| 9/21/2026 | AL-CN-8 | AL | Calhoun |
Mildly Dry
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| Still dry with highs upper 90s. Some isolated showers & storms in forecast if you get them. Conditions still dry despite .05" a couple days ago. Things do cool down some mid week |
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| 9/21/2026 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Had to wait until Sept. to get good rains. Grass was really starting to look good. Ping pong size hail last night took care of that. Trees stripped, windshields and windows damaged. Hopefully, livestock is o.k. A skunk must've been hit; smelled horrible during the hail storm. There are no wildflowers that are typical for this time of year. Very few sunflowers. Were a couple of days with brief blowing dirt last week. Mice are thick, getting ready for winter. |
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| 9/21/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Soil remains saturated and nearby reservoir was at a high level even before this most recent rain. Vegetation and trees remain lush, though some leaves are beginning to turn. |
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| 9/21/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Picked up 2.57" of rain this week, ending the dry spell we were in. Plants and grass are eesponding. |
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| 9/21/2026 | IL-CK-192 | IL | Cook |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| In the last 6 six days, this station has recorded 3.9 inches of rain. Before these events, the lawn and annual plants were going dormant. Now the lawn is back to full growth, with plants also blooming. The Des Plaines River has risen at Des Plaines has risen 3 FT. to 12.9 ft. with a projection to crest at 14.4 ft just below minor flood stage. |
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| 9/21/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rain from mid last week & weekend has flipped the area conditions. In a weeks times, have picked up 5” with the rain spread out over much of a 5 day period.
The Water Year & Calenda Year numbers still riding on the plus side of Normal. |
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| 9/21/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Way too much rain this past week with rivers near cresting and creeks out of their banks. Farm fields have lots of ponding again. The field crops showed lots more maturation this week as well. But will it become dry enough to work in the fields needed. And the lawns are over grown once again. Surprised to see that the hummingbirds are still in the area, while the barn swallows left last week. The only bright spot is in seeing the fall flowers blooming. Folks are becoming more aware that the fruit trees have little to no fruit on them for fall picking, especially apples. |
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| 9/21/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Another wet week here with 4.35 in of rain at this location if I have my numbers right. Makes it hard to get normal, this time of the year things done. Corn and beans look to have matured a lot this week, the next problem will be getting them harvested, as drying conditions are not going to be real quick with the cooler temps forecast for the week. Grass is still green in the lawn and pasture's. Lawn needs to be mowed badly. Needs to dry some first. |
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| 9/21/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Moderately Dry
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| Another dry week - 0.15" rain total. fall color beginning with a lot of drought stress. No frost to date. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MA-NF-68 | MA | Norfolk |
Moderately Dry
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| Still don't have enough rain for the grass to be a lush green again. Leaves are already starting to turn. I think we lost the lilacs. Other established trees/bushes are ok. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| While the top couple of inches are wet, at 4 to 6 inches down, the ground is hard and dry |
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| 9/21/2026 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| We’ve had 1.25” so far this month, so lawns are mostly ok and fall foliage is fair. Some trees are dropping leaves, drying out on top, and look stressed. Lake levels are low and dropping further, revealing some nice beaches but causing problems for boating. Beavers are rebuilding lodges in wetlands with marginal amounts of water, or they are moving to lakes. Wells <50’ have lower water. Nonirrigated crops are patchy and dry. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| There is mud in unpaved parking lots! We have not seen this for quite a while.
Many soybeans have turned yellow or even lost their leaves. The moisture will mean nothing to them. (And probably not to the corn either, although that is farther along.)
The recent rains will be of more use to trees and shrubs preparing for the winter.
