normal. |
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| 3/15/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Conditions remain mildly wet after heavy rain. Fire risk is low. Dust activity is low to normal but pollen is increasing. Plants remain healthy. |
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| 3/15/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.08 precip last week. Monthly, yearly, and water-year totals are all well above normal. Cave Creek up in Portal is no longer flowing under the bridge. Mesquites are budding and some new leaves seen. Low to moderate Poppy flush. Noticing more birds. |
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| 3/15/2026 | AZ-GL-8 | AZ | Gila |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| We had .25 inches of rain last week. The weather has been warm if not hot for this time of year. It is like it should be the last of April. Highs this week in the 90's is unusally high.
All of my fruit trees are in bloom so hopefully not a last minute freeze.... |
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| 3/15/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Temperatures were mild last week with highs mostly in the upper 50's to mid 60's. Highs did warm into the upper 60's to low 70's to end the week. The high of the week was 72° on Friday. Lows ranged from 27° last Sunday to 37° on Saturday. A system moved by to the south Monday night through Tuesday and brought a little rain. Only .08 inches fell which was the total for the week. It was breezy on several days last week but nothing extreme. No change in plant life in the surrounding open/wildland areas. In the garden, the crabapple is budding out and the redbud is getting ready to bloom. Harvesting a lot of asparagus and the garlic is starting to grow faster. The artichoke is also growing. Daffodils and hyacinths continue to bloom. Fish are more active in the pond and also saw a frog in the pond. Birds continue to frequent the garden and smelled a skunk on several different days. |
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| 3/15/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We received 1.37” of rainfall this week and have had 2.88” in the past two weeks. Conditions seem to be about normal for the time of year. Soil moisture and water levels are average. Plant/crop growth is good for cool season plants and we’re starting to see some warm weather plants growing. Local pastures are in excellent shape and ranchers have almost quit feeding hay to their livestock. There are many flowers but most of the fruit trees are nearly done blooming. Some trees are beginning to leaf out. Fire danger is fairly low but increasing due to the wind. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| For the week of March 8 - 14, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 73.8 deg F, minimum low temperature 44.9 deg F, evapotranspiration = 0.793 in. There were atmospheric ducting events in the late evening/early morning of March 12-13 (up to 279 nautical miles AIS VHF 162 MHz reception) and early morning of March 14 (357 nautical miles). These events were short-duration and occurred in the 12 midnight - 6 AM range. Normal, consistent maximum receive range is 50 nautical miles. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| A dry week with mostly drizzle to account for any moisture. March so far has had 0.84", 11% of normal. The Drought map this week shows a large area of northeastern California in level D0--Abnormally Dry, from Sierra County to Modoc, and including Shasta and parts of Trinity and Siskiyou counties. Average highs 55F, lows 44F. Ruth Lake Reservoir at 102% on 3/12. The Mad River is holding steady at 7.5 feet, the Eel River at 12 feet at Scotia. Rivers warming slightly and more sections available for fishing. California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife announced a change for Dungeness crab fishing. They are now authorizing the use of "pop up" crab cages. The cages are placed on the seabed with a buoy and line attached to the cage. When ready for harvesting, an electronic signal releases the buoy, which pops up to the surface with the line attached to the cage. This is an effort to protect whales and sea turtles during the harvest season. As today is mid March, eagerly awaiting the blooming of Trillium under my Redwood trees. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No rain since March 4, when we had .02. We are currently at less than 5% of the month normal, with no rain in sight for the next week. We are watering plants in pots as it is also warm for us. Beautiful days but dry. Still too early to say we are mildly dry tho. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain since the last report and none in the forecast. We may be pretty much through the rain season at this point. Total rain for the year is 33.74 inches, which is below the 40 inches we hope for each year. If the major El Nino predicted comes, we may have a warmer than normal summer and so could face some water restrictions. Time will tell. We have had some heavy dew this week, so plants are staying moist. Our Pussy Willows are in full bloom, to the delight of the big Bumble Bees. Buds on our Wisteria are swelling quickly. The local Whale Festivals have brought tourists in, though it seems that there haven't been that many actual whale sightings. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CA-SD-258 | CA | San Diego |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Heat Advisory. Tempurate is 10 degrees above average at 66.5 Wind chill: 66.4 Relative humidity: 54.5% Heat index: 63.5% Dew point: 49.4. Wet bulb temperature: 56.1. Barometer: 30.03 (Device used: Kestrel 3550FW). Plants require an extra amount of water. (Time: 9:00 am PST) |
