4/27/2025 | AL-BL-27 | AL | Blount |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Much welcomed rainfall has been recorded everyday since April 21st 2025 - 1.82'' since 4-21.
Soil is moist, plants are green. Local creek and river at normal levels. |
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4/27/2025 | AL-HN-7 | AL | Henry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Grass looks yellow/wilted in some areas, very dry feeling to walk through. Horses next door are starting to have a shortage of grass to eat, as grass is not growing taller. We cut out grass a week ago and it does not appear to have hardly grown if at all. |
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4/27/2025 | AR-CR-23 | AR | Carroll |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| Experiencing periodic rainfall |
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4/27/2025 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| It had been drier than usual until yesterday when we received some much needed rain (1.16”). We’ve had 1.20” in the past 2 weeks. Soil moisture and water levels are now back to normal. Crop/plant growth is excellent although there has been drought stress on the ryegrass on the upland areas due to lack of moisture until yesterday. There is a low danger of wildfires at this time. |
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4/27/2025 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| April has been very dry compared to normal--~37% of normal. but still at ~106% of a normal water year. We have been watering potted plants, the frogs are quiet. No large scale watering needed yet. |
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4/27/2025 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Spring continues to unfold beautifully. We've had some lovely mild days, and then a couple of days of overcast and light drizzle. Just a trace of rain since the last report, so it looks as if the rain year is ending on schedule. The rain total is sufficient to avoid water restrictions during the dry season, we hope. Not as many tourists in town after the Easter weekend, but the RV parks are starting to fill up for the summer. The north wind is back for a day or so, which means ocean conditions will be too rough for water sports or much fishing. |
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4/27/2025 | CO-DG-329 | CO | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Some rain showers this week 'wetted' the ground a bit; Spring continue to bloom with all trees/plants/ground cover continuing to 'green' up; almost no home heating usage |
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4/27/2025 | 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 20 April 2025, have finally received liquid precipitation vs. frozen. Three measurable precipitation events were reported on 24 April 0.01", 25 April 0.02" and 0.10" on the 26th. The last event was a long duration drizzle with dense fog. Topsoil sample taken today under sunny skies and a south breeze indicate a dry surface with moist soil just below. Dug down 3.0" and was able to compact the soil in my hand but the sample did have a tendency to want to crumble. Topsoil under Ponderosas is very moist as the needles captured the drizzle and fog. Looking at the month of April 2025, our station PRISM average for precipitation is 2.1". However, our current monthly April total stands at 0.37". This is way below normal for the long-term. For the short-term, I don't have to water anything right now. All grasses continue to sprout and spread. If we get some substantial rain the next couple of weeks, will probably need to start mowing sometime around mid-May which is about average. With strong winds today, we are under a Red Flag Warning. Although our immediate area is too moist for any concern. With the little precipitation we received this past week, will maintain a Mildly Dry Condition Scale. |
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4/27/2025 | CO-SM-10 | CO | San Miguel |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Natural water sources are dry or drying. Horrible windy conditions suck out any moisture even possibly remaining. Greasewood is green but not much else. Not even the cheatgrass is finding conditions favorable to grow this year. Fire danger incredibly high. |
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4/27/2025 | CT-MD-21 | CT | Middlesex |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| All watercourses are flowing slightly above normal. |
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4/27/2025 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| It’s nice to have some rain yesterday after a long dry week. Farmers were turning over the cover crops for the ast 2 days in prep for yesterday’s rain, and my transplants certainly appreciated the watering. |
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4/27/2025 | CT-NL-76 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Over half an inch of rain this week and the stream near the station is at about normal levels. Leaves are greening up and seeds are starting to sprout. Hummingbirds have returned to the yard. Carrots, lettuce, and radishes have sprouted. The tulip tree is about half leafed out.
