| 7/18/2026 | AL-CN-8 | AL | Calhoun |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Some areas of the county have had more rain than my location. Most of my measurable rain totals have been under 1/4" the past week or so and what little rain we get dries up just as fast as temperatures get above 90. Some crops still doing well but grass is slowly getting that brownish coloring |
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| 7/18/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Moderate Drought D1 status along the lower Colorado River valley. This past week with monsoon conditions building up in Arizona w/ very high humidity...... only traces of rain in the immediate area. |
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| 7/18/2026 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Although we have had more rainfall this month than last, the soil is still quite dry. Rivers & lakes are still low. We're still in the "moderate drought" category. Temps are starting to rise as is normal for July. I'm seeing lots of bees in my garden, especially on my pollinator plants. My pair of hummingbirds feed on the flowers I've grown for them. Lots of lizards & skinks in my yard. Seeing an abundance of ants in my yard this year. Foxes are raising their kits. Deer look healthy. |
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| 7/18/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 47% of normal; WY 45% of normal. Lost a few more garden plants due to drought and heat. |
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| 7/18/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Garden plants need daily if not twice daily watering. Some chrysanthemums blooming early and with small flowers |
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| 7/18/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Severely Dry
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| there has been no rain and the temperature is above normal
I have to water my grass every 2-3 days for 45-60 minutes |
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| 7/18/2026 | CO-JF-575 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Observation of wildlife impact. Hummingbird feeder activity is increased by at least 4 times this week during the heat wave compared to last week. Small pond now completely dry. Fewer blooms on native flowers. Grass appearance similar to fall except for more green in the shade. |
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| 7/18/2026 | CO-JF-610 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Consistent 90’s temperature and no rain several weeks now. |
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| 7/18/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| No rain in the last seven days. Soil is dry, but plants remain green. Smoky conditions limited outdoor activities. |
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| 7/18/2026 | CT-WN-26 | CT | Windham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain in the last 10 days. Soil is quite dry. All plants need regular watering. |
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| 7/18/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Mildly Dry
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| Springs flowing below normal. |
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| 7/18/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| week of 7/12-7/18 was dry, breezy and very hot. Morris Branch remains dry, Tree leaves are yellowing and falling. I'm also noticing more small dead branches breaking off. Irrigation of crops continues. Little need to cut grass. Unirrigated crops are showing signs of stress, |
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| 7/18/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Good rains last 2 days are reviving plants, lawns, retention ponds refilling. |
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| 7/18/2026 | FL-CR-81 | FL | Collier |
NA
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| At 09:10 a thunder storm and rain |
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| 7/18/2026 | FL-LE-88 | FL | Lee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Personal records over the past 10 yrs show an average of 6.42" for the month of July. To date this year this station has recorded 0.50". |
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| 7/18/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We’re actually between near normal and mildly wet, I went near normal because we have not had any rain in the last 2 to 3 days other than a trace, and we have had a lot of bright sunshine drying up the turf. |
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| 7/18/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Everything is soaked. |
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| 7/18/2026 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We remain in a D2 drought with prediction of improvement by not out of drought in near future per NIDIS. We have had dew points above 70 for at least 10 days now which has helped with the flower beds and fescue lawn. We continue to get pop up rain showers. I have not had to irrigate flower beds or lawn in over 2 weeks. The Turkey and Deer with fawn are observed frequently. The birds don't visit seed and suet feeder as often. I assume they are getting their food from natural sources. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Precip for the week totaled 0.00" and with the dog days of summer in full swing, there's no doubt that soil conditions have reached moderately dry. If not for what remains of deeper soil moisture, severely dry conditions would already be met. As it is, area waterways are still looking alright but their levels are dropping. And area trees are holding up but are beginning to wilt a bit. Local lawns on the other hand are really looking dry. "Luckily", we have had some solar relief as severe smoke from northern wildfires has swept into the area, helping to reduce the intensely hot conditions somewhat. And as it's been too smokey to be outside having to breath that acrid and apocalyptic looking air, mowing is now a job that I can rightfully put off. Man, we could sure use a good soaking. Anyhow, wildlife has been laying low during this heat wave and about the only thing moving much are birds during the cooler parts of the day. Our phoebe birds have flown the nest and have disappeared. If they are flying north to escape the heat they'll have to contend with the wildfires up there. Maybe they'll fly south to cool off. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Sections of soil beginning to crack. Established perennials require watering about once a week. A few sections of yellow grass and slowed growth. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Pretty normal mid-July around here. Occasional rains but mostly hot muggy weather. The corn and beans around here look good as do the pastures, alfalfa (2nd cutting finally completed), trees and garden. Still mowing weekly. North and south of us they are aerial spraying something. Japanese beetles have increased in number but not as heavy as in past years. They are on my grape vine and I dispatch them once a day. The low end of the sheep pasture is dry as is most of the overflow creek. The little pond is wet mud. Last night a raccoon tore around the barn, knocking down feed barrels, water buckets and cat bowls. It seemed to be after water. I didn't need to wear barn boots during chores today because we no longer have heavy dew in the morning. Something is chewing the sunflower heads off of my plants. It carries it off because I am not finding it around the plants. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Still a bit wetter than normal for this time of year. Turf grasses are still primarily green and growing, although that has slowed considerably. Small creek out back down to a trickle, but normally bone dry this time of year. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| I have recorded 0.19 inches of rain during the past 7-days at my location. Grass and crops in the area are green and doing well. Corn stalks across the road and behind my location have ears on them and are silking out. |