I usually report on the south fork of the Crow River, but there is a detour on the road and I haven't been able to see it since Monday! (I crossed it in another location, but I'm not familiar enough with that area to know what's up.) |
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| 9/21/2026 | MN-MR-20 | MN | Morrison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The lake level can up with the recent rains. Lawns are greening back up with the rain received in the past weeks. Trees are beginning to change color due to the time of season. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MN-MW-8 | MN | Mower |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Areas in my county received >5" rain in one day this week (2.85" at this station), and I just dumped another 0.63" this morning. Turtle Creek is running very high. Cedar River has spilled over its banks and is at moderate flood stage. Low-lying roads are barricaded in Austin due to flooding. Farmers are not pleased, as harvest is near. Ponding evident in many fields. Grass is lush. Lawn makes "squoooosh" sound when I walk on it -- very spongy and fully saturated. Rarely do I use the Severe categories on the scale bar, but this fits all the criteria on the spreadsheet for Severely Wet. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MO-BY-5 | MO | Barry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Continuing to be missed by scattered rains. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MO-JF-21 | MO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Overnight cool front brought rain and moderating temperatures to break the extreme hot weather we have had. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MO-MY-2 | MO | Montgomery |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Our total for Sept as of today is 0.88. /mostly from 9/9 and 9/10. With temps mostly in the 90’s we are extremely dry. The underbrush in the woods are all wilted as well as any decorative bushes we have. My pasture is very dry and brown in many spots and even the large trees in the woods are showing distress.
All rain has gone either north or south of me and ponds are very low. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MO-SH-10 | MO | Shannon |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Native vegetation is wilting and turning brown. Lawn in first photo is crispy. Native warm season grass field beyond it is brown. Hayfield in second photo. |
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| 9/21/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Near Normal
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| with a .86" storm this week and cooler temps, will continue with near normal. Wildfires are mostly out and the air is clear. Streams are a little below normal. Lots of green tomatoes but they should be red by now. Not a great year for them; not sure why. Too hot? Too smoky? Grass has greened up, but a long period of dry hot (80-degree) weather is predicted |
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| 9/21/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 4.09 inches of rain this week. The soil is saturated to 6 inches. The trees and grass are still mostly green. Conditions are mildly wet. Temperatures were near normal this week with the exception of Friday; the high is 94 degrees (18 degrees above normal). The monthly precipitation total is 5.88 inches (3.80 inches above normal), which is 283 percent of normal. Precipitation here for the year is now 32.52 inches, which is 6.19 inches above normal (124 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 4.69 inches above normal (115 percent of normal). I have now exceeded the normal precipitation for the year. Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath have decreased slightly. Approximately 15 species of birds (about 70 to 80 birds visit each day). Most plants are still green. Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is above normal. Area creeks and ponds are also above normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields (dryland farming) still look good and are growing well. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NH-MR-70 | NH | Merrimack |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Streams, rivers, ponds and lakes are below normal levels for this time of year. Lake Sunapee never attained full level from last year's June rains followed by Severe Drought. There is very little moisture in the soil even though it just rained yesterday (0.41"). Low yield on my apple crop. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NJ-MS-59 | NJ | Morris |
Near Normal
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Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Thus far in my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;
There was TWO days with measurable precipitation and ONE day with trace precipitation for a total of 3.15 inches the past seven days [Sunday-Saturday].
River and stream volume the past week of this CMR maintained their rates of flow over small lake dams west of this station.
As of Sunday, 9/20/2026; one covered 100% the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station moving at a slow volume, with no observable turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west also maintained its flow over its fall moving at a similar volume with some observable turbidity.
The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station had observable play all days. The ground around this station is moist and soft to walk on . Grass and weeds required maintenance. Active Birds around this station included; House Finch and Blue Jays were heard the past week. The Thistle Feeder was cleaned and refilled Sunday August 23, 2026. As of this report, 7-1/10” were consumed for a total weekly consumption of 1-0/10ths from the previous week.
The Hummingbird Feeder was filled for the first time on 5/10/2026 and had observable use for the first time on 6/25. The Hummingbird feeder starting weight on 9/13, was 1111g and on 9/20 had an 29g consumed the previous week, or 2.6% usage, the previous seven days. There was no observable use this week and the feeder was not refreshed.
