| 5/24/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| More elevated parts of soil is still dry despite the recent rainfalls. Lower level areas are soft and moist. Grasses and trees and still very green in colors. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AL-MD-150 | AL | Madison |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Many days of rain, deep soil penetration, minimal soil erosion. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| Rain has been ongoing for the last several days, heavy at times, with short periods of sun. Soil conditions are very wet due to this, which has reduced the fire risk, reduced the dust activity, and kept plants green healthy. Streams and lakes have also been filled, and top (first few inches) soil moisture is estimated at 65% of max wetness. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Windy most of last week before calming down to end the week. High temperatures ranged from the upper 60's to low 70's the first half of the week before warming into the upper 70's to end the week. The high of the week was 79° on Saturday. Lows ranged from the upper 30's to mid 40's. The low of the week was 38° on Tuesday. It was a dry week with no precipitation falling. No change in plant life in the surrounding wildland areas. The garden is starting to look very summer-like with lots of green growth. Roses have started to bloom as well as several other plants. Saw a garter snake in the lawn and a robin visiting the bird bath. This is in addition to many other birds visiting the garden and bird bath. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| We have improved somewhat on moisture with 3.12 inches rain this week. Grass and pastures are better and wildfire danger is low. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AR-LW-19 | AR | Lawrence |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| We have got 0.83 in my of much needed rain this last week. We have had a very dry spring. Cow pastures are not performing like they should for this time of year. We also have a dry summer predicted. |
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| 5/24/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are much improved this week after receiving 4.93” of rainfall. The two week total is 5.25”. Temperatures have been average for this time of year. Soil moisture and stream flows are now as expected. Plant and crop growth is excellent with the moisture and warmth. The vegetable and flower gardens are growing very well as are local pastures and hayfields. There’s no danger of wildfires. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| For the week of May 17 - May 23, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 86.2 deg F, minimum low temperature 50.0 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 1.10 in. Offshore winds arrived on May 17. This led to a drop in humidity from 50% to 20% in a one-hour period from 14:45 - 15:45 on May 17. Low humidity in the 20 - 30% range continued through to the evening of May 18, with humidity rising back to 50%. The offshore winds and low humidity led to higher than normal temperatures near/above 80 degrees from May 17 through May 19. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| A dry week and May rainfall so far only 0.43", 24% of normal. ETo jumped to 0.56". Average high 65.3f, low 47.0f. Ruth Lake Reservoir remains at 100% of capacity. No change in the California Drought Map. The inland rivers are beginning to warm up some, and the Mad and Eel rivers continue to drop. Pastures remain green as are the weeds in my yard, and the deer are making good use of them. Prescribed burns continue in the area to take advantage of what moisture remains in the plants and debris before the hot temperatures of the summer arrive. More travel trailers and campers seen on the roads, and the bane of summer travelers, Cal Trans roadway work, has begun. Hwy 299 at Buckhorn Summit will experience delays of up to 15 minutes for the next three weeks due to slide repairs. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Mostly overcast last week, so ET numbers are lower. a little drizzle. All the way up to 5% of normal for May. We are watering more. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| The gusty north wind died earlier in the week and the fog returned, making the landscape quite moist--our gardens are green and lush. Ocean conditions improved for fishing and water sports. And, the area seems packed with visitors for the three-day weekend. It's been delightful this week to watch an adult Song Sparrow bring in two very chubby youngsters to the gardens and show them how to pick up seed and drink from the fountain. Have also seen some young Anna's Hummingbirds and Jays, so it's been a good breeding season so far. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CO-CF-54 | CO | Chaffee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| no veg growth |
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| 5/24/2026 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Since last reported on 05/10/2026, recorded 0.45" from Multi-Day Accumulation from 05/13/2026 through 5/20/2026. Daily precipitation records were 0.16" on 05/21 and 05/23 for a total precipitation of 0.77". Topsoil sample taken today indicates dry soil within the top half inch. Below that, the soil is modestly moist, and I was able to pack it in my hands. With the recent precipitation, have not provided any supplemental water to trees. All coniferous trees have good size candles. The Cottonwood trees completely leafed out during my absence and the Aspen that were freeze damaged are on the mend. We had our neighbors covered our annuals while we were away as we did have freezing temperatures early this past week. We are reaching the point where freezing temperatures and frozen precipitation is over until next season. Grass has really sprouted with fairly decent coverage and length. I will be completing the first mowing of the season this coming week. I have not heard of any wildfires in our immediate area. With continued measurable precipitation but still below normal for the month, I will maintain a Condition Scale of Mildly Dry. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| I need to water my garden every 3 days, the rain last week was helpful |
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| 5/24/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.03" rain this week. Winds have been mostly low.