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| 3/15/2026 | CO-BO-568 | CO | Boulder |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Total precipitation for the first half of April was 0.90 inches, which includes 2.4 inches of snow. Moisture for the water year is at 57% of normal. Temperatures continue to be above average and the winds gusty. Red Flag Warnings the past few days have led to planned and unplanned electric power outages throughout the City of Boulder. My peach tree is starting to blossom and tulips are starting to appear. Conditions are now moderately dry. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CO-GF-88 | CO | Garfield |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Ski season has likely ended for us; gardening season begun. Aspens have catkins |
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| 3/15/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We had 5.4" of snow this week. Winds were strong and steady most of the week.
Mule Deer, turkey, and songbirds are active. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CO-LR-1272 | CO | Larimer |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Maintaining Moderately Dry condition. Snow over the past 2 weeks has helped, although today's snow was only 0.01" of SWE. PRISM SWE for MTD is 113%, YTD is 77% and WYTD is 63%. We still have a way to go until we make up the long-term deficit. Deciduous plants are still dormant so hard to gauge their health. Snowpack SWE in my area is still low, 67% 6-Digit HUC and 74% 8-Digit HUC. River flows by the gauges are at or just above average for this date. High winds the past few days has had a desiccating effect on soil moisture. The national park has gone to Stage 2 fire restrictions this week mostly due to the high winds and fire watch conditions. Fire Weather Warning has been removed since yesterday. No other new fire restrictions have been put in place in my area. Deer are browsing on the ponderosa pine needles, which is common this time of year when other browse is getting scarce. There is still enough snow in the high country for most winter activities. I have not been up to Hidden Valley sledding area so I cannot comment on that this week. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CT-NL-21 | CT | New London |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Since my last report on 2/1/26 there has been a total of 2.17" of precipitation in Feb. and 2.14"in Mar. Hopeville Pond is now higher than normal. Water supply quality and quantity are good for human consumption. There are still a number of animal prints and various birds. There is no snow except where there are plow plies of snow. Water comes up around your feet as you walk. |
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| 3/15/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| The ground is just thawing after that looong cold spell, and it’s pretty wet. With the upcoming heavy rains, there should be plenty of runoff. |
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| 3/15/2026 | FL-BK-7 | FL | Baker |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Our couple days with .10 rain totals aren't making a difference. |
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| 3/15/2026 | FL-HN-8 | FL | Hernando |
Moderately Dry
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Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Golf courses are very dry. Ponds are very low. Residents are under once-a-week watering restrictions. Unfortunately, there is considerable new construction underway. |
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| 3/15/2026 | FL-MA-38 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| The small batches of showers has not done anything to improve the overall ground conditions here. |
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| 3/15/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Severely Dry
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| Dry all week except for few sprinkles. Windy mid-week. |
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| 3/15/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| No change. |
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| 3/15/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| That was a whole lot of rain we got from the Kona Low storm the past several days - March 2026 will be an above average month of rainfall ... and we still not be in the clear as another system appears to be heading our way ... no chance of flooding where I live so that?s a good thing ... my advice, keep dry peeps! |
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| 3/15/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Generally: I'm holding us at moderately dry, based on the fact that we're not yet 2 sd below the 28 year average for snowfall. We expect to be about 124" (sd = 39.14") at this point, and we have had 44.5" of snowfall. Yesterday was the worst dust storm we've ever experienced here, with 59mph wind gusts. I grew up in Oklahoma, born in 1948, and the dust bowl is part of my family legacy. In my understanding, the dust bowl arose from drought coupled with wind and tilling practices that left the ground vulnerable to the blowing. Our neighbors out here use no-til arming practices, so their fields aren't really at risk, but the fields along I-15 use traditional practices, and we see significant dust storms there frequently. History repeats.
