| 7/14/2026 | CO-AU-37 | CO | Archuleta |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Grasses are dry. Even weeds are stunted or not growing. Fewer bees, butterflies, insects. Most bird species are here but seems there are fewer. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CO-EL-96 | CO | Elbert |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| More of the same. We've had a few days of rain in the past week. Natural grasses greened up, but haven't grown or filled in much. Fire bans and watering restrictions remain in effect. We are using rainwater captured from the recent thunderstorms to keep the flowers alive. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CO-EP-291 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Dry winter resulted in significantly less weed germination in the spring. Areas that last summer were knee high in weeds and brown are almost bare this year. Without irrigation, no lawns/flowers/etc. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CO-JF-610 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Where my lawn irrigation does not reach the ground is baked dry. Bushes e.g. lilac are wilted. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CO-ME-136 | CO | Mesa |
Severely Dry
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| Native plants that we monitor have failed to fruit, have withered early or just haven’t appeared. This is the driest in the 16 years since we have been here. Soil is powdery dry. Squirrel population plummeted once plants disappeared. |
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| 7/14/2026 | FL-DS-7 | FL | Desoto |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Sales, ponds and rivers are extremely low. Plants need to be watered almost daily. Burn ban. Watering control in the city of Arcadia. Soil is completely dry just below the surface |
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| 7/14/2026 | FL-MA-38 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| I admit I skipped Sunday... but it is SO dry here. Hard ground, nearly empty retention ponds (there's little to retain near the coast in west central Manatee county! |
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| 7/14/2026 | IN-KS-22 | IN | Kosciusko |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| I had my first ripe tomato today.
My field corn is in outstanding condition.
I saw my first butterflies yesterday.
I have deer visit my backyard every mornng.
I am mowing my yards every week. |
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| 7/14/2026 | IA-BH-6 | IA | Black Hawk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Recent heavier rains last week (~5") have impacted everything that grows. Lawns are all green. Garden is doing well. Nearby corn and bean fields all doing very well. Corn seems taller than normal and is now tassling and silking. Nearby Cedar river is running just above bank full and backwaters are full and over trees at the bank. |
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| 7/14/2026 | IA-LN-59 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Heavy rains from last week have kept the soil manageably damp for digging, weeding, and garden growth. We are likely going to be bobbing into the “mildly dry category within the next day given the forecast. |
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| 7/14/2026 | KS-LV-4 | KS | Leavenworth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Crops and turf has moisture in the root zone. Ponds are nearly full and streams are running. |
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| 7/14/2026 | KY-JS-17 | KY | Jessamine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| We have had some rain everyday for nearly a week, but not enough to cause flooding. It has drained well. All the vegetation is lush and green. The ponds and creeks used for livestock are full. The field corn is lush. The seasonal total is close to average. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MA-BE-24 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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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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| Our brook (Green River starts on our Hancock MA land and goes down into Williamstown MA)is a bit low for mid July, but after the heat tomorrow it'll be lower! However the seeps and intermittent streams up in the woods - where Green River starts- are still damp and some trickle. In the valley garden soil is dry. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MA-WR-113 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Remain in Level 2 drought status. Current reservoir capacity at 94.8% as of July 8 2026. We need about 3-6" above normal July rainfall of ~4.1" to fully recover. No rain in the forecast for the week of July 13. Heat advisory in effect Tues and Weds. Lawns now showing brown patches. Grass slow growing. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MI-OG-6 | MI | Ogemaw |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Tourism & Recreation
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| With the intense heat outdoor activities are severely curtailed. Farm animals seek shade and water. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MN-DS-33 | MN | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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| Very hot with no rain for the past seven days. Plants are starting to show the heat and wilting during the afternoon. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MN-GH-45 | MN | Goodhue |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Grass starting to turn crispy & brown. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MN-HN-731 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Grass, plants, and weeds all growing well in yard. Large mushrooms also appearing in yard even in places where there are no known rotting tree roots and in places that receive adaquate sunlight. The lake level is moderately high right now. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MN-HB-57 | MN | Hubbard |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Vegetable and flower gardens need water every 2-4 days. |
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| 7/14/2026 | MT-YS-14 | MT | Yellowstone |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
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| Very hot the past week with 112 on Sunday. A few drops of rain that fell the past week only knocked down the dust for a few hours. Drought conditions have gotten worse the past week. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NJ-OC-113 | NJ | Ocean |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Tourism & Recreation
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| Since July 1, 2026, a total of 0.62” of rain recorded, with several days of extreme heat in the upper 90s due to west and southwest winds, with ocean temperatures dropping into 50s due to upwelling. No vegetables were planted this summer. Leaves of hydrangeas, morning glories and moon flowers wilt daily without watering. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NY-SL-27 | NY | St. Lawrence |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| We got rain on the 10th, so the moisture is normal now. Before that it was getting dry and I was thinking of watering. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny and got with light winds, then mostly clear and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around eighty five degrees, and the low around sixty seven degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 48" - 66" tall, late corn is 12 - -18"" tall. The third cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is still flowing slightly but dried out downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NC-CH-58 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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| Everything here is dry. We had a bit of rain yesterday and the high temperature has dropped a bit but it is very dry. We are surrounded by woods filled with tinder and I worry about fire. We are in our 80s and I have curtailed outside activity due to the temperatures. I can't weed; it's too hot and the grounds too hard. I am filling gallon milk cartons with water and loading a golf cart and hand watering small struggling shrubs. We are conserving water and I am not irrigating and we try not to waste water in the house. I have water out for struggling wild life in a futile effort to keep squirrels, birds, etc out of my tomatoes and figs. Even with hand watering I don't think I will have a harvest. Two days ago I noticed brilliant orange tulip poplar leaves on the ground. It's not a wholesale leaf drop yet. We have "severe storm" warnings, hear thunder, have wind gusts, but little to no rain. Last Saturday I noticed blowing wind that had a desert quality to it. Hard to describe what I mean but it felt more like Arizona than NC woods. Very dry air. I wouldn't allow sparklers on the 4th. Working outside even for the healthy and young is difficult and I am so grateful for air conditioning. I'm asthmatic and if I go outside and try to work out in the garden, two hours is about my limit. My clay soil is a brick. Mostly we are staying in the house in air-conditioning . It is very dry. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NC-DS-47 | NC | Davidson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
