| 7/25/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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| CY 46% of normal; WY 44% of normal. |
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| 7/25/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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| Hot and dry until last night. More bear activity. Rabbits look thin. Perennials struggling |
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| 7/25/2026 | CO-EL-96 | CO | Elbert |
Severely Dry
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| Only 0.23 inches of precipitation in the past 14 days. Whatever moisture we received was either immediately absorbed or evaporated. Abnormally high temperatures continue in the 90+ degree range daily. (We live at 6500 feet in elevation.) Natural grass and weeds are dry and brittle, with little to no new growth. Lots of dry dirt patches showing up in the yard. Local watering restrictions continue with watering limited to three days per week, before 8 AM or after 8 PM, but we are not using any municipal water for outside use. Fire restrictions are also in place. No outside burning, including fire pits and barbecues. Local streams and ponds have dried up. Pine trees are visibly stressed with reduced needle growth and they continue to drop record numbers of pine cones, which is a sign of stress. |
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| 7/25/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Severely Dry
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| all plants are stressed until I provide water, no rain in over 3-4 weeks. I water every 3 days for 30-60 minutes |
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| 7/25/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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| We had 0.76" of rain this week. The monsoon season is finally here and very welcomed. The trees are really needing this moisture.
The mule deer are very active browsing, turkey are plentiful in the area, songbirds and hummers very active at the water baths.
My rhubarb has not produced well this year. Too littleoisture for the crop, it only produced a few good stalks just a little thicker than a #2 pencil. |
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| 7/25/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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| 3.60" of rain fell during the week from two separate storms. This moistend the soil and greened-up te lawns, alleviating the dry conditions. The heavy rains led to bacterial contamination and temporary closing of beaches. |
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| 7/25/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 7/25/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds average. Plants and turf starting to dry out with high heat and no rain for 4 days, but several days of rain before that. Back to daily watering of annuals. |
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| 7/25/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Mildly Dry
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| Conditions have been dry until today during the period. Temps are at or near summer hights with highs in the low to mid 90's and lows in low to mid 80's. Storms forecast for today could bring us into the normal range. Landscape irrigation needed during the period. |
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| 7/25/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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| FIRE - In our area, regular precipitation has fallen this week. Friday evening we went to diner in Sarasota, approximately 3 miles from our home. Today we reported 0.17in, while the station near UTC Mall reported 1.91in. Typical Florida rain and storms.
ENERGY - First part of the week, temps were below average, and last part of week they increased to above average. Still, typical Florida summer, but with cloudless days, resulting in higher temps inside homes.
GENERAL - We remain in the pattern of higher than usual temperatures, along with less rain on the coast and more rain inland. |
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| 7/25/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Mildly Dry
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| The lawns are starting to show signs of water distress or lack there of, if the forecast are true, we should be getting some rain in the next couple of days that should help. But for today, we are under a heat advisory with expected heat index of 109°. |
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| 7/25/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Mildly Wet
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| Everything remains soaked. |
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| 7/25/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Moderately Dry
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| Well our NWS forecast for rain during the week was right again, as this area did receive rain, a grand total of 0.05". And while areas not too far away received a whole lot more, our persistent drought like pattern remains unfazed. Currently, soil conditions are close to severely dry but with area waterways still not super low, it seems moderately dry conditions remain. Trees are definitely wilting and in need of a good soaking while the invasive, tenacious and ever pertinacious, Morrow's honeysuckle continues to thrive. Meanwhile, my lawn is in need of watering as numerous areas are turning brown. As the years go by, it seems like I need to water my lawn more and more often. I did see a pleasant sight the other day when a fawn was browsing close to the house and then later on in the yard. It was pretty big but still had spots. The mother was nowhere to be seen which surprised me but the fawn appeared to be doing well on its own. Finally, I surprised a chipmunk that had gotten into my garage the other day that then hid in some old firewood in the corner. I told it to go back outside and low and behold, it actually listened to me and did just that. Now, to test out my new found ability on my better half. |
