| 7/26/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Moderately Wet
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Soil is saturated and soft in parts from heavy rainfall from past week and continued rain.
No flooding occurred, but low parts remain muddy. Tress and plants are saturated. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Severely Wet
|
General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
|
| Soils are severely wet as heavy rain returned over the past week, with almost two inches falling in one day and rainfall rates reaching above 2 in/hr. Over 10 inches of rain have fallen this most, meaning that we have fully recovered from the drought and are now running slightly above normal for yearly precipitation (based on the NOAA climatological average). Fire risk is low, dust activity is low, plants are healthy, and streams are near normal to above normal. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Monsoon moisture with thunderstorms continued with measurable rain everyday but one. A total of 1.20 inches fell for the week. Highs were warm to hot with a high of 90° on Thursday and Friday. The low of the week was 56° last Sunday and Wednesday. Winds were fairly calm except for some gusts during storms. The surrounding wildland and open areas are starting to get green with sprouting plants and new growth on other plants and grasses. A lot of Queen Anne's lace are blooming. Finches were observed around the bird bath and saw the frog at the pond. Also, saw a garter snake. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Our Drought Monitor condition is still at D0 (Abnormally Dry), however with no rain in awhile and temps in the high nineties coming this week our conditions will deteriorate.
Fire danger is moderate and grass is still green.
|
|
| 7/26/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| For the week of July 19 - July 25, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 81.4 deg F, minimum low temperature 55.5 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.79 in. Atmospheric ducting returned July 20 - July 21, with consistent 300 nautical miles AIS VHF 162 MHz reception. Normal, consistent maximum receive range is 50 nautical miles. The persistent overnight marine layer cleared on July 24 and 25 with mostly clear, blue sky in the mornings. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
|
| A dry week with average high temperature of 76 degrees, with 2 days in the 80s, ETo 0.60". Low average was 55 degrees. July precipitation at 18%. Drought Map moved the D1 zone--Moderate Drought--into the northern half of Humboldt County. Ruth Lake Reservoir at 90% on 7/20. Rivers continue to slowly drop and remain warm, however a third drowning on the Trinity River occurred. Three in a week. Algae bloom on the South Fork of the Eel River led to the death of a dog, and the county issued heightened warnings, as it is occurring somewhat earlier, due to the lower river levels from the drought conditions. Humboldt Folklife Festival brought lots of music this week to Blue Lake. Bear continues to roam, and even entered my garage to raid my garbage container and stock of bird seed. Small fires continue to happen, but responses have been quick, keeping the spreading down. Two, one from a boat trailer that lost its wheel, and another by a tractor-trailer dragging a chain, started along a local road and a highway. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CA-HM-6 | CA | Humboldt |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| There has been no precipitation, even fog mist, since the 9th, as is normal for July, our driest month. However the plants, even the grass here on the very coast, are still green, but the grass in exposed sunny areas, such as along roads, is dry. There are no water issues in the area that I am aware of. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Typical summer weather for us. foggy and overcast for a few days, sunny and low humidity for a few days. No significant rainfall so we continue to water. Some trees are suffering from dryness earlier in the year. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
|
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Another summer week of some marine layer overcast in the morning and sunny afternoons. Our outside sensor read 80 deg yesterday, which is hot for us here on the coast. We've had several harvests of plums and blueberries in our gardens and the local farmer's markets are offering more summer produce. Lots of tourists in the area and ocean conditions have been favorable for water sports and fishing, though a warning is in place for sneaker waves at the beaches. No rain this month, as is usual for the dry season and no rain in the forecast, but wells seem to continue to be healthy--have not seen water trucks in the area yet. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Since last reported on 07/19/2026, recorded 0.59" of precipitation on 07/23/2026. I also submitted a Hail Report for this storm. To summarize July 2026, the drought conditions have worsened this month as only 0.77" of precipitation was recorded so far indicating this station is only at 28% of PRISM and NOAA normal of around 2.00". The precipitation mentioned above is barely keeping us out of Severely Dry conditions.
Checking topsoil this morning indicates dry and dusty soil down to the 3.0" level where the soil is slightly moist. But not moist enough to pack in my hands. Topsoil is also easier to dig into compared to previous report. Native grasses appeared to have gone dormant. I have only mowed the grass twice this season.