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4/27/2025 | FL-PB-72 | FL | Palm Beach |
Moderately Dry
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Society & Public Health
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| Since October 15, 2024 only 6.51” of rain has fallen compared to a normal rainfall of about 22”. This is the dry season for Southern Florida, but it’s been exceptionally dry by far the driest in the 11 years I’ve been reporting. Grass is brown, but no water restrictions as yet. |
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4/27/2025 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Plants & pond are fine but soil is somewhat dry. |
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4/27/2025 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Already halted expected rainfall, perhaps a little in the next few days .... temps still on the cooler side for the most part ... not looking forward to higher temps ... |
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4/27/2025 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| General: Our 4-year average liquid water to this point is 17.63", and we are at 17.39". This corresponds pretty well with the average snowfall and our current totals.
Agriculture: Neighbors are getting ready to go into the fields for spraying (Roundup, I'd guess) in preparation for planting. The moisture should be good for crops this year.
Energy: Yesterday we produced 87.73 kWHR and used 33.83 kWHR, so we are actively storing energy.
Fire: Risk increases as we dry out.
Plants/wildlife: Lots of activity, but still very few deer (and no tracks), no moose, and no elk. Here's hoping.
Water: This is good, based on snow totals |
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4/27/2025 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| After a bit of wet and stormy start for one day of the week the rain shut off and things are getting dry and dusty again. Lots pf tree pollen in the air. Grass is growing but manageable. Maple tree seedlings are falling now and very plentiful this year. Crabapples have bloomed and losing their color already. This coming week has slight chances of rain each day. Cross our fingers. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| about as half inch of rain this week, and precip for the month is 3.63", just about normal. Mild weather and breezy conditions have dried the soil, and farmers are out planting. Grass and weeds are growing! |
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4/27/2025 | IL-GY-37 | IL | Grundy |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| Three rain events totaling 1.21” this past week has stalled all field work. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The front part of last week started off with a good shot of rain. This station had a total of 1.23" for the week. Rest of the week was sunny and dry. Still at 76% of normal for the month for precipitation and right at 80% for YTD and Water YTD. Even with the rain, the area still seems dry. Farmers are working the fields, some planting, some spraying and tilling. When they are going through the fields they are still kicking up a cloud of dry dirt. Grass has started to grow thick and lush, and most trees have already leafed out. The Rock and Green Rivers are holding steady, while the Mississippi River is steadily rising, thanks to rainfall to the north and west. It is expected to reach near Action Stage for flooding in Rock Island by Thursday. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are normal. All lawns and plants are in normal Spring growth and healthy-looking. Lawns have needed to be mowed twice already. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-MCL-2 | IL | McLean |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Some rain this past week, but not enough to slow field work, and conditions are still very dusty working in the fields. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-MD-53 | IL | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 4-27-25: Turf soft, but dry underfoot for the most part with local low spots being a little damp. Drain tiles 12 to 18 inches deep have minimal, but steady flow. Ponds and sinkholes are high but not at maximum capacity which is down slightly from last week. Farmers in the area have not been working the fields in the past week. |
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4/27/2025 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Dry
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| Although April rainfall is close to normal (and may actually be a bit above normal by month end) we are still more than 6 inches below normal for the water year. So, while the pasture and lawn are green, growth rates are much slower than usual. Trees are leafing out as expected. Growth in the prairie is harder to evaluate but does not show any extraordinary signs of dryness. Creeks are rising but, while the river is up from its earlier very low levels, it is still lower than normal for this time. |
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4/27/2025 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| No adverse affects |
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4/27/2025 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| some rain over past week |
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4/27/2025 | IN-PT-12 | IN | Porter |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No effect.. |
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4/27/2025 | IA-BT-16 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The grass is growing rapidly in most locations. The trees are starting to put out leaves. The ground dries out rapidly after 1 day without rain. The ground is fairly powdery at the surface. |
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4/27/2025 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 1.82 of rainfall last week. Spring conditions, with lawns and pastures totally green and all trees budding or leafs growing. |
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4/27/2025 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| A lot of corn and beans planted last couple weeks. Much needed rain last has slowed planting down. Lawns and pastures are growing. Creeks have a good stream flow. Soil moisture the best it's been for a long time. |