Aspen leaves have really popped out, pone tree male cones are getting larger. Many turkey on the property and area, hummers are active as are many songbirds. Robin nest under the deck has baby birds. Many deer browsing.
Lillie's are coming back. Rhubarb leaves look very good, stalks are thickening a little.
We tested over the limit for PFAS in drinking water. Installed a reverse osmosis system 2 weeks ago. Water quality is better. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| An inch of light rain this week, with little runoff or floodidng, has helped plants immensely. Unfortunately most was on the weekends, dampening tourism. Two 80+F weekdays made it seem like summer - briefly. Now cold, gloomy & rainy again. Birds are nesting. |
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| 5/24/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| We’re still a couple of inches down for the year, but on the surface, with these recent rains, the surface conditions are pretty good. Irrigation is not needed for new crops. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-AL-58 | FL | Alachua |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
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| Extreme drought- Stage III. Driest year to date over the past 132 years.
Wild fires have affected air quality.
Limits on landscape and decorative watering. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Plants & Wildlife
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| Dry conditions continue with unirrigated areas showing wilting and browning of grasses. Temps reaching early summer highs (low 90's) and lows (low 80's). AC use increasing accordingly. No precip before today. We really need rain and no major storm is forcast for the upcoming period. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE = Remains Extreme Drought D-3 Status. While we recorded rain last week, Sunny and windy regather following has dried the soil out again.
ENERGY - Normal and slightly above temperatures are allowing the AC to run near normal for this time of year.
GENERAL - Precipitation has been predicted for our area all last week, and into next week. Our issue at this time is the rain/thunder storms are very isolated and are not covering the entire area. Yesterday we heard thunder and our Weather Alerts warned of heavy rain nearby and lightyening, but the gauge was empty. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-MA-17 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The extreme drought continues but the rainy season has started as well. Small amounts of rain fell over the past week and more than that summer has started. The days are much more humid with tropical breezes with scattered shower's and storms. Not that much rain fell over this station but thunderstorms have dumped a few inches of rain nearby. The plants and trees are responding into the summer growing season as well. |
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| 5/24/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| We are still in a drought but last night we did get an unpredicted cluster of strong to moderate TS from 10PM-midnight. More predicted tonite. |
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| 5/24/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Things are better with recent rains, but there is still a long way to go. |
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| 5/24/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rains helped plants & soil surface. Pond still very low, |
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| 5/24/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Daily light showers with gusty conditions keeps us on our toes wondering when the next bout of stormy weather will be upon us ... temps rising ever so slightly so dreading the oncoming summer's heat ... |
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| 5/24/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| General: We are dry. We had a tiny bit of rain this week, but generally we're at .08" for May, and last year we had 1.14" for May (we expect, on 6 year average, to get about 1.6"). We're down for the month, for the winter, and for the water year.
Agriculture: What I assume is mustard is struggling without rain. There is still a lot of space between plants in parts of the field.
Energy: We're in peak generation now. We generated 97.47 kWHR yesterday and used 26.21 kWHR.
Fire: Danger is high.
Plants/wildlife: More birds have arrived, and it's a little noisier. We have 3 hummingbirds, and hope we'll get more with migration. Last year we had around 12 at any time. The beaver pond has not been worked on by the beavers (the Bannock County Roads and Bridges Department destroyed it a couple of weeks ago). I'm not hopeful that they will rebuild since we're so low on water flow. They likely moved on (I hope the crew didn't kill them). It's discouraging, to say the least. Beaver ponds are a major contributor to aquifer replenishment, and this, of all years, is a particularly unwise year to destroy a means of recharging Pocatello's water source.
