| 8/16/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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| Drought conditions have worsened this week due to no rainfall and high temperatures. The 4 week rain total is 0.4”. Temperatures have been in the upper 90s each day with lots of sunshine and wind. Plants and crops are suffering and most grasses are brown now with other plants severely wilting. Trees are changing color and dropping leaves. Local pastures and farms are suffering due to the drought. I am trying to keep the bedding plants around the house watered to keep everything from dying but have given up on the vegetable garden. Soil moisture is extremely low and temperatures are so high that trying to water is nearly pointless at this stage. Wildfire danger is high and there is a county wide burn ban in effect. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| Had a little rain this week, which helped the carrots germinate without as much irrigation. The wet summer also keeps the early-Fall leaves from looking quite so brown and haggard. |
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| 8/16/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Static. Surface ok. Pond and water table remain low. |
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| 8/16/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
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| General awareness: We've been having rain the past few days, with blessedly lower temperatures. We're still low for August, following a higher-than-normal July. I'm putting it as mildly dry based on the past month or two, not on the year (which is drought).
Agriculture: Harvest is in swing, paused because of rain. The wheat fields we see have been harvested, and mustard harvest is beginning.
Energy: Still strong production, with 63.24 kWHR created yesterday by our solar panels, and only using 22.4 kWHR. The rest goes to Idaho Power. We'll retrieve some of that as we move into cloudy fall and early winter, and then it all goes to Idaho Power as we reset. This is a net gain for Idaho Power.
Fire: Danger is still high.
Plants/wildlife: Birds are starting to flock for migrations; we have about 15 hummingbirds at our feeders, and there are some significant flocks of crows gathering.
Water: We're still dry, of course, and wondering what this Godzilla El Nino is going to do. We're on a cusp for El Nino, such that we never know if we'll see more or less rain/snow. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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| Started the week out on the Dry side and then an active weather pattern moved over us mid to late week and began a cycle of some welcome rains for us but for some others north and east of us were getting way way more than anyone ever needs. If we continue to get some nice weekly rains it will be a great transition to fall. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| All plants and lawns are green, lush, and growing. There are a few small standing puddles. Everything is wet. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Near Normal
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| Rainfall of 2.50 to 3.00 inches the past four days has helped the ground and local vegetation considerably. Since the rain in Lincoln occurred more gradually than all at once, it beneficially soaked into the soil. Grasses have greened up quickly and many plants have recovered well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Moderately Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is overflowing.
The ground was dry and cracked until heavy storms started Friday through Sunday. The ground is now saturated and has standing water.
A lot of lightning and thunder. Tree limbs are down.
Turkey vultures are active, enjoying the updrafts.
Young skunks are exploring and getting into things. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
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| Ground is saturated and growth has picked up in the lawn and pasture. Tree growth is surprisingly robust, one consistent feature through this very inconsistent summer. Ground here was dry enough and rain came slow enough that we didn't have huge amounts of runoff and creeks are up only moderately. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-JY-28 | IN | Jay |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| "ring of fire" pattern has brought unusual rainy weather for this time of year. A heat dome is camped out to our west. multiple rounds of storms have came around the periphery. The normal places that flood are flooded. I haven't had to water the garden in two weeks or more. Most lawns are very tall because its too wet to mow. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-TN-1 | IN | Tipton |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Extensive flooding over 8 in in past 5 days |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| The week came with 1.20 inches of nice easy rain spread across the week. This gave us a little relief and the crops, gardens and lawns all respond to the precipitation. Temps were in the mid to upper 80s most of the week with cool downs in the mid 60's and low 70's. The humidity stayed high in the 80% to 90% most of the time. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Crops continue to look good. We continue to get small showers. With high humidity things do not dry out very fast. Lawns and pastures still growing well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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| With 2.5in of rain this past week conditions remain status quo. Lawns and crops appear in excellent conditions. Soil moisture appears good. Water levels remain near to slightly above normal
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-BE-9 | KY | Breathitt |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are more like mid spring than mid to late summer when it begins to dry out from less rainfall. This past week we have seen a considerable amount of rain as well. The ground is saturated in places of poorer drainage and I am having to cut twice a week if I want to avoid grass clumping. Usually I’m down to a cut a week, maybe week and a half by this time of the year. |
