| 5/19/2026 | AL-SH-74 | AL | Shelby |
Mildly Dry
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| No Significant rainfall at station for 10 days. Stroms have been spotty and brief, not specific to any particular location. Previously cooler temps are starting to head upwards. Lawn still green, slow growth, landscaping being irrigated once a week right now. Soil is dry, but will absorb rain fast. Trees and Mulberry fruiting normally. Fig tree normal. Rainfall is still lagging behind, we seem to be getting just enough here to avoid serious drought conditions |
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| 5/19/2026 | AR-LW-2 | AR | Lawrence |
Severely Dry
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| We have been in a drought for over a year. Farmer are cutting what they can of the first hay harvest. Row crop is being planted hoping for rain to bring them up. Pond, river and lakes are low and some are drying up. |
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| 5/19/2026 | CA-VT-18 | CA | Ventura |
Moderately Dry
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| Yesterday morning, Santa Ana winds were blowing and I saw a head of smoke upwind. A brush fire was reportedly started by a tractor clearing brush to prevent brush fires. In the past few days, I read a story in the Los Angeles Times that said that El Niño sets up occasional heavy rains, but then there are long stretches without rains that dry out the ground. Indeed, we had heavy rains earlier this yesr, followed by record setting heat in March. There’s a brushy hillside near our home and I noticed the brush, which is now brown, is shorter than usual. I theorize that the rains caused the green brush to grow, until the heat in March killed the brush. So yesterday the fire burnt 1,500 acres in the undeveloped area northeast of our homes by Simi Valley, but in the afternoon, the winds shifted and blew the fire towards the San Fernando Valley. In general, our trees are healthy, we have an early bumper crop of oranges due to the March heat, and the Santa Ana winds have started up again, possibly blowing the remains of the fire back this way. Attached photo shows the fire visible from our yard about 5 pm yesterday. |
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| 5/19/2026 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
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| May 12-19, 2025: trace amounts of rain measured on May 13-14, otherwise dry since April 23. May 12th had a record-breaking 96°F daily high followed by cooling days and nights. Soil is very dry. Yards and gardens are being irrigated about every other day. Drying winds with gusts up to about 45 mph midweek. Cool temps overnight and cooling daytime temps but forecasts show warming into uper 80's by Memorial Day weekend (no significant rain since mid-April). Birds are very hungry at feeders. Black chinned hummingbirds are back. Anna's have left until late this summer/eary fall. Tree flowering has been out of sequence compared to normal weather years. Syringa are flowering but linden and catalpa still are not blooming. Sycamore are just now showing a little green at the ends of branches, otherwise bare. Japanese maple, trumpet vine, ginko, and grapes are recovering after the mid-April hard freeze (28°F). Many iris have not bloomed this spring, and blooms are not lasting more than a few days after the May 12th extreme heat. Except on the coolest days, pollen counts have been in the extreme range. Air quality has, at times, been in mid- to upper yellow categories from blowing dust. Rye and cheat grass are lush and very tall in the foothills and in the valley. When brush fires are started, they are burning fast in the dry conditions and heat. Snow remains on highest peaks in SW and central Idaho mountains, but the snow is rapidly melting. Upper Boise River reservoirs are nearly full but are being drawn down to make room for the last of the snowmelt. Crazy weather year continues. |
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| 5/19/2026 | IN-TN-1 | IN | Tipton |
Severely Wet
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| Field very wet and some standing water now. |
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| 5/19/2026 | KS-RO-6 | KS | Rooks |
Severely Dry
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| NO top soil moisture, blowing dust sprayer tracks covered by dust the next day! |
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| 5/19/2026 | MN-LS-61 | MN | Le Sueur |
Near Normal
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| Much improved over the last two days. Grass and plants look healthier. |
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| 5/19/2026 | NE-LA-19 | NE | Lancaster |
Mildly Wet
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| over 3" of rain in the past three days. Creeks running high and ponds are filling up. Soil is a little soggy. Everything is greening up. |
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| 5/19/2026 | NJ-HD-18 | NJ | Hudson |
Severely Dry
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| For the month so far, rainfall is only .60". This is 1.92" below normal (24%). For the year, rainfall is 11.01" and is 5.85" below normal (.65). Since March, the rainfall is 7.57" and is 2.97" below normal. Areas are severely to exceptionally dry. |