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| 7/25/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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| We've had three small rains this week including one as I type this. Alfalfa look okay. Beans along highway 29 around Cantrall look very nice. I heard crop duster again this week so something is bothering the crops in this area. My garden is doing well with peppers and tomatoes coming along nicely. I haven't watered but do have mulch down. Groups of crows and flocks of birds are noticed in alfalfa field feeding on something. A number of rabbits noticed in yard and field. Fireflies out on several evenings. Squirrels are chopping heads off my wild sunflowers and carrying them away. Something is knocking pears off tree and many creatures are eating on them (birds, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits and maybe raccoons). Raccoons have been in the water buckets in the barn. We frequently see the foxes and doe and fawns in the alfalfa. The lower sheep pen is dry, as is the creek bed. The pond is damp mud. Wildlife will move elsewhere if we don't have water available for them. We do have dew some mornings. We have had brief power outages this week and have had to reset clocks. We had some lovely weather with the temperature in the 70's and low 80's with less humidity and nice breezes. |
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| 7/25/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Near Normal
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| Officially I believe this area is classified as dry, but that is "expected for this time of year." Turf grasses are slowly going dormant. The small creek out back is nearly dry. Occasional watering of landscape plants starts today. |
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| 7/25/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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| I have recorded 0.45 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Crops are lush and green. Grass in my lawn is green. |
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| 7/25/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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| Was going to go mildly dry but 2.19" in last week has eliminated cracks in soil and grass is greening back up. Creek back up. Insects and birds very active. |
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| 7/25/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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| With another inch of rain at the end of this week, we are in for some more high humidity days in the 90s. |
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| 7/25/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Mildly Dry
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| 1.58 inches of rain this week helps a lot. We are forecast to have temperatures of 105 to 109 the next 3 days. The grass, alfalfa and fall crops were all needing a drink I hope this rain will green them up. |
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| 7/25/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Wet
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| 2.89 inches of rain this week |
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| 7/25/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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| A tropical depression to our southeast in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to hug the coast line while heading in our general direction. The forecast for the week changed as the chance of rain declined when TS Bertha stayed south of this area in the Gulf. On Tuesday, there was no breeze at all as the sun blanketed the area with a feels-like temperature of 111°F. Algae that had been growing over bare soil during the rainy weather last week has dried up and cracked and now is exposing dry soil. By Wednesday afternoon, the winds picked up, north at 13 with gusts in the mid-twenties, but no rain, just passing dark clouds from TS Bertha which sits on the Louisiana coast just below New Orleans. With the tropical storm staying to our south, lots of sunshine prevailed Friday into a very hot and dry weekend. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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| one good rain, but need more |
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| 7/25/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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| With 1.77" of rain over the past week the gardens, lawns, and fields are growing well. Rivers and streams are running at a fairly typical rate, soil is neither too wet or dry. Many bees visiting the gardens this week, their constant, steady hum a relaxing sound. Hummingbirds are very active and butterfly varieties have increased. Not many Japanese beetles yet this summer. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MA-BE-24 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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| Amazingly... soil is not too dry despite recent heat. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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| Weekly rainfall of 0.61 inch. Have had a juvenile red-tail hawk in our neighborhood which has been seen and heard quite often. One evening, the hawk was sitting on our 6 foot fence (about 30 feet from our house) for about an hour while birds were in nearby trees and bushes. Have seen the parent flying nearby at times. Also, many pollinators sighted including hummingbirds.