Neighborhood squirrels, Chipmonks and rabbits were all observed adjacent this station the past week. No bees were seen buzzing this obs post. No mosquitoes were biting. Temperatures the past week were normal seasonal highs and lows. Temperatures were again cool, and humid most days.
Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 8.24 inches of precipitation. There has been 103 days of precipitation the previous 262 days of CY2026 [1/1/2026 to 9/19/2026] for a “Calendar Year” [CY] total of
38.33”, compared to 96 days of precipitation and a [CY] total of
35.88” the same [year to date] in CY2025. So far, compared to last year, this station has received 2.45” MORE precipitation than a year ago, what continues to be a remarkable turn-a-round the past nine weeks. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2024- 46.64”
YTD2023- 38.23”
YTD2022- 32.30”
YTD2021- 42.88”
YTD2020- 34.62”
YTD2019- 45.17”
YTD2018- 48.78”
YTD2017- 34.12”
YTD2016- 33.78”
YTD2015- 27.30” (First full Year)
The TWELVE year running average total precipitation for this station is: 45.66 inches, making this stations total deficit: 7.33” less then the 12 year average and this years seventh wettest year this CMR has been posted. Considering the twelve year annual comparable total for this station and total precipation from previous years, is why I believe that it is appropriate to maintain this week’s report on the “NORMAL” side of the Condition Scale Bar.
Q’s: email me at: JasonJLeffler@aol.com. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NY-BM-14 | NY | Broome |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Over 5 inches this month after over 4 inches last month. Cooler temperatures and cloudy skies have left the ground wet this past week. Digging potatoes out of the mud. Lawn is thick and lush but with wet spots. River is still near average for late September. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NY-CB-16 | NY | Columbia |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| 4.42" rain during the past 3 weeks - Standing water still in the low spots along road and in the woods -Garden soil is damp and can be compressed and again the fire pond is FULL and coming up on the lawn. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NY-ER-245 | NY | Erie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Plants seem healthy. Since April we are just getting drier. Many ponds are grass lands |
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| 9/21/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and warm with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty three degrees, and the low around forty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Chickory, Mugwort and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Apples are ripening, walnuts are 2" big. All corn have cobs from 8" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. A few Black Cherry trees, Walnut leaves and sparse other trees leaves are beginning to change color. The local intermittent stream is dry and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NC-CH-68 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week with minimal precipitation and the soil just keeps getting more dried out. The creek is stone cold dry with no trace of moisture anywhere. The pond has completely dried out again with no water visible anywhere. The leaves are continuing to turn color and drop to the ground. How much of this has to do with the approaching autumnal equinox and how much to the lack of any water could be debated but for sure the lack of water is accelerating the process. We have seen more deer out walking during the day. Nightly bird migrations are increasing with over 268,000 one night this week. |
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| 9/21/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Moderately Dry
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| We continue to be dry. Only 0.26 inches the past 7 days with warmer temps; Water supply is still adequate but less than normal; The risk of fire is higher. Pastures and hay fields are still green but the underlying soil is very hard. |
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| 9/21/2026 | ND-MN-6 | ND | Mountrail |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| with the little bit of rain we have had, it has green up in the household yards. temps at night are playing in the area of a frost, but day time temps in the 70's. received enough rain to slow down and stop harvest some days, |
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| 9/21/2026 | OH-AL-15 | OH | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| We have received 3.05 inches in the last 5 days and 4.85 inches in September. I have reported 36.18 inches this year and that compares to the Prism normal of 30.40 inches. The ground here is soggy with some low areas having standing water for several days, we did see some water running across a couple roads in the area this week, and we are expecting more rain in the next few days. There are places only a county or so away from here that are having moderate flooding. The temperatures have gotten a lot cooler in the last few days, once again going from almost sweltering to cool in a matter of a week or so. There were a couple corn fields that were harvested before the rain started early in the week. Most of the corn didn't look dry enough yet and the soybeans are starting to turn yellow. the grass is green and growing. Some outdoor events have had to be shortened or cancelled or parking had to be changed because of the wet ground in the area. |