Water Supply & Quality
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| Ground is very wet making it hard to go hiking. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NC-FR-80 | NC | Forsyth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Normally robust lawns are browning out and some dying. Soil is compacted and too hard for perennial plants to expand roots. Watering this seasons native plants is required or loss is guaranteed. |
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| 7/14/2026 | NC-RW-17 | NC | Rowan |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| After 5 of our last 6 months being below noraml in precipitation and leaving us 12" below normal for 2026; We have finnaly had a wet period . From the 7th to the 14th of July we have had rain on 6 of those days and a total of 5.04" of rain . Praise God! That cuts us down from 12 to 10 inches below normal and decending with 14 days to go in the month. The, mostly steady rain, has been very beneficial: filling farm ponds , and raising lake and riovefr levels. Ground water will be helped tremendously and fire and burning watches /warnings are down to zero. Plants and wildlife are showing relief. Water supply is greatly enhanced. |
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| 7/14/2026 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We got 2.5 inches of rain over the weekend. We get our rain in clumps here in SW Ohio. This week's heat dome will probably dry us out again before it rains again. Great growing season is underway with our garden. |
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| 7/14/2026 | PA-CM-11 | PA | Cambria |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| After several days with rain, conditions are nearing to normal |
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| 7/14/2026 | PA-MT-113 | PA | Montgomery |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
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| Ground continues to look like hard packed clay in spots of our yard. We water plants, trees, shrubs almost daily or we will lose plants. Rhodadendrons which don't normally get watered are browning up. We get periods of rain but not enough and i don't think the ground is absorbing the rain as effectively. If we had a fire in our firepit out back we would probably burn down the neighborhood with a stay spark?? |
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| 7/14/2026 | SC-BK-82 | SC | Berkeley |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent thunderstorms have soaked previously very dry landscaping and yard. Ornamental bushes are blooming and putting on new growth as a result. |
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| 7/14/2026 | SC-CR-32 | SC | Charleston |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Since the beginning of July, we have received .75" of rain. The temperatures have been in the mid to upper 90's with some days having low humidity. We are seeing some.vegitayion wilt in the edge of the woods. Also, there seem to be an increase in branch breakage when storms pass us by.
Areas 1-2 miles away have received more significant rainfall in the last 2 days. |
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| 7/14/2026 | TN-DV-184 | TN | Davidson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Since the end of June we have experienced fast moving thunderstorms with brief but heavy downpours. Last summer I remember dragging the hose around to water the garden. Now the front lawn is a field of mid-calf high delicate tall weeds. My lawn man is overdue to mow due to the wet conditions. |
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| 7/14/2026 | TX-MLS-2 | TX | Mills |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Wonderful for cattle country. |
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| 7/14/2026 | TX-WM-148 | TX | Williamson |
Mildly Dry
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| Summer so far has been milder than usual for central Texas, but the two rounds of very good rains have helped a LOT to improve the lake levels. We have only wired the lawn about 10 days, total since May. |
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| 7/14/2026 | VT-WH-30 | VT | Windham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Agricultural interests are needing to irrigate regularly and heavily. Ground wells are getting low. |
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| 7/14/2026 | WA-WC-75 | WA | Whatcom |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Rainy season ended earlier than usual here. Dry conditions started in mid-April. Lawn is 80% brown now (normally it doesn't get that way until mid-August). |
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| 7/14/2026 | WY-FM-37 | WY | Fremont |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have very little green grass. We are lucky to have nothing but dryland grasses. They'll be fine next year if we get some water in fall/winter. Very few wildflowers this year. I watered my apple trees all winter. We've a good well so my gardens are okay. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CAN-AB-54 | CAN | Alberta |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Energy
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Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| The Hay crops are ready to cut Alfalfa is 10% blossom. Back roads are getting dusty . Lots of wild flowers, have not seen any bees. Grizzle in the area. Lots of reports of skunks and the biggest shock was the neighbour saw five Raccoons walking down the road and did not take a picture of it because he was shocked. That is not good. Solar production was up. Most of the little sloughs have gone dry. Lots of people parking their cars on the side roads and going for bike rides. Lots of people around because of the Calgary Stampede. No fire ban on in the county |
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| 7/14/2026 | CAN-NS-176 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| There’s been a dire lack of rain. When I water the garden it seems like the water seeps away to the center of the earth. Even with soaker hoses put on until the top several inches of soil are wet, it’s dried out again within a couple of days. |
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| 7/14/2026 | CAN-QC-120 | CAN | Quebec |
Near Normal
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Fire
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| Not much rain in the past 10 days. The grass is still green but some flowers are not blooming even though the buds have been ready for over a week.
Thunderstorms are expected today. Some rain would be welcome the fire risk is slowly increasing in our area.
FRENCH peu de pluie dans notre secteur en ce mois de juillet. Le gazon est encore vert mais certaines plantes n'ouvrent pas leurs bourgeons qui sont présents depuis plus d'une semaine.
Des orages sont prévus aujourd'hui. Un peu de pluie serait bienvenue. Le risque d'incendie s'est accru un peu pour les feux de forêt. |
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