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| 7/25/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Moderately Dry
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| No rain this week. Much of the lawn is brown. Creek level low. Some soybeans are showing signs of stress. Watering the garden every other day. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MI-KN-78 | MI | Kent |
Moderately Dry
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| Continuing pattern of zero rain. Much more dry, with very dry lawns, and leaves on trees turning yellow and falling off. Rapidly moving into drought conditions. Some relief in the temperatures this past week, but the next week looks to be back up again with some 90s. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MI-NW-8 | MI | Newaygo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| lawn has some green areas but is mostly very dry. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Moderately Dry
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| We haven't had much rain in the last week, and our meteorologist said we are nearing drought conditions. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Moderately Dry
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| We have had only 0.05" of rain in the last three weeks and things are getting very dry. There have been storms in the area but most have missed us and I am seeing many plants wilting. I have started to water for the first time this season. Rain is predicted for next week but it may miss us again. This is the driest July since I have started keeping records. We really need a good, soaking rain. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MN-HN-750 | MN | Hennepin |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| the little .25 of rain didn't stop the browning of grass so now it is watering time. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MN-IT-57 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
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| We've gotten very little rain recently. There are areas where the ground is starting to crack. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MN-WG-20 | MN | Washington |
Moderately Dry
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| Gardens and lawns must be watered or they turn brown and plants wilt. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Mildly Dry
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| Hot and dry days of summer are making an impact, Fire danger is increasing and Shoal Creek is lowering to moderate levels. Plenty of Deer and other small animals around to eat the remaining tasty plants around the house. We are needing rain but the showers have been sparse. Hay harvesting is going without interruption. |
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| 7/25/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Near Normal
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| Enough precipitation this week to keep everything green. Pastures and crops look very good. Some ranchers are even talking about a second cutting of pasture hay already. Seems early to me but…. People are giving away produce from their gardens, mostly zucchini , squash, tomatoes and green peppers. Cattle herds are looking fat. Same for deer. Fawns seem to be bigger for this time of year. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Moderately Dry
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| Lake level below last year at this time, River is very low. Streams dried up. Grass not growing and browning up. Watering plants daily. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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| Did get a good shower (1"+) here, but could use more to really move the needle... |
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| 7/25/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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| 1.49 inches of rain fell here yesterday and so there are still puddles in the fields. However, the fields are mostly bare of flowers and plants due to the overall dry and hot weather. Next week is forecast to be very hot and dry. Some plants that grow every year have not appeared this year. Some trees are stressed and losing leaves well before autumn. The Rio Grande River flow has been near zero except during yesterday's storm. Our water supply is adequate but with mandatory watering restrictions in place. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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| Still threatening all around us but no significant rain here. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Near Normal
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| Report for the week of July 18 - July 25, 2026. We received 0.75” of rain. Temperatures have been comfortable daytime temperatures have been in the 70’s daytime and 50’s at night. Our vegetable garden is growing well. The grass is growing nicely. St Lawrence River level as recorded by the NOAA Station on Wellesley Island near Alexandria Bay, NY 246.66 ft, 43.8” above Low Water Datum, and 70.5°F water temperature. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Near Normal
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| Week of (7/18/26-7/25/26) observed more precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 2.76 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was more than the last update of 0.08 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (7/12/26-7/18/26). There was 4.24 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 2.86 inches of precipitation. Conditions gotten wetter since the last update from last week with the area seeing an abundance of 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 wetter and the ground has already dried up from July 18th Saturday afternoon deluge since the last update due to the area receiving more 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 spotty this week with a mix bag of days with wet weather and dry weather to walk on local canal path and some areas on the path still have standing water and along with below average temperatures and wet weather lasting most of the days of the week and seasonable weather was good for walking on trails this week despite finding dry time this week (3 of 7 days dry during week)and local creeks and streams water levels are still holding at low levels along with some seasonably cooler than normal air in the environment (Sunday-Saturday) with temperatures near normal to below average (Sunday-Saturday). The air conditioner has been working below average for the entire this week (Only used Friday and Saturday this week) due to cooler than normal temperatures during the week (as much as 1 degree Fahrenheit above average for high and low temperatures during the week and as much as 15 degrees Fahrenheit below average for high and low temperatures during the week) and windows had stayed open during cooler nights this week to cool the house down. 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 above average. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NY-ST-54 | NY | Steuben |