Three Cottonwood trees we planted last year are struggling as their leaves have browned and many have fallen to the ground despite regular watering. The Crabapple trees are faring better.
Birds are most active in the morning hours before the heat kicks in. Saw and heard two Falcons this morning during my observation. Observed two Hummingbirds chasing each other yesterday.
After the precipitation recorded on 07/23/2026, thunderstorms have been going around our immediate area to the north and south denying us additional moisture. Fire restrictions continue for El Paso and surrounding counties with no open fires allowed. No wildfires reported in our immediate area.
With the long-term drought continuing and substantial precipitation event recorded on 07/23, I will maintain a Condition Scale of Moderately Dry. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | CO-PW-49 | CO | Prowers |
Severely Dry
|
|
| All irrigation canals are out of water, ponds are dry, well went dry weeks ago. The small amounts of rain we get are dry and gone by the next day. Daily Temps of 100 to 105 and nights in the 70s do not offer much hope for anything that is even watered.
|
|
| 7/26/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
|
| I’ve put “Near Normal”, but for the past several years, July has been dry, and THIS July we’ve had about 2X the 30-yr average rainfall, so comparatively, we’re a little wet. But we’ll call it “Normal”. It’s wonderful to have moist soil even at the bottom of the shovel’s reach. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
|
| Continued very hot each day with seasonal sea breeze TS each day. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | FL-PK-76 | FL | Polk |
Severely Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| There was a fair amount of rain this past week with a total of 1.77 inches with the heaviest amount being on the evening of the 25th with a total of 1.56 inches in about an hour and half. area coverage forecast of 50 to 60% is good, but it all depends on the location that the storm develop and how they move and the amount of rain of rainfall that area receives. this aera is still in severe drought according to the drought conditions report released on Thursday the 23rd. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | GA-DG-9 | GA | Dodge |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| July stands at 5.94" of rain, about an inch above normal for the month, with around a quarter of an inch occurring over the past week. Vegetation remains green and vibrant and have observed only sporadic irrigation of corn. Wildlife activity appears normal for the summer. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| No change. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Relief, Response & Restrictions
|
| A week of rainfall following 26 straight days and a couple zero days was not expected but it appears that rainfall will continue even as Hurricane Fausto approaches our state ... hope it downgrades to a tropical storm with minimal damaging effects as I am not ready for a bad one .... |
|
| 7/26/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| General: The good news for this week is that we reached July's 6 year average in moisture: We reached .49" and expected .466". We're still low for the year, of course, but the rain gave the plants and animals (including human animals) some respite from the heat.
Agriculture: The mustard and wheat are both ripe and in seed, so it didn't make much difference to them. Again, I applaud the wisdom of our neighbors for using dryland farming methods rather than depleting the ground water.
Energy: We created 82.74 kWHR of energy yesterday, and only used 26.17 kWHR, sending the rest to Idaho Power. This is a testament to the amazing benefits of home solar. We received a notice from Idaho Power that we could expect power outages as usage swelled during this heatwave, and it was refreshing to know that our house runs on solar all day (and into the night, with a backup battery).
Fire: Risk is high, of course. We're tinder dry.
Plants/wildlife: Plants are drying out, as normal, and birds are starting some flocking behavior. The ground squirrels are not underground (normal), and we're hearing a baby owl at night.