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4/27/2025 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Received about 1.6 inches rainfall in the past week as temperatures averaged nearly four degrees above normal. After the rush of field work the previous week, that has slowed considerably. Lawns are green and growing. Mowed an area of taller grass on Thursday, checking the mower for proper operation. A mature bald eagle and young offspring hung around the house for an hour or so Friday morning. Those birds are BIG. So far for April 3.54 inches of rain. Tomorrow will be my 5000th CoCoRaHS observation. Time flys. |
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4/27/2025 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions continue to improve as it appears rainfall is on a slight increase. Temperatures have been on the cool side with some warming this past week. Have had several very windy days the past week. Lawns and pastures very green and growing. Trees are leafing out. Some fruit trees and flowering trees were damaged by hail storm early the week which covered the ground with 1/2 to 3/4 in hail stones. Rivers and stream level are trending up. Planting is well underway. |
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4/27/2025 | KS-LN-6 | KS | Linn |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 2.77 inches of rain from 4/21 (1.86) through 4/27. Periodic rains have kept conditions very wet. |
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4/27/2025 | ME-HN-58 | ME | Hancock |
Mildly Wet
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| Woods are drying out, garden soil is good. First perennials in bud, tulips in bud. I was grateful for yesteday's rain to bring up the seed crops. |
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4/27/2025 | ME-LN-1 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 1.79 inches of rain for the week through 7:00 am today. Stream level up from last week but not flooding. Ground is saturated at the surface. I was able to till the garden before the heavy rain. Now some areas of standing water in the field. Trees are just starting to produced leaves. |
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4/27/2025 | ME-LN-13 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| After nearly 2” of rain, there is more field flooding than usual for late April and the river is running briskly. |
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4/27/2025 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Garlic is up about 4 inches above the mulch and the onions
are in the ground. Peas next, later this week We just had a couple inches of rain so it will take a couple days to dry enough to rototill.Before the rain the soil was a bit on the dry side for this time of year. |
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4/27/2025 | MD-DR-11 | MD | Dorchester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| After receiving some extremely beneficial rains, conditions are back to near normal however the trees are tapping the ground water supply hard now and farmland irrigation has begun |
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4/27/2025 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| This station received just .09” in the previous week (not counting today’s catch). In total, month-to-date, this station stands at 3.90”, which falls a bit shy of PRISM average (4.39”), and the forecast doesn’t suggest we’ll make up the difference. Even so, that’s a lot closer to an average catch than we’ve seen for much of the water year – which to date shows a total catch of only 65% of average. In recognition of that, Falmouth recently announced that water restrictions are in place (presumably as people jumpstart lawns and the snowbirds return). Totals notwithstanding, conditions are fairly normal for April – moist soils, robust vegetation growth. Wildlife activity and pond levels are normal. |
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4/27/2025 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Warm, dry weather for much of last week dried the garden soil for planting of early season crops. The warmth also accelerated the blooming of spring flowers. Daffodils are peaking and Spring Beauty, Purple Trillium, Trout Lily and Dutchman's Breeches flowers are abundant in the woods. Marsh Marigolds are flowering in the swamps. Maple trees are sprouting flowers and leaves and birches have developed catkins. My plum and cherry trees are blossoming and apple and pear trees are sprouting leaves. Raspberry canes are also sprouting new leaves. Multiple Canada Geese are incubating eggs on Cheshire Lake and dozens of Painted Turtles were sunning themselves on floating logs. Snapping turtles are out searching for mates. Nearly 2 inches of warm rain yesterday has saturated the ground and turned the lawns and fields a brighter shade of green. The first black flies are starting to annoy. |
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4/27/2025 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| With 1.39" of rain in the past 7 days we are at 4.37" MTD. The month is very close to a PRISM of 4.55". The lawn needed it's first cut this week, the trees are blooming and vegetation overall looks healthy. |
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4/27/2025 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.14 inches of precipitation during the past eight days, 4.16 inches so far this month, local streams at pretty much normal levels as are area ponds, some water in low-lying fields of a nearby farm, beautiful display of daffodils this spring, trees have really blossomed during the past week, first hummingbird of the season arrived this morning. |
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4/27/2025 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The April showers thing maintains that reputation. While we had only about a half inch of rain this past week (0.51"), only two days had 0.0 to report and two "T" days.
Spring flowers are showing up in earnest. The flowers are everywhere, from trees (apple, cherry, maples and more) to tiny wildflowers (little bright blue flowers, wild violets, bloodroot), and flowering bulbs (tulips, daffodils). Those that flower in May and later are coming back to life too.