Water: Our condition is simply not great. Poor soil moisture, and nothing falling. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Some more drought buster type rains this past week. A few nice dry days in between and then a good shower to moisten things back up again. Everything is green and growing well. Corn is sprouting in the recently planted fields.
Some Black Gnats are starting to annoy us. Weather wise the temps have been pretty nice. Nothing too warm just yet. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| A good soaking rain would really be nice. This station is currently running at a MTD NOAA Norm deficit of -1.66" (54%), however YTD and WYTD are still near normal. Corn and beans are both up in area fields and the soil is quickly drying out. I again provided supplemental watering to the vegetable plants in my garden. The Green, Rock and Mississippi Rivers are all holding steady levels and are not forecasted to see any rise or fall in the next week. The weather forecast is not showing any great chance of rain, just a rise in temperatures to the mid and upper 80's which will further dry out the soil. It appears May will end being much drier than April. Lots of hummingbirds at the feeders. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Crops are growing slow,have adequate topsoil moisture, but it has been quite cool. The well is still not back to normal. Ponds are holding some water. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Overnight rain has maintained near normal conditions. All plants, lawns, and trees are growing well and appear healthy. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-KD-126 | IL | Kendall |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Digging in garden yesterday, down six inches soil damp but hard packed. Took soil temperature six inches down, 82 but outside temperature 80. Odd soil temperature warmer than air temperature. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Mildly Dry
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| While YTD precip is close to Above Normal and WYTD is Above Normal, MTD is an abysmal 23% of normal at 0.78 inches compared to NOAA 30 year norm of 3.41 inches. Early morning rain today of 0.46 inches helped but lawn is browning out in sunny areas, and the 0.53 inches that fell this week is half of the guide of “1 inch of water per week in summer.” So my time watering with the hose has decreased, but is still necessary. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is full up to the runoff. Rainy and windy all week, cooler than normal. Vultures and hawks are circling their nests.
Grasses are seeding. Chives are blooming. Hay fields are thick and tall.
Grapes and Mulberries are starting to produce.
Strawberries are ready to pick. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IL-MD-53 | IL | Madison |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| 5/17/26 to 5/24/26: Conditions are mildly wet over the reporting period. Turf gives slightly underfoot, but does not release water. There are a few puddles on lower shaded soil surfaces. Drain tiles 12 to 18 inches are flowing at a very minimal rate. Man made and sinkhole ponds are just below overflow levels. Tensiometer level at 18 inches deep in clay soil has been falling from 26 to 24 centibars (full scale is 100 cb with 50 cb as recommended start of irrigation). ETo turf is 0.05 inches over the reporting period with total precipitation of 1.54 inches resulting in a 1.49 inch excess of rain. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil saturated but flooding subsided locally. Too wet to work in gardens. Plants lush. Some areas eroded from recent rains. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-MG-34 | IN | Morgan |
Moderately Wet
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| Lower areas are frequently saturated or have standing water. Planting activities are challenging is these conditions. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| No adverse affects |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| rain over past week mild temps |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-RS-4 | IN | Rush |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Ground is very soggy and a lot of layer of standing water just above the ground 1/4 inch or so that is not soaking in
Local fields have crops standing in water and seem to be wilting from it. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IN-WY-36 | IN | Whitley |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
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| It's been drier this week. Humidity was low. I mowed and made rows like haying a field with the grass clippings. This usually results in wet grass that needs to be picked up quickly so as not to kill the grass beneath. This was not the case for these clippings. If I were haying, this grass dried without having to be spread over a field or re-raked. For grass to be that dry it meant the ground had no moisture to be absorbed by the grass clippings.
Still not seeing all of farm fields planted as of yet. Conditions have been good with the ground this dry but the farmers aren't in the fields.