water: Again, we exceeded our long-term 6 year average for July, which was wonderful after the winter and spring of drought. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| A Roller Coaster week with temperatures and humidity. Started out warm and humid, then mid week a brief but very welcome break from it and then a brief short of rain at weeks end and then a long come the jump in humidity and temperatures. The little amounts of rain are not adding up to much of any benefit. Today is going to likely be the warmest with highest heat index we have had so far this summer. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Just 0.03" this week. River is back to normal level. Crops look good. Still some muddy areas that have not dried out, but improving. At least it's not muck. Will need to start watering vegetable garden. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-CP-179 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
|
| The past week I only recorded .22" of rain. For the month only 1.21" of rain. It is getting to the point that the ground is drying up (see attached photo from my backyard). With that being said my grass is still growing and I am still mowing at least once a week. Driving in the countryside in my neck of the woods I notice that the corn ears are coming along nicely,and some of the soybean fields are looking very bushy. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Perennials requiring watering. Some plants drooping. A few areas of grass browning. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-DP-204 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Dry
|
Plants & Wildlife
|
| lawns relying solely on rain are going dormant
residents who don't usually use (manual) sprinklers are starting to
drought tolerant perennials are still doing OK; all others need watering
some well-established shrubs are starting to have leaves turn brown without water being supplemented
water restrictions for unincorporated DuPage have NOT been put into effect
|
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Some rain this week has kept the conditions Near Normal. MTD is slightly below NOAA Norm with a deficit of -0.18" (95%), but YTD and WYTD remain with surpluses of +2.74' (112%) and +1.61" (106%) respectively. Area crops remain looking very healthy with corn silk drying and ears maturing and the beans doing their thing. Area rivers are starting to get to their summer lows. Barge traffic on the Mississippi remains normal. NWS has issued an Extreme Heat warning for today and possibly again for tomorrow due to temps in the mid-90s and high humidity. There are slight chances for severe weather tonight and tomorrow. The rest of the week looks to be near normal with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Hummingbirds are quickly draining the feeders. Having to refill feeders every couple of days. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Lawns are starting to brown and go dormant. Potted plants and some garden plants have needed supplemental watering during periods of temps in the upper 80s with no clouds. Other plants are healthy. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Rainfall the past week was less than 0.10", with around 0.35" for the past 15 days. As a result, grass is starting to yellow and unwatered plants are stressed. The ground is also very hard from the lack of rain, which is about 25-30% of normal for the month. With a forecast of less than 0.25"of rain and above normal temperatures for the remainder of July, we could easily enter the Moderately Dry category and/or flash drought. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Pond a few inches below runoff chute.
Smoky air Sunday and Monday.
Abundant butterflies and bees.
Queen Ann’s Lace and Chickory in bloom.
Tomatoes are ripe. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
|
|
| Things are getting closer to the normal dry down for mid summer. Pasture and lawn are green and still showing growth but closer to normal late July levels. Crops are looking very good subject to verifying pollination was successful. Creeks are dropping close to normal levels but river is still up. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
|
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Soils still slightly moist beneath surface, but some garden plants are slightly wilted. Small streams very low or dry. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IN-NB-48 | IN | Noble |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Just dry to the point where leaves are starting to droop. It rained last weekend, so we're due a good rain. It's supposed to rain this evening. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| rain over past week plus hot and humid |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| This location got 2.25 in of rain the first of the week but with the high temps most of the week, seeing some spots with constant sun and the hotter temps showing some stress. Crops still looking good. The wife bought some Sweet Corn from the Manchester area yesterday and it was filled out all the way, so hopefully field corn is doing the same. Lawn could stand to be mowed but with the heat the next few days and no real strong chance of rain I believe we will leave it alone. I guess you could probably say it is just kind of a mostly normal late July. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-DV-7 | IA | Davis |
Severely Dry
|
Agriculture
|
| Very little moisture in the last 30 days. Pastures are very poor. Hay regrets is severely affected. Corn and beans are suffering. Very high temperatures are expected for the next 10 days. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
|
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Very again this past week. very little precipitation for the week, just over .25 inches of rain fell. Lawns and gardens without irrigation are showing the stress of the heat and lack of precipitation. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
|