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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| 0.22” rain this week. Creeks a trickle, ponds dropping. More beans and now some corn coloring up. Lots of trees starting to show a bit of color. Mowing on a 5 day cycle. Pokeweed berries are turning purple and the birds are after them. Female summer tanager on the deck rail surveying then snatching poke berries as if she was waiting for peak ripeness. Does and fawns coming up in the yard to eat pears. A bachelor party of six toms/jakes strolled past mid afternoon one day, a coyote on the same path early the next morning. Hen turkeys grazing in the yard but still no poults. We've always seen poults well before this. |
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Severe thunder storms on 13 Aug, with heavy rainfall in Fayette Co.,(2-3 inches), but only recorded 0.55" here. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana KY at 6.12 ft and flow of 927 ft3/sec (much above normal). A flock of turkeys, (three adults and 5 or 6 poults) sighted three different time around our house. |
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| 8/16/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Grass is brown and crispy, no mowing needed. Garden needs watering, unwatered areas are powder dry. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MD-GR-15 | MD | Garrett |
Mildly Wet
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| My ‘evidence’ is mostly what I ‘feel’ when walking in my yard and ‘forest.’ The squish is everywhere and even moderate precipitation is producing runoff. Haying has been very good this year. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Mildly Dry
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| Time to hang out the “mildly dry” shingle. This station has received only 0.10” of rainfall in the preceding week, and only 0.13” so far in August. Local vegetation still appears to be mostly living large on July’s bounty – have noticed no signs of stress in local species. Garden is approaching late-summer status, with many plants producing generously. Looks like a good cranberry harvest ahead, based on bog walks. Starting to see some autumn color turn in a few species. Pond level and wildlife activity are normal. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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| Nicely recouped from our summer mini drought/heat. We are back to occasional rain and more moderate temperatures, the envy of the lower 48! Outdoor plants thriving with the occasional rain, and strong sunshine. River sports abound, with normal summer shallows. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
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| Only .o3" of rain in the past seven days. The soil has become very dry and there's no puddles on the local trails. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Moderately Wet
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| Rain has washed away the dog days of summer, creating moderately wet conditions. Six of seven days this week recorded wetting rains and the gauge catch had measurable rain all seven days. Although there isn’t flooding in this area, soils and other surfaces are almost constantly wet. Lawns are lush, green, and are still growing. Consistently high humidity values have conspired with the rain to keep us wet. It even smells wet. Temperatures have been moderate to warm overnight and approaching the mid-80s during the day when it isn’t raining. Tuesday we caught the north end of a derecho (second of this summer) with little damage to the immediate area. South of here wasn’t so lucky; straight-line winds were recorded exceeding 100 mph and the numerous downed trees damaged property and interrupted power for hundreds of thousands of customers. Nevertheless, outdoor recreation and agricultural activities are continuing, albeit at a reduced pace. Lightning bugs are still active and the crickets continue to chirp. Rain total for this week was 1.69 inches. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MI-ON-4 | MI | Ontonagon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| .19 inches of rain this week. Creek is stagnant, below typical late summer level even with the rain. Exposed soils are very dry and cracking; other soils are just dry. Brown spots spreading in the grass again, although the green spots perked up with the rain. Continuing to plan well water usage. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MI-OD-4 | MI | Oscoda |
Mildly Dry
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| Sandy soil conditions. 0.02" of precip from August 10 to August 16. Fire Danger is Moderate. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Near Normal
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Business & Industry
Energy
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| 0.30" of rainfall was recorded this past week. Today's report= 72°, 95% humidity, mostly cloudy with 2-10 mph northerly winds and an air quality index of 66 at the 6:00 a.m. observation time. NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 Wildfire activity map= https://tinyurl.com/4j9khhan USA Drought Monitor Map= https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/2edpkfr2 Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/3dmt3wca YTD precipitation in this area= 22.43" which is 1.16" less than average. |
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| 8/16/2026 | MN-SH-96 | MN | Sherburne |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Rainfall has been sparse. Soil is very dry. The nearby town of Clear Lake has implemented watering restrictions. The nearby Mississippi river is under Drought Warning Response Phase: a “storage drought”, classified as a critical depletion of lake levels, soil moisture and groundwater. Fire danger is moderate.