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| 7/18/2026 | IN-RP-11 | IN | Ripley |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Top soil is somewhat dry. Minus 12 July, little precipitation has fallen in July so far. |
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| 7/18/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| This month is shaping up to be a very dry July. Just .24" received so far; since I've kept records since 2010, The next driest July was 2019 with .60 rainfall. Creek down more and cracks in soi deeper. Birds still active and now insects more so. Grass growth has stopped and some is showing signs of stress due to lack of rainfall. Very close to mildly dry. |
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| 7/18/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| July is here in full force with daily high temperatures in the low nineties, bright sunshine and occasional showers. |
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| 7/18/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| A trace of rain this week is the first week since the end of April that I didn't receive any measurable rain. The pastures and fall crops are showing stress from lack of moisture for the first time this summer. |
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| 7/18/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Severely Wet
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Agriculture
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| Rained 5 days this week. Total rainfall 2.92 inches. |
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| 7/18/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Moisture was high as rain fell on a regular basis early in the week. The ground was firm enough to walk on to pick up branches blown down from strong winds ahead of thunderstorms. I was able to spray glyphosate on the margins of the landscape because of a break in the rain on Thursday. Unpredictable popup showers for the past ten days have kept me from spraying and allowed the weeds to flourish. There have been a few mosquitoes buzzing around in the late afternoon and evening that have not been seen in a while. Pecan trees are still in active growth, and there seems to be a fair crop of nuts this season. Thursday and Friday were scorchers of days with a 105°F feel-like temperature. Everyone in the neighborhood cut their lawns on Friday! |
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| 7/18/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| no rain again all week |
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| 7/18/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain over the past week. Soil conditions are good, and lawns remain green. Rivers and streams are flowing at fairly normal levels. Butterflies are active, along with bees. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health
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| No precipitation was received this week. Working in the yard yesterday, the soil is dusty in areas. Bird bath is frequently being used. Area river levels are lower. Heat advisory and elevated fire weather concerns on Tuesday. Had air quality alerts mid-week through today due to the Canadian wildfire smoke. Have seen raptors several times this week including a bald eagle. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Just under 1/2" of rain this week. Most of the storms have passed by us. Smoke from Canada has limited outdoor activity. Creek level low. Some of the lawn is brown. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain the past week until last night and it has been very warm with temps in the upper 80's. Some plants are starting to wilt, may have to start watering yard. Lots of smoke from fires in Canada and we have under a smoke advisory since Thursday. More rain is predicted for the next week, and temps are predicted to drop so things may improve. Weather has been nasty this summer, lots of heat but things are still pretty green. Summer flowers now so we have color. But it will be great to get to fall and the cooler weather. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Very little rain this week. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| very hot. but everything is green and growing |
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| 7/18/2026 | MN-IT-57 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have had little rain in the last few weeks. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MN-IT-116 | MN | Itasca |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Received .75 inch rain on home potato field Friday afternoon much needed after 6 days of 90+ degrees. River flow fell to 239 cfs. Unhealthy air quality from wild fire smoke many days this week. Oats starting to turn. Shorter than normal. Expect yield to be 60=70 % of normal. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| We have had very little rain in the past few weeks and with the heat any that does come drys out fast |
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| 7/18/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 12 July 26 to 18 July 26. There was 1 day of precipitation for the week, for 0.12 inches. The total precipitation for July is 2.08. The historical average for July is 3.70 inches. The current condition is Near Normal. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| A few brief showers this week but mostly dry days are bring the summer to its hot dry period. Plenty of deer around the neighborhood and other small animals around . The groundhog has a new burrow. Fire danger is in the medium range Shoal creek is running at normal levels. Hay cutting has moved along at good rates. |
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| 7/18/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We had the right cloud come over for .75” this week. Not much but reinforced what we had last week. Everything looks good. We are below average for the year but the rain since the second half of June has been timely and reasonable. Just dumb luck. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Lake and river still low. Streams dried up. Watering annuals almost daily. Grass not growing and browning up in spots. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| Not much rain this week.