Mildly Dry
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| A couple of rainy days have kept things from getting too dry. Some hot days, but overall near average. Grass is a little brown and not growing near as fast but flowers are still doing well. Streams don't seem to be too low. Overall not doing to bad for this time of year. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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| Sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with calm winds. The high temperature was around seventy nine degrees, and the low around fifty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, and Wild Bergamot flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are almost done 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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| 7/25/2026 | NC-BC-105 | NC | Buncombe |
Moderately Dry
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| inspire of 2+ inches of rain, and a mild creek rise, they are already lowering. immediate Fire danger diminishes, and drought conditions continue. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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| Conditions in our immediate region are currently moderately dry. This is because we have received over 6 inches of rain in the past week. However the State of NC is still classified as in severe drought. Our stage 2 water use restrictions are still in place. NC is still well behind the NOAA 30-year average for the water year. Our "no burn" restrictions are still in place but the rain has provided a good wetting of the duff. Lawns and gardens have "greened up" and the soils are moist. Our silty/clayey soil desiccation cracks are disappearing. People are out walking between showers and the cars are getting a good rinse. Small streams and creeks are flowing again and the Haw River has a noticeable increase in flow. |
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| 7/25/2026 | NC-DP-3 | NC | Duplin |
Severely Wet
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| The yard is to a point that the water isn't absorbing much any more. When it rained 3" 2 weeks ago, the water was out to the pump house during the evening, by morning it has mostly all soaked in, we were so dry. Now the water is just sitting in the yard and there is ponding in the yard. There are fields with water ponded on the low lying areas drounding the crops. |
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| 7/25/2026 | OH-FR-195 | OH | Franklin |
Near Normal
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| We received 1.56", plus a T 2 days, this past week (as of 12:35 pm today); 1.39" were from mult heavy rain events 7/21-7/22 (24 hr obs period). While water streamed heavily along road and sidewalks, and ponded in low areas, during heavy rains, the water rather quickly inflitrated back into the ground once the rain stopped. Ground is currently at normal condition and grass and plants are growing steadily. Nearby streams appeared on low side of normal, but still flowing, when I drove past them earlier this morning. I have not observed any unusual animal movements or behaviors. Water quality is normal and there are no restrictions on usage. |
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| 7/25/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Mildly Dry
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| A hot and dry weather pattern persisted this week with just 0.11" inches of rainfall observed. While this rainfall did dampen the soil for about a day, the overall soil conditions are becoming much more sandy and less in the way of moist topsoil. I did struggle to decide whether to leave my condition monitoring as near normal, or to change it and I decided with the topsoil being sandy to change it to mildly dry. Next, our area grasses remain green with a mixture of brown grasses, and our wildflower garden's last blooms for the year have died out recently. Also, the fig tree that lost all of it's leaves last week, appears to be trying to grow some new green leaves and I feel I must start watering my young trees now that the rains have stopped for now. Lastly, area wildlife have been active with multiple sightings of various species of birds, and multiple sightings of various flying insects. |
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| 7/25/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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| Fire danger is high. The nearby Public Lands are under some restrictions - certain kinds of equipment may only be used in the mornings, open fires are prohibited outside designated camping areas. We did have some high humidity days this week and 0.04" of rain. Soil is dry and dusty unless it is regularly irrigated. Crops are growing pretty well. Blackberries are ripening a little bit early, on the other hand, thimble berries ripened a bit late. My lawn is mostly dry grass with only the blooming stems of weeds to mow. Fawns are now sometimes seen foraging with their mothers, and running away from their mothers, to the consternation of both their mothers and local traffic - as foolish fawns dash back and forth across the road. The barn cats have found easy prey lately in the young of rodents and birds. We had a weak thunderstorm, besides a little lightning and thunder, wind and rain, it made for fun bird watching, as numbers of birds took to the sky during the storm. I think the worst of tick season may be behind us, and now fleas seem to be increasing. Bees are plentiful, but we haven't noticed many wasps yet. A certain type of small ant is plentiful - I think it may be a thatch ant. Blackberry vines have grown long runners, as has the grape vine. I spend time nearly every day pruning. People are playing in the local creek and the Clackamas River. This weather suits the road repair crews, and they are working here and there, which causes traffic delays. The power company asked for power shifting on 2 days this past week when it was really warm. We lost power for a couple hours after the thunderstorm, but we don't know if the thunderstorm had anything to do with it. |
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| 7/25/2026 | PA-CH-11 | PA | Chester |
Near Normal
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| We've had some good rain this week. Corn is up, horses have good pasture, lawns are green and being mowed, and the overall visage is lush and verdant. However, ground water isn't quite where it should be evidence of the continuing draught status. This is visible in nearby streams and creeks. The nearby USGS test well is flat at 15' below ground level, which is rather low. We need much more precipitation to catch up to where we should be YTD. |
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