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| 8/16/2026 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Weekly precipitation was 0.00 inches. It has now been 21 days since any measurable rainfall. It has also been very hot and the ground has turned hard and cracked on our turn roads for the first time this growing season. The grass in the yard has large areas that have dried out too. Good news is that we are winding down growing our crop and are moving into harvest. We cut around 260 acres of corn already and are killing over a thousand acres of beans that will be ready to cut in the coming week. The heat and dryness are fairly normal for August. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still very dry, Lake and river very low, streams dried up. Lawn brown. Watering annuals daily. Brush fires in the area. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Moderately Dry
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| Very little rain this week. Hiking and biking trails are dry, Our pond gage down to -3.1". Mad River level from the Paddlers gage at six mile bridge has dropped down to below -1.0', its' low summer time level. WMNF fire danger sign is still set at Moderate. Brush fire at nearby Rumney’s Rattlesnake Mtn. earlier this week. Grass has stopped growing and started to brown in some areas. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NJ-HN-31 | NJ | Hunterdon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| streams and river running near normal, top layer of ground drying out |
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| 8/16/2026 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Severely Dry
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| We've had 1.28" of rain this month, including .69" two days ago, but that brought our total since Jan. 1 to just 4.12". Water has pooled in stock tanks and the creek ran briefly. Hills haven't turned green yet this year; in some heavily-grazed areas there may not be viable grass now. Bird and other wildlife activity seems normal for the season. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NY-AB-23 | NY | Albany |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Even with a little rain the past few days, it looks to me as if we have dried out enough to call it normal soil conditions in my parts. The ground is somewhat dry in spots, still a little wet in others, but very muddy areas. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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| 0.40" of rain was received within the last week but it was enough to keep conditions in the "Normal" range. There is a little bird activity these days but not as much as was observed a few weeks ago. The plants and flowers have survived the last week without any auxiliary watering. The sump pump crock remains inactive per usual for this time of year. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Streams and creeks at normal levels for the season. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Patchy morning fog then mostly sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy six degrees, and the low around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, Horse Nettles and Wild Bergamot flowers are in full bloom. Red Raspberries are almost done ripening, Thimbleberries are beginning to ripen. Walnuts and apples are about 1 inch in diameter. Early corn is 84" - 96" tall, late corn is 84" tall, both have silk and are beginning to tassel. A fourth cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at mid-summer levels. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain this week coupled with very warm and humid temperatures. Bumping us back to moderately dry. In retrospect that’s what it should’ve also done last week. Despite all the rain we had received. Even though there’s plenty of moisture for plant growth now it is apparent that we’re still not completely out of the drought. Although birds, bees, and all insect seem to be quite happy. Lots of butterflies in the yard. Many woody perennials have put on new growth due to the rains in the past month. We do need just a few more inches to get us out of this. Here in Durham we are still under water restrictions. |
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| 8/16/2026 | NC-HK-14 | NC | Hoke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| The small amount of rain has helped the grass but has not done anything to change the water levels in the ponds. The soybean crop is showing signs of stress. The corn crop is filled out as much as it is going to, it is now drying out so that the crop can be combined. |
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| 8/16/2026 | ND-TR-3 | ND | Traill |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Severely dry conditions. Crops are rapidly deteriorating. River levels continue to fall. Any meaningful soil moisture has been depleted. |
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| 8/16/2026 | OH-FR-111 | OH | Franklin |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| 8/9/2026 - 8/15/2026
Precipitation: 3.36” of measurable gauge precipitation reported for dates included. Did not include the 1.19” that fell between 11 pm-12:30 am overnight Saturday into today, as that will go on next weeks report, although part of this did fall during this week’s report.
Temps: Temps ranged between lows of 62 and 68, highs between 75and 90.
