| 7/11/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Moderate Drought D1 status along the lower Colorado River Valley. No moisture this past week w/ high temps 111F-113F. |
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| 7/11/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 60% of normal; WY 47% of normal. |
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| 7/11/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Where is the monsoon? A few showers but hot dry weather with smoke and wind. Established perennials are shriveled. Even Japanese beetles have changed their habits. |
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| 7/11/2026 | CT-NL-21 | CT | New London |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Since my last report on 6/20/26 there has been a total of 1.37" of precipitation in June and 2.12". Hopeville Pond is still lower than normal. Water supply quality and quantity are good for human consumption. There are still a number of animal prints and various birds. The farmers have planted their fields. The grass turned brown and stopped growing. The campers are starting to hang out at their camp sites at the campground across the pond. Since the start of fishing season there have been more fishermen each day and more people on the water. |
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| 7/11/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Despite receiving 3.21" of rain this week, we remain in dry conditions. This seems illogical because lawns and vegetation are green and lake water levels are high. Ground water tables are reported to be low, but I have had no water supply levels from my well. Fire danger remains low.
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| 7/11/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Recent rains put us around normal. |
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| 7/11/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| July 5-11 received .71" with small amounts on 4 different days. With help of irrigation corn nearing 6ft. Grass is green and growing slowly. Ditches and Morris Branch remain dry. |
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| 7/11/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Azaleas wilting. Some plants dying even with daily AM watering. Retention ponds and Lake Alice levels quite low. Planted some natives with ACT and the soil was like powder. |
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| 7/11/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE - Still in extreme conditions as the precipitation has not been as heavy as the following week.
ENERGY -Several days with the daytime temperatures below average gave us and our AC system a small break. However, on the days with no precipitation, we seem to have more sun then clouds around, intensifying the Heat Index upwards and causing more intense sun.
GENERAL - More rain and less sunshine during the day would be welcome. |
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| 7/11/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| everything is growing, green, very hot at the moment |
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| 7/11/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Nothing remarkable. |
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| 7/11/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Even though 0.51" of precip was recorded over the week, it once again came in dribs and drabs, never reaching deeper soil, while soaking rains fell all around and surprisingly near. As a result soil conditions were unable to improve and have remained mildly dry so far. With warm/hot and dry days for the foreseeable future, moderately dry conditions, at least, are inevitable. Currently, trees look pretty good and area lawns have yet to show any signs of stress. Wildlife has been pretty quiet with a few birds showing up at the feeder, a couple of chipmunks running around and our phoebe nesting routine finishing up. Looking at the drought monitor, this local area is in a mild drought that started almost two months ago despite the first two weeks of June being very wet. With any luck this very local current drought won't last too long or get much worse. And as luck would have it, the mosquitoes are doing quite well. While it is on the dry side, just enough rain has occurred to allow their numbers to remain constant. On the bright side, as this drought worsens it should cause the mosquito population to dry up. Time will tell. |
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| 7/11/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Energy
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Grass and pasture growing well despite only last night's rain.
Alfalfa is uncut and in bloom. I see doe and fawns feeding on it often. Bugs are bothering them and they are flicking tail and ears to get them off. Rarely see the fox these days. Lower sheep pasture is wet but not soggy after this rain. Creek is running still. Pond has reduced to half mud and half stagnant water. We continue to have on-off brief power outages this week where we have to reset our clocks. This was a less miserable week than last as far as heat and humidity are concerned. Seems like a normal Central IL July week. Butterfly bushes and flocks are in bloom. Green peppers ready to pick. Tomatoes are in bloom. I got a late start on the garden this year. |
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| 7/11/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Turf grass is green and thriving; normally brown and dormant this time of year. Small creek out back is flowing strongly; normally dry this time of year. |
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| 7/11/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Have received 0.50 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Crops and lawn are green and doing well. |
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| 7/11/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 1.03 of rainfall last week..Rainfall helped to alleviate the dry conditions, as many lawns are showing brown patches. Crops still look good and corn starting to tassel. |
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| 7/11/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| July off to a dry start, but last night helped a little (.24" for the month so far). Cracks have reappeared in bare soil, and creek is down some more. Grass growth has slowed considerably but vegetation remains healthy. Birds remain very active but insects not so much. Cicada's have settled in for the season. |
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| 7/11/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| ground moist; vegetation green; recent rain |
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| 7/11/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| This week we had just over two inches of rain with three seperate rain events. All established flowers and plants are quite healthy. |
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| 7/11/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| .26 inches of rain this week helps all the vegetation stay healthy. The pastures are in good condition for this time of year and the cattle are doing good. Finally got the first cutting of alfalfa put up this week the dry weather early really set it back. |
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| 7/11/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Severely Wet
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Agriculture
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| Rain during the last four days this week. 3.4 inches. Ground is saturated. |
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| 7/11/2026 | KY-DV-21 | KY | Daviess |
Moderately Wet
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| It is raining steadily at 6:20 am |
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| 7/11/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunday afternoon shower brought humidity on top of humidity. Blue skies with passing clouds and rain nearby on Monday. In-ground flower beds are dry but have drip irrigation installed and are on a timer for twice a week unless we get at least one half inch of rain. The rain came every other day but less than half of an inch fell at any given time. The soil absorbed almost all the rain. My newly sprigged lawn has filled in very fast, assisted by the hot temperatures, adequate rainfall, and fertilizers. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| got some good rain, but still playing catch up |