Agriculture: I think I was wrong about the winter wheat...I think what I was seeing in the fields is cheat (either that or the wheat is failing).
Energy: Yesterday was cloudy, and we produced 25.10 kWHR and used 35.89 kWHR. The day before, a clear day, showed the reverse trend. We're clearly into the production season.
Fire: Risk in Pokey is high now, and I'd say the same for here. We're dry.
Plants/wildlife: We mourn the loss of songbirds. There are a few, but far fewer than in previous years.
Water: This is a scary thing for this year. Our creek has water in it, but it is very low. We still have snow in the Caribou range above our house, which is hopeful, but I fear that runoff will be pretty puny this year. This will affect the Snake River valley and farming and life there, for sure. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week with one pretty good dose of rainfall. It came down a bit heavy at times though with some severe weather that passed through quickly. The turf is greening up quickly and grass is standing back up. Some unseasonably warm weather has made things really pop maybe a bit too early. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.48" additional rain this week, which brings the March total to 4.35", about 1.50" above normal. Interestingly, even after all of the rain in the first 10 days of the month there is very little standing water in any of the fields or ditches. That is not typical. Home Lake is barely flowing over the spillway, basically sploshing over it in the wind. Grass is green everywhere. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions remain moderately dry. A mid-week storm system that moved through did not produce much for rain at this station location. There still is a slight surplus for the month, however YTD and WYTD are still very lean on moisture. Today will see spring conditions with a chance for severe weather followed by winter moving back in with a blizzard warning for the afternoon and tomorrow. Hoping for more rain than snow but will take whatever moisture we can get. Area rivers are up a bit. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| Ponds are still empty,no tile of spring water flow.Small amount of rain this week which the wind and sunshine quickly evaporated.The well is still delivering abnormal water. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are normal for this time of year. Early flowers are starting to break ground. Lawns are starting to turn green. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| O.44 inches of rain this week with a trace of snow reported on 3/12. 3/13 saw a High Wind Warning that was extended by 2 hours. Winter Aconite and Snowdrops continue to open on sunny days, daffodils have grown slightly, and grass is greener than last week. A pair of Bald Eagles are in the neighborhood and Sandhills Cranes are whooping. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is level with the runoff chute.
Saw first robins. Daffodils and hyacinth and spring beauties
blooming. Roses budding.
Windy all week. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-MD-39 | IL | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Topsoil is mostly moist but some spots have dried out. Grass is growing and some shrubs/trees have leafed out. Some water in ditches/low lying areas, but none noticed in farm fields. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-MR-11 | IL | Mercer |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Winter has came back, figures since the first calf of 2026 was safely delivered yesterday. Hopefully the rest of the herd will take the next 48 hrs off as the forecast is very dangerous to newborn livestock. Pastures had been starting to green up, moles had been VERY active, and raccoons were scurrying around ( NOT TODAY ). Lake is still significantly low, but soil has benefited from the moisture we have been receiving. Heavy sleet has just starting falling and is on the verge of switching over to snow, 0.43" of rain and sleet has fallen in the last 12 hrs. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| March to Date continues with a steady stream of precip. MTD still well above normal.
The calendar YTD is on the plus side of Normal.
Water YTD still lags on the back side of Normal, but progress has been made.