Temps have warmed enough this week that bees are showing up as well. Why not - all those tempting flowers out there. Mason bees are coming out of their "houses" and the big bumblebees are buzzing around and zooming around each other in circles. Tip something over and earth worms start squirming away.
May begins this coming week and with that the sense that summer will be here soon enough. For now, it's great to enjoy spring... |
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4/27/2025 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had Near Normal conditions this week with 0.11" of precipitation falling over 3 days as rain (storms coming through seem to just brush us to the North or South). About half the days this week had seasonal average high temperatures in the 60's (F); and the other 3 days had above seasonal average temperatures, getting as high as 85F on Thursday (4/24/2025). Daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, vinca, bleeding hearts, lilacs, azaleas, forsythias, red bud trees magnolia trees, and fruit trees are blooming. The lawn grass, moss, and many lawn weeds are growing fast enough to require mowing. Many trees and bushes are in early leaf stage, except oaks, black walnuts, and sycamores are only in very early bud stage. |
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4/27/2025 | MI-BN-3 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| For the week ending 4/27/2025, conditions were NEAR NORMAL. The 7-day cumulative precipitation total of 0.27 inches was 65% below the 13-year (2009-2022) average of 0.78 inches and was in the “mildly dry” range; the 30-day total of 4.55 inches was 33% above the expected 13-year average of 3.42 inches and in the “mildly wet” range; and the 90-day total of 10.33 inches was 1% above the expected 13-year average of 10.25 inches and in the “near normal” range. There were three days of measurable precipitation, with a max of 0.15 inches on the 26th. Precipitation Trends—April-to-Date: 2.84 inches (down 0.35 inches, 89% of PRISM Normal). Temps ranged from 87 F (on the 24th) to 34 F (on the 27th), with average Hi/Lo temps of 72/43 F (+6/+2 in relation to the previous week). Things continue to green up normally. |
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4/27/2025 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Tourism & Recreation
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| Spring continues to progress with overall warmer temperatures and less precipitation. The rain gauge collected 0.26 inches of precip this week, all in the form of rain. This morning the temperature dipped to 30 causing some frost but otherwise temperatures have remained above freezing. Lawns are greening up and growing so mowing has begun. Trees are taking on a greener hue and ornamental trees are in full blossom. The redbud trees are now in their full splendor and the tulips are beginning to blossom. Seasonal nurseries have opened for business. Standing water is now gone but surface soils remain moist. Conditions appear normal. |
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4/27/2025 | MI-IH-60 | MI | Ingham |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The conditions seem pretty typical for spring here. |
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4/27/2025 | MN-DK-188 | MN | Dakota |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rains have changed the landscape greatly. Grass, trees, plants are turning green, growing again at a normal rate. Farmers have been planting, ponds, lakes are filling back up. Risk of grass/wild fires has been reduced. |
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4/27/2025 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Nearly 1" of Rain during the week including random Light Sprinkles showed and increase in grass greening. My miniature pines which completely brown out during the winter started showing signs of green. My mighty maple has "blossomed" with what will be a banner year for helicopters. Tulips that I finally protected from the rabbits have recovered and have small buds on them. The weeds that provide a poor man's ground cover have already claimed their grip in the ground. Smaller bushes are doing well. Temps ranged between upper 30's to low 70's with mostly Sunshine and moderate Winds. I snapped some pics to include this week, but all were over the size limit. I'll have to figure that out. Forecast: Temps slowly increasing upper 40's to mid 70's, Rain to start the week, then Mostly Sunny, Light Winds. |
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4/27/2025 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions are still dry, D2 drought designation. This station in right on the edge of the driest area to our northeast, where wetlands and lakes without dams are quite low. Some lake levels have dropped again this spring, ice is all out as of Friday. Topsoil moisture is good, but very dry below 4". Most ag is south and west of here, where things are noticeably wetter. Bears are active in town, raiding bird feeders, ripped a board off our friends house and broke into her front porch, so must be short of natural foods. White-throated sparrows arrived today. Waterfowl numbers are down, due to avian flu. |
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