Summer song birds have just about all arrived. Insects are emerging in the trees. Woodpeckers have been busy. Not many mosquitoes.
Temperatures have been low for most of the week making for cool mornings and not very warm afternoons. My cool season vegetables are doing well in this cooler weather.
Trees are still filling out. Black Walnut trees are still somewhat bare but beginning to fill in. Some mulberries are beginning to form. Some mulberries are well behind and may not have much fruit with the earlier spring freeze.
Rain is coming but it's slowing down. I'm doing more watering. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Rain for the week at this location was 1.11 in. & a trace, which helped the planted crops get going and the grass and pastures to take off again. Weather and commitments have kept the wife from getting as far along with gardening as She usually is at this point. Seeing more and different kinds of birds working. Spent an enjoyable afternoon and early evening at the wife's brothers camp ground with people we see once a year, with us doing chores after dark. The Llama and the Dog were both concerned that something was out in the darkness that should not be there. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Total for the Month collected as of this Memorial Day Weekend so far is a little over 2inches. Mowing and other yard work required this week. Open windows and fans with some AC and a space heater needed throughout this week as a result of swinging temps. All trees, plants, flowers, etc are still blooming. Fireflies have been seen and are on the increase this week. Noticed increase in raccoons around, as well as moths and other flying insects. Also, witnessed a lot of Dandelion Poofy heads floating around. Allergies have been on a steady increase. Overall Mood-Outdoor Activities are on a nice steady increase. Happy Memorial Day Weekend Everyone! |
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| 5/24/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| With continued rains last week farmers are waiting to finish up with planting and spraying. Many alfalfa fields are waiting to be mowed. Side hill seeps are starting to show up for the first time in almost five years. |
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| 5/24/2026 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Nearly 2.70 inches of rain the past week pushed the monthly total to about 3.1 inches which is still 85% of normal. The rains were needed. Lawn growth has returned and plants seem quite happy. Pond level is quite high with algae growth. Grass carp are working. Nearby crops are slowly emerging but likely need some heat. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-BE-9 | KY | Breathitt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Recent rainfall has really brought things back to life. Vegetation is lush and green. Grass has begun to grow much more like normal for this time of year. There is substantially more pollen in the air as well. Overall it seems things are much closer to normal than the past couple of months. Went mildly dry only because the river, along with some of our local creeks continue to run below normal and the fact that we are still a little behind in precipitation for this time of the year. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| 2.87” rain this week, Saturday's reading of 2.17” was the highest since April 5 2025. Still way below normal, so calling it on the dry side. Creeks, seeps, and ditches flowing. Ponds coming up, but need another 16” to fill them. More fields sprouting, raspberries fruiting. Sun-Tues temps hit 90F, but low humidity so we could stay on the porch. Deer, quail, kingbirds, and hummingbirds providing entertainment. Big black rat snake successfully crossed the road in front of us. With a crash, a tree fell in the north woods. 2” rain must've loosened the soil enough. There's a steep dropoff there. Frogs and toads very vocal. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Moderately Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY flow at 2590 ft3/sec, much above normal. Rain every day this week. Mowed the front pasture and lawn this week. Back pasture not ready to be mowed. |
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| 5/24/2026 | KY-KN-15 | KY | Kenton |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Water is ponding in my yard following multiple days of rain. Vegetation is growing vigorously. The nearby Licking River is out of its normal banks. |
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| 5/24/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| lack of rain has again tried the surface moisture but ground is easy to work in preparation for spring planting |
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| 5/24/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.08”in the preceding week, which brought MTD catch to 1.93” before this morning’s report. If the forecast for the Memorial Day Weekend system verifies, we should end the month reasonably close to PRISM average for May. As for right now, barely hanging on to the ‘near normal” tag, and we’re just shy of average for the Water Year to Date. Regardless, everything is growing well around here and flowering trees and shrubs are showing their best. Pond level is normal. The big wildlife news is that the pair of mute swans on the pond is now swimming around with a clutch of nine cygnets – the most I’ve ever seen. With any luck, maybe one or two of them will survive to fly off this autumn. |
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