Ground conditions are damp and the dog occasionally brings the muddy paws in. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| Soft ground still prevents some field, garden and yard work. |
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| 3/15/2026 | 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 at near normal levels for this time of year. The ground, including fields, is with good moisture with little to no standing water observed. Local construction projects are moving right along. Our lawn is greening up and healthy and the trees are budding. Several flowers are poking through the ground. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IN-NB-43 | IN | Noble |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| within the past week we have recd over 5 inches of rain, 4.55"all came overnight, on 3/11, between 12am and 6am, flooding fields and several crossroad corners, running across roads,with ditches over flowing. 3/15 Sunday morning we still observed some ponding, as the river water moves down stream additional flooding in low areas. Field soil is moderately wet. Vegetable garden still too wet to walk on or to even think of planting cold crop vegetables or potatoes |
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| 3/15/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| No adverse affects |
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| 3/15/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| little rain over past week some sun cold temps |
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| 3/15/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain for the week was 0.11 with a couple of traces, and a couple of traces of snow. Some super nasty winds on Friday. Only some small twigs and a couple of smaller limbs down. Not much of any agriculture movement for the week. Grass is starting to change color just a bit. It had better not get in a hurry as the next couple of day's are forecast to show that winter isn't done yet. Only birds I have seen since last fall are sparrows. Usually see an occasional Eagle. Pretty open winter though. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Continues to be dry all though soil surface and vegetation not as dry as it has been. Still several grass fires in the area even with burn bans in place. Rain snow mix in the forecast. |
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| 3/15/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Only 0.13in rain mid week. Temperature continued above normal. There was strong winds at the during the week with continued burn bands. Otherwise no change in conditions.
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| 3/15/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.15” rain this week, creeks still flowing, ponds steady. Up before sunrise again with the time change, lots of turkey talk. Turkeys and deer visiting. In a week's time many plants went from budding to blooming. Red maple, peach, pear, plum, and apple trees blooming. Hickory budding. Plenty of redwing blackbirds sounding off. Coyotes drinking from the pond just after sunrise. Lots of dandelions. Bass and bluegills biting in the ponds. Frogs, hawks, songbirds, owls adding to the spring sounds. |
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| 3/15/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY at 5.60 feet down from 9.68 feet on March 09. Grass has greened up, daffodils blooming, and maple trees blooming. |
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| 3/15/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| very little water in the snowpack, very little mud where the snow has melted. |
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| 3/15/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| It’s been a gray and drizzly week, but only 0.13” total in the preceding seven days. MTD the total is 2.21”, with a PRISM average for the month of 5.14”. Medium range models suggest we may get close to that. Soils present as moist, though worth noting that there’s still frost in the ground so moisture gathers on top. Pond level is slightly elevated, in part to fact that ice from the winter bog flood is now almost entirely melted and drained back. Pond itself now has perhaps 50% ice cover and that’s been melting fast. Wildlife activity is normal. Still lots of blizzard cleanup going on around here – the arborists have been extremely busy. All but the largest plowbanks have now disappeared. |
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| 3/15/2026 | MA-ES-97 | MA | Essex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I want to show you where I took my snowpack depth measurements here in this large athletic field. I'm standing at the upwind edge of the field and you can see the footprints from my treks out to the middle of this multi-acre field where I made the depth measurements. There's no snow left along the mostly upwind edge, depths ranging from 2 to 4 inches in the middle, and greater depths at the downwind end. I reported an average of 2 inches. |
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| 3/15/2026 | MA-PL-22 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Local area seems to be doing ok. Plenty of melting snow over past 2 weeks has kept ground wet, streams running close to but not over banks, no issues for animals (saw a very healthy fox yesterday), and daffodils are up and getting ready to bloom. |
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| 3/15/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Only .15" of rain in the past 7 days but with all the snow melt there's lots of water in drainage ditches and streams are flowing normally. |
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| 3/15/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.45 precipitation during the past week, 1.69 so far this month, only old snowbanks and drifted areas in the shade remain from the snow cover, ground frozen, local streams running but ponds still frozen, still not hearing many birds except a woodpecker in the morning walk around the yard, skunks are out, pussy willow started to bud earlier this week when the temperature reached 74 degrees. |
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