Plants/lawn: Lawns and plants thoroughly saturated, back yard mushy and rain logged
Summary: On last week’s report I wished for a little more rain. Won’t wish like that again! Rain every single day this week, with several rounds of rain >1”/hour. Yards are waterlogged, but no flooding in our neighborhood. However, flood watches and warnings all over the area this week. |
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| 8/16/2026 | OH-PB-1 | OH | Preble |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| The streams above normal for this time of year. Yards are green, growth is above normal for this time of year. Vegetation looks good. some fields have flooding in low lying areas ET balance for August is +7.16” Precipitation is 5.62" above normal for the month |
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| 8/16/2026 | OH-UN-4 | OH | Union |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| Flooding this week over three to four days. The rain just kept coming. On Friday I tried to walk the creek soybean fields but could not as 15 to 20 inches of water was flowing through the crop. |
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| 8/16/2026 | OK-AD-2 | OK | Adair |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Grasses are turning yellow, perennial streams are very low as is our perennial spring from which we get our water. |
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| 8/16/2026 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Moderately Wet
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| This past week’s precipitation was 1.50”. The topsoil is wet. MTD precipitation is 6.72”. Average soil temperature is 75F. Lawn is green and growing vigorously. Garden is winding down. Creeks and streams are bank full after this morning’s rainfall. Air temperatures have been normal with high humidity. |
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| 8/16/2026 | PA-MT-171 | PA | Montgomery |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We are in a D1 moderate drought zone. I collected only 0.14 inches of rain this past week. Yet the lawn and plants don't seem stressed. Weeding the flower beds I noticed the soil is dry. |
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| 8/16/2026 | PA-NM-3 | PA | Northumberland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I could go almost choose mildly wet. Grass is growing again and is very moist. The water level in the pond has risen, something very unusual for late summer. Haven't had to water the garden. |
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| 8/16/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Moderately Wet
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| We've measured 2.85" in the last 6 days but the high temperatures are causing quick drying. The swimming pool level is staying roughly constant. |
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| 8/16/2026 | SC-YR-103 | SC | York |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
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| With 0.30” of rain this past week, nearly all of York County, South Carolina remains in a “Mildly Dry” condition, affirmed by the U.S. Drought Monitor’s Intensity rating of “D0-Abnormally Dry.” Locally, and with the dog days of summer upon us, plants show continual signs of heat stress and a lack of consistent water. Lawn growth was slowed considerably with some heat-related brown patches, and trees continue to drop leaves. The vegetables, herbs, and flowers require daily watering to prevent wilt. The birds continue to hit the feeders hard, but as mentioned before, I am not sure if this is due to lack of available naturally occurring food sources or a mere convenience for them. Area lakes continue to be 2-3 feet below normal pool levels, but there has been a slow but steady rise over the last few weeks as recent frequent and copious rainfall runoff from across the border in North Carolina feeds into the respective watersheds. Statistically, month-to-date rainfall is 1.04” above normal, but year-to-date lags behind at 2.86” below normal. Compared to last year, rainfall is down a whopping 10.47”. |
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| 8/16/2026 | SD-MD-9 | SD | Meade |
Moderately Dry
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| Precipitation of .64" was welcome over the past 7 days, giving a tint of green back to the prairie. Moderating temperatures,cloud cover, and less wind helped too. We still need a lot of rain though. We're still well below average at 84%, 69%, and 78% of monthly, calender year, and water year averages, respectively. Water sources continue to get lower. I haven't heard of any local fires last week. Soil moistue is very low, especially the upper profiles. Continue to see good recruitment for deer, antelope, and sharptail grouse. Lawn looks a little better. |
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| 8/16/2026 | TN-MC-16 | TN | Macon |
Mildly Dry
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We received no measurable rainfall this week at this farm. Temperatures have been from low to upper nineties with my "unofficial"evapotranspiration rate about .20 each day. Creeks, spring fed ponds, and streams flowing normal but wet weather springs drying up a little and rain fed pond a little lower. Cattle and wildlife doing good, pasture and hayfields still look good. Gardens growing and producing well and neither field crops or timber are showing any signs of stress. This is good weather for tobacco cutting, hauling, and hanging in the barn. We are thankful.
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