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| 7/11/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Over the past week there was 1.75" of rain. Rivers and streams are running at normal levels and gardens, lawns, and fields are growing well. Bees and butterflies are active along with the birds. Soil moisture seems normal. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Total weekly rainfall of 2.23 inches. This was beneficial, but soil is still dry. Our area is in Moderate Drought with water restrictions. Various pollinators busy with the summer flowers. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| For the week 7/5 - 7/11 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora: 56, 55, 62, 67, 74, 55, 63 & Kingsford : 58, 54, 60, 68, 63, 59, 61 ----- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE: AURORA - T, 0, 0, T, .89, 0, 0 Total= .89" KINGSFORD - T, 0, 0, T, .88, 0, 0 Total= .88" ----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford : nothing no snow -----MENOMINEE RIVER: Water levels all week at the normal summer water flow height ----- US DROUGHT MONITOR: has 1/3 of SW Florence County as Abnormally dry but here it is normal and all of Dickinson County MI as normal-----WILDFIRE RISK: Aurora and most of Wisconsin in the low category & Kingsford and central counties are in the medium category and high in the eastern U.P.----- Energy - Been running the AC during the day but windows open at night -----Plants are doing well. Red Maple leaves started turning red the last week of June and the daisies have come and are now shriveling up. Grass is fully green with no "hot spots". Plants overall are doing well----- Campers were of low sighting early in the week but Friday was busiest all summer in one day as they headed west for the Hodag Country Music Festival. Campers of all sizes were heading that way. Otherwise it was loggers, LTL trucks, general local contractors and saw 1 farm tractor and also a line of ATV's headed to the trails--- High Temps in the mid 80's this week in the afternoon has people out early in the morning to fish or enjoy the water ----- That's all I have for this week, enjoy your weekend for those who actually read these |
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| 7/11/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| About 1.1" of rain early in the week, but the storms of the past few days have stayed to the north. Garden soil has good moisture content, with no heat-stressed plants. Creek level a little low. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MI-KN-78 | MI | Kent |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Continuing very dry conditions. Very little rain and unusually hot. Now no rain in sight for at least a week, with more temps in the 90's on the way. Lawns are turning brown, haven't mowed the lawn for several weeks. Some spotty rains have come through the area in the last couple weeks, but very isolated with little accumulation. Typical pattern here in western Michigan, large storms come across Wisconsin and Illinois and disappear coming across the cold water of Lake Michigan. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Heavy rain last Friday. Lots of mosquitoes now but grass is very green, trees look good. Not much is predicted for next ten days, also very warm temps so it's good we got the moisture. Summer flowers now-lots of day lilies and cone flowers. Not feeding birds so they aren't visiting. But many squirrels. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Some rain during the week. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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| Everything appears healthy and growing . |
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| 7/11/2026 | MN-HN-750 | MN | Hennepin |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| wetlands are completely dry, time to start morning waterings in the garden |
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| 7/11/2026 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| There is enough moisture to support crops and vegetation but subsoil water just isn’t there. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 5 July 26 to 11 July 26. There were 4 days of precipitation for the week, for 1.58 inches. The total precipitation for July is 1.96. The historical average for July is 3.70 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MO-JC-60 | MO | Jackson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are moderately wet. Plume of moisture in June combined with most recent moisture last few days has helped keep conditions moderately wet with no worries of drought conditions. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The rains have slacked off and hay and crop harvesting is underway, the surface moisture is drying up, moderate to low fire risk. Shoal Creek is still running at bank full levels as there has been some flooding in nearby areas. Plenty of deer and other small animals very active. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Rain this week anywhere from a trace to over an inch six of the seven days. 3.26” total but spotty in the county. Pastures mowed for hay are green and growing. Same for crop ground. |
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| 7/11/2026 | MT-LC-19 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I had just under 0.20 inches of rainfall this week, and just a bit more than a 1/2 inch in July. Overall, this just a bit below normal. However, everything is green from the recent rainfall. This is one of the greenest July 10th I have seen. All grass is growing very well. Have to cut the grass weekly, with little watering. The field grass is green/growing. Thus continue with near normal conditions. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| After a nice recovery from our drought. Things are not looking good again. Lake and River Low, Streams not flowing. Watering annuals daily. Grass starting to turn brown. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NH-GR-69 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| The brook is running nicely. The water temp is still cool enough for a refreshing dip. The pond is at its normal level but is heating up with lots of algae. I suspect all of the 25 rainbows have perished by now. The lawn is starting to show signs of drying out as is typical in July. The ground in the woods seems damp but not as muddy as it was a couple weeks ago. All in all conditions seem fairly normal. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Very little rain this past week has dried out our mildly wet conditions up to this point. Local Mountain biking and hiking trails have dried out. Our perennial stream feeding our pond has finally stopped running this week, this usually happens mid to late May. Pond gage -1.5'. Mad River level from the Paddlers gage at six mile bridge has dropped down to -0.3'. WMNF fire danger sign is Moderate. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for week of July 4 - July 11, 2026. We only had 0.17” of rain this week. Outdoor activities have been pleasant with the temperatures in the highs in the 80’s and the lows in the upper 60’s to low 70’s. The lawns, trees, and gardens are growing well. The St Lawrence River level is 246.7 feet, 44.3” Above Low Water Datum and water temperature of 68°F reported at Alexandria Bay, NY NOAA Station at 08:48. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly cloudy and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy seven degrees, and the low around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, Avens, Soapwort flowers, 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 second cutting of hay is occurring. The local intermittent stream is still flowing but drying up in places downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here remain severely dry. We received about 2.45 inches of rain last week that has helped the situation. However NC is still classified as severe drought and water restrictions remain. Rain has helped lawns, farms and golf courses and some reservoirs show slight rise in water levels. Stage 2 water restrictions continue with warnings and possible monetary water purveyor fines for violations. Daytime temperatures are in the mid 90s above the "average" for the summer. Some relief from the heat is forecast for nest week. People are reminded to stay hydrated and avoid long skin sun exposure. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NC-PT-116 | NC | Pitt |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| June was another exceptionally dry month going 20 days without any significant rainfall. Monthly total was 1.72", 2.98" below or 37% of NOAA Normal.