Hiking and biking trails are starting to get dusty,
Our pond gage maintaining at -1.5".
Mad River level from the Paddlers gage at six mile bridge has dropped down to -1.0', its' low summer time level.
WMNF fire danger sign is still set at Moderate. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Little bits of precip but need way more. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NM-SF-1 | NM | Santa Fe |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Animals are behaving very anomalously in our severe drought, coming close to humans when they normally don’t and radically changing their feeding behavior. Even cactus is dying in the drought. We no longer have a dawn bird chorus and there are very few insects any more. The soil is powder many feet down. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Continued small showers. Still dry but within what we have experienced as normal. Wildlife continue to be attracted to our leach field which is the greenest area in our pasture. Fire danger is still elevated. Larger showers have been developing all around us. Pretty typical weather for July.
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| 7/18/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation
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| Week of (7/12/26-7/18/26) observed less precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 0.08 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was less than the last update of 0.91 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (7/5/26-7/11/26). There was 1.56 inches of precipitation so far that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of July compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 2.04 inches of precipitation. Conditions gotten drier since the last update from last week with the area seeing little measurable precipitation in the form of liquid over this past week and the area is still remaining drought free. The area is currently considered near normal and conditions had gotten drier and the ground is has dried up since the last update due to the area receiving less precipitation in the form of rain since there has been a lot of measurable rainfall last month in May and June and this had caused the area to receive an abundance of moisture the area had received in the past in general, but the grass is very green and vibrant in the front and back yard. The sump pump hasn’t been pumping very much during the entire week despite the ground starting to dry up. Outdoor activities have been worse this week with wildfire smoke from Canada infiltrating over the area starting Wednesday July 15th 2025 around 10:32AM EDT with AQI values considered in the unhealthy for sensitive groups category and for Thursday July 16, 2026 with AQI values considered in the unhealthy to very unhealthy category with AQI values improving Friday July 17, 2026 with AQI values considered moderate category early in the morning Friday and improving to good category by Friday around 1:00PM limiting outdoor time and exposure along with a mix bag of slightly below average, near average and slightly above temperatures and dry weather lasting most of the days of the week despite and seasonable weather would have been good for walking on trails this week despite all the wildfire smoke and local creeks and streams water levels are still holding at low levels along with some slightly seasonably cooler than normal air in the environment (Sunday) with temperatures near normal to slightly above average (Monday-Saturday). The air conditioner has been working average for the entire this week due to a mix bag of slightly cooler than normal early in the week with near normal to slightly warmer than average temperatures prevailing over the area the rest of week due to temperatures warming slightly above average (as much as 13 degrees Fahrenheit above average for high and low temperatures and as much as 7 degrees Fahrenheit below average for high and low temperatures). The ground has still remained dry this week and the drainage area in the backyard has no standing water. The grass is green and vibrant with all the moisture that had fallen over this past week along with full foliage on the trees. The front yard needed to be hand mowed once this week along with vegetation such as Dogwoods and trees in the backyard are doing good and no manual watering was needed so far. So far, the total precipitation at this station for the month of July is currently below average. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly sunny and warm with smoke and light winds, then partly cloudy with smoke and warm overnight with light winds and a predawn thunderstorm. The high temperature was around seventy eight degrees, and the low around sixty three degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 60" - 84" tall, late corn is 20" - 24"" tall. The third cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/18/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| We remain in a severely dry streak. Central NC is classed as in a "severe to exceptional drought." We received about 0.5 inches of rain but the ground has dried out again. Some trees are showing stress as are grasses and gardens. The relentless heat and drought are taking a toll. the upper shallow reaches of Lake Jordon are dry and grasses/plants growing. The "no burn and stage 2 water restrictions" continue. |
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