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| 9/21/2026 | OH-AT-21 | OH | Athens |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| 1.77" of rain fell in 20 minutes from 11:50 pm to 12:10 last night. An additional 0.90" fell in the night. Soil is saturated after 1.50" the previous day and after heavy rains several days earlier. Last nights rains caused flooding with damage to buildings. |
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| 9/21/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.78 inches of rain in the past 7 days and 3.44 inches of rain in the past 11 days. 3.55 inches of rain in September. After 3 weeks of very hot and dry weather, this rainfall is well above normal, and many locations not too far away have gotten quite a bit more rain than this. Lawns and vegetation are generally lush and green, albeit with some leaf loss from the previous dry spell. Streams are running above normal for early fall. Weather has continued to be exceptionally hot and humid, which has tempered the benefits of the rain a bit and made conditions quite miserable. |
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| 9/21/2026 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Though we had no rain at this location during the past, rain from the week before was sufficient to allow the lawn to green up a bit. The neighborhood pond remains very low with no water flowing into it. |
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| 9/21/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| No precip for the last two weeks. Though cooler, some garden irrigation is needed. Fire danger remains elevated. |
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| 9/21/2026 | OR-LA-54 | OR | Lane |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Starting to dry out again, so the native grasses that germinated and established grasses that greened up, are not doing much of anything. Lots of dust in the air from plowing, and smoke from prescribed burns. |
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| 9/21/2026 | PA-MT-171 | PA | Montgomery |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We haven't had much rain in the past 2 weeks. The temperatures are lower so things don't seem dried out. The leaves are starting to turn colors and are starting to fall |
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| 9/21/2026 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I wouldn't say anything out of the ordinary this weak though we've had a good bit of rain and everyone knows august was wet and this month isn't much better but still. |
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| 9/21/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Continued extreme drought reported right here with some
scattered downpours. We got one on Saturday and it was
most welcome. Able to skip a day of watering vegetable garden. Mushrooms have quieted down, and cicadas are nice and loud. |
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| 9/21/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Severely Dry
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| water 3 x weekly |
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| 9/21/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Once again this week I'll report conditions as being on the cusp between mildly dry and near normal. The rain gauge says it's mildly dry or perhaps worse: I've recorded but 0.18" in the past seven days, and no recent weeks have offered more than a half inch. Area trails are dry, even spots that are normally muddy. However, local dirt roads are only slightly dusty or maybe not dusty at all. Vegetation remains green (or as much so as the waning sunlight permits), and soil moisture remains typical. Stream levels appear normal.. |
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| 9/21/2026 | WI-CB-4 | WI | Columbia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I had computer issues. This is a limited report. I had 3.46 inches from September 12 through September 20th. I had 2.80 inches to Sunday morning. Total for September is 4.88 inches. Everything is green and all waters are normal. |
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| 9/21/2026 | WY-JN-33 | WY | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| More rain than there has been. Mostly clear cool mornings, warm cloudy afternoons on non-rain days |
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| 9/21/2026 | WY-SL-24 | WY | Sublette |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
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| Fire restrictions have been lifted in this area.
my pasture is green, it is normally yellow this time of year.
The soil in the mountains to our East and West, was fully saturated this past weekend. |
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| 9/21/2026 | CAN-BC-37 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The week of September 14th to 20th was mild and dry. No precipitation was observed at this station. The highest temperature during the week was 26.0c on the 17th, and the lowest was 2.6c on the 20th. Average for the week was 13.3c. There was heavy fog observed the morning of the 20th. Clear weather most nights led to cool overnight temperatures and heavy dew. |
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| 9/21/2026 | CAN-QC-120 | CAN | Quebec |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| For the past 10 days, only 1 mm of rain fell. No rain is expected for the next few days.
The soil has started to feel a bit like dust, especially along the roads.
FRENCH:
un seul millimètre de pluie est tombé au cours des 10 derniers jours. Aucune pluie est prévue pour les prochains jours.
Le sol s'assèche et commence à ressembler à de la poussière, surtout le long des rues résidentielles. |
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