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| 5/19/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Mostly sunny and hot with light winds, then partly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds and predawn sprinkles. The high temperature was around eighty six degrees, and the low around sixty six degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Butterflies are emerging. Hawthorn leaves, White Ash tree buds, Hackberrry tree leaves, Apple Tree flowers, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, and Bush Honeysuckle flowers are appearing. Corn is being planted. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 5/19/2026 | NC-PN-17 | NC | Person |
Severely Dry
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| We had about 3/4" of rain week before last so soil moisture has been not too bad, but now with a lot of hot and breezy days we are getting back into very dry conditions again. Long term we have been down to less than half of normal rainfall since the middle of August of 2025. That is the longest prolonged drought that anyone can remember around here. Crops in the fields and in my garden are germinating and growing very poorly. All ponds and reservoirs are very low. Some farmers are trying to bale some hay but not getting very much yield. Some farmers are beginning to think that they may have to sell off parts of their herds because they may not have enough hay to carry them through next winter. Forecast is calling for some rain in the next week, hope that is correct because if not, we are going to be in pitiful shape going into the summer. |
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| 5/19/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Moderately Dry
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| No measurable rain last week. Creek bottom of Hatcher Creek and Crabtree Creek was visible yesterday with stagnant puddles and no apparent downstream flow. A few of the many nearby small pond water levels are lower than usual and >50% covered with surface algae. Tap water temperature measured 10 days in the kitchen (near the southeast wall) during December was 288.8 K (+/- 0.46 K) and 10 recent measurements in May was 292.4 K (+/- 1.45 K). Advertised efficiency of our water heater is based on a regional water temperature estimate of 289.8 K. Average of 10 electroconductivity measurements of kitchen tap water in December was 161.5 (+/- 2.21) compared to May 220.8 (+/- 5.6). Water restrictions remain in effect in the surrounding area. |
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| 5/19/2026 | OH-ER-5 | OH | Erie |
Near Normal
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| What a difference a week makes. Creek has enough water in it to tell that it's running. Ground under Willow tree firm and dry. Still some standing water at beyond the entrance to woods. Bare ground is barely damp with no cracks. Grass is Green, cutting two times a week. Light Frost 5/15. Stepped outside this evening and the air had the smell of Spring. |
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| 5/19/2026 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Near Normal
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| May rain continues to bring my neighborhood into the normal precipitation zone. |
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| 5/19/2026 | PA-CD-30 | PA | Cumberland |
Near Normal
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| Fire danger is still low. Very hot record heat possible today. |
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| 5/19/2026 | TN-FN-5 | TN | Fentress |
Moderately Dry
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| Abnormally dry for this time of year. The grass is suffering in some parts of my yard. |
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| 5/19/2026 | TX-HYS-148 | TX | Hays |
Severely Dry
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| I have received 2.54" of rain so for this month. The Blanco River in Wimberley is at near record low flow (3.8cfs) for the 99-year period of record. Pastures and roadside are green. The burn ban remains off. |
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| 5/19/2026 | WV-KN-52 | WV | Kanawha |
Mildly Dry
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| Over the past week or so there has been some rain, but the month remains well below average at -2.01" : 32% of Normal and for the year to date at -5.37" : 69% of Normal. While it can be difficult to see the drought, slower grass growth and some yellowing of weeds/grasses in sunny exposed areas are observed.
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| 5/19/2026 | WI-CH-18 | WI | Chippewa |
Mildly Dry
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| Lawn hs dry patches from several dry weeks. Recent rain is helping but the lawn is still dryer than normal |
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| 5/19/2026 | WI-IR-13 | WI | Iron |
Near Normal
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| Less than an inch has fallen the last two days, so have not had to water the trees we just planted. Established trees and plants are greening up. Small puddles on our driveway, enough for the Robin yesterday to take a bath.
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