Through 10 days, July rainfall is 0.97", 1.06" below or 48% of NOAA Normal. Note that 0.51" of this was received in one day, July 10.
Small animals appear to be searching for water sources and have noticed an increase in animals on cameras overnight coming to sources we have placed out.
Soil surface is still very dry with very little sub-surface moisture. Lawn grasses and border plants are extremely stressed, even with added irrigation. Anecdotally, crops in the coastal plain between Pitt and Columbus counties appear extremely stressed with most field crops appearing to not produce. The only exception is the few fields observed which are irrigated.
Net, would place us between Moderately & Severely dry because some soil moisture is present at the surface and water restrictions are not yet widespread. |
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| 7/11/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Comparing 31 daily rain measures at this station from 6/11-7/11 2026 to 6/11-7/11 2025, and nearest NWS 6/11-7/11 2024 (uncertified versions using Students t-test) we were significantly dryer than last year but significantly wetter than the nearest NWS 2024. In travelling around close to this station yesterday, some changes in water supply and demand over the years are obvious and plants do not look stressed. The water restriction notices have been more focused on the nearby Falls watershed. |
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| 7/11/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| A hot and dry weather pattern continued this week with just 0.57" inches of rainfall being observed. This rainfall dampened the ground for a couple of days, but now the ground has recently turned sandy in spots even though there still is some soil moisture left in the ground from having a very wet June. Next, our area grasses are a mixture of green grass and brown grass, and our trees remain healthy too. Also our pollinator garden has a few remaining wildflower blooms, but most of the wildflowers have finished blooming for the year. Lastly, area wildlife have been active with multiple sightings of various different bird species, multiple sightings of flying insects including: Wasps, dirt daubers, grasshoppers, and mosquitoes. |
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| 7/11/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Our rainfall has been a little bit lacking each month since April, and we are now about 4 inches behind for the growing season. Our forest, however, got growing a little early, and the undergrowth is actually bit more dense and tall than usual. Places in our forest where most years I could stand in the summer and see the neighbor's homes are quite secluded this year. Fire danger is still low. The nearby state lands are under protection level one, which is the lowest summer level, but still requires some precautions. I've had to be diligent about irrigating the garden areas. Birds are plentiful, and several species have young venturing out now. There are a good variety of bees as well, and early nymphs of box elder bugs are everywhere, as well as small ants. A doe has been hanging out nearby, I see her almost daily. The first of the himalaya blackberries are starting to ripen - that may be a little early, perhaps triggered by drying soil? Red elderberries are done and gone already - again, seems early. Thimbleberries were few. Soil that has been exposed is quite dry now, if it hasn't been watered. Forest soil under duff still has some moisture. Moss on the trees is scratchy. Horsetails up to 5 feet tall, bracken well over 6 feet. It's been a good year for ants and ticks, but not so much for garden pests. I harvested several heads of lettuce and greens this week, and there were no insect issues and only very modest slug damage. Although I am growing a batch of cabbage, I've not seen cabbage moths. The broccoli does have a few aphids. Snakes have been plentiful. The creek is low, but the spring is flowing strongly. The fiber optic installers were working in a hole nearby this week, and I took the opportunity to look. There was free water less than 3 feet below the surface. People are vacationing and enjoying all manner of outdoor activities - running, sports, bicycling, motorcycling, picnics, and there were even a few legal fireworks in the neighborhood last weekend. I didn't hear any of the illegal ones that we have some years. Grass hayfever is mostly behind us, but some people seem to be reacting to something - not sure what. |
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| 7/11/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| No precip this month. Warm temps. Dry season. Tough on plantings. |
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