| Very hot and humid. Crops look good. A lot trees and bushes showing effects of Japanese beetle infestation from a few weeks ago. Pastures and lawns still doing well. Creeks and ponds normal. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Nearly 2.4 inches of rain the past week as temperatures averaged one degree below normal. Rainfall climatology is over 200% of normal for the month, yet the nearby dirt road is getting dusty. Heat with dewpoints in the mid 70s arrived yesterday, especially by late in the day as cloud cover dissolved. Otherwise, crops continue to look excellent. Weeds are flourishing with the recent rainfall. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Basically a hot and humid week with a couple of cooler days with nearly no rain, 0.07in. Things are still green, it is summer conditions. Crops look good. Rivers are at normal level. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | KY-BE-9 | KY | Breathitt |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| Conditions are near normal for this time of year. Grass and foliage are very green. Lawns, grass require cutting at least once a week which is very normal for this time of year. Ground is not too hard nor soft when digging during installation of a play set. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| 0.57” rain for the week. Creeks and seeps low. Ponds dropping. Tuesday's storms missed us, sliding past east and west of us. Hot and humid until Thursday, then porch-sitting weather. Crops looking good, grass is really growing. Does, fawns, & yearlings, turkeys out during the day. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Near Normal
|
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Licking River at Cynthiana at 4.96 ft (normal) and 105 ft3/sec (normal). Total rainfall this week was 0.93". Mowed all pastures this week; growth was spotty with lots of broadleaves. Some tree leaves showing some slight yellow color already. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | ME-LN-30 | ME | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Continued dry, 0.11 inches of rain for the week. Small stream on property has no flow with small wet area at culvert. Grass has turned brown, only growth is in shaded area. No problem with well. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Yards are turning brown and crunchy. Garden needs watering and streams are running a little low. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
|
| The heavy rain this past week, which totaled 4.60 inches, has brought conditions close to normal. The month to date rain total is now 5.82 inches, and more rain is possible over the next few days. With the 4.81 inches during June, the total for the summer so far is 10.63 inches, which is almost the average for the entire summer. The total for the year so far is now 23.14 inches, which is getting close to the average, and wipes out the deficit that was observed during the spring. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Time to change the rating. We received 3.83” in the preceding week. This brings our July catch to date to 9.02” – by far our biggest July catch since we started measuring, and the forecast indicates we’re not done. We’ll gladly take it – we’re not far removed from PRISM average for the entire water year at this point, and we only got about 70% of normal last water year. Got an aquifer to recharge, eh? Soils are nicely moist – pulled garlic yesterday (albeit from a bed that benefits from drip irrigation too). Grass growth seems to be entering seasonal, rater than moisture-related, slowdown. Bogs show a good cranberry crop on the way. Pond level slightly high for this time of year. Wildlife activity is normal – osprey activity is way down. One sad note: our remaining cygnet seems to have been taken by a predator. There’s no lack of them around here… |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
|
| Over an inch of rain last week has kept the vegetation growing and temporarily increased the flow in the Hoosic River and Bassett Brook. Lawns and fields are green and growing with no sign of water stress. Gardens continue to do well. Coyotes have been active with nightly howling sessions. A pair of turkeys with a half dozen poults and numerous adult and young rabbits have been patrolling the yard. A mountain bike ride yesterday on Mt Greylock found the trails mostly dry with some muddy sections. Lots of people out hiking the mountain in the cool sunny weather. More mushrooms have been sprouting in the woods. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
|
|
| With 1.2" of rain this week the MTD total is now 4.78". We're slowly returning to normal but the ground has been quick to drink up the water. Local streams and brooks are still only at a trickle and drainage ditches are pretty much dry again. The grass has perked up and is much greener this week. Trees do not seem to be stressed. |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| 1 inch of rain this past week, 4.13 inches so far this month, ground is a bit wetter but still a bit dry, lawn is pretty green for late July, local vegetables coming in, predicted heavy rain later this week should put us in the near normal category |
|
| 7/26/2026 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| This week brought some much needed rain. Our central area got enough rain to help with the drought with 0.78" spread throughout the week. SE areas of the state received even higher amounts, and those areas needed it even more.
The wildfire smoke from last week has not returned, for now anyway. Daytime temperatures have been mostly in the 70s with low humidity. Lovely weather...
Plants are responding to the blend of sun and rain. Lawns need mowing again, Rose of Sharon blooms are opening and goldenrod is starting to flower as well, bringing the bees and other pollenators out in earnest. Over the past week or ten days, four monarch butterflies were spotted in the pollenator garden, more than I've seen in decades. Other butterflies are often seen around there as well.
Weather forecasts predict another day or so of this lovely weather before conditions change. A little more (predicted) rain will help with the drought if only to keep conditions from getting any worse. That will be a good thing.
|
|
| 7/26/2026 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
|
| Our conditions this past week were Mildly Dry with no rain. Daily high temperatures were a little below seasonal average for this time of year, going into the low-80's or mid-70's(F) every day. The air quality with the high levels of hazardous wildfire smoke noted last week, has improved greatly this week as the smoke cleared early in the week. Lightning bugs are flashing after dark. Lawns are starting to turn brown and grass growth has slowed/stopped except for crab-grass, which is doing just fine. Grass in sunnier locations is getting crispy (see photos). Lawn moles have apparently sounded to deeper soil depths and are less evident in lawns right now. |
|