| 9/5/2026 | 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. Small amount moisture this past week w/ 0.05". This past week high temps ranging from 104F-111F. |
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| 9/5/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 62% of normal; WY 58% of normal.
Denver Water (my provider) has announced mandatory cessation of lawn irrigation starting October 1 due to continued drought conditions. Trees, shrubs, and perennials may still be watered (by hose/hand) after that date. Vegetable gardens may still be watered until first frost. |
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| 9/5/2026 | CO-EL-96 | CO | Elbert |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We are back in a mostly hot and dry weather pattern. The natural grass and weeds had greened up due to recent moisture. Some growth took place too. However things are now going back to being dry and crunchy. Just a trickle of water in nearby creeks. Burning and watering restrictions still in effect. |
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| 9/5/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The rains from Aug did not last Having to water about every 3 days for about 30 min, small shallow cracks appearing in the dirt |
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| 9/5/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| 0.91" of rain fell in the past week, 0.81" of it in early 9/4 downpour. Hiking trails were muddy with ankle deep puddles in spots. |
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| 9/5/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 9/5/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds near average. Plants and lawns not needing extra watering despite heat. |
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| 9/5/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - After the last two weeks of precipitation we’re calling it mildly wet in our area.
ENERGY - About the same as we reported last week, with day and night temperatures being very close to normal. One day the day temp is up or down, then the Night temp is up or down. Above or near average.
GENERAL - We had our Lawn Care Company visit last week and talking with the Tech (Whom we have had for almost 15 years) he indicated that our lawn had gone through Drought Strees earlier in the summer months, and now has moisture stress in/on it as too much precipitation in a short period of time. Just time will tell how well the lawn responds to our enviorment. |
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| 9/5/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| lower amounts of rain than usual for September, but the ground is still moist. |
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| 9/5/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Ground is hard and some leaves seem to be turning early. |
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| 9/5/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| A total of 0.86" of precip for the seven days past was recorded here and was just enough to return the soil to a near normal condition. Local waterways are running fairly clear and clearly fair. Trees and shrubs are looking lush and have grown a lot this year. And area lawns are currently growing exceptionally fast. I've never had to mow every 3 or 4 days before but for some reason that is what's needed right now. No doubt the wet enough conditions along with warm to hot temps are having some effect but that doesn't entirely explain this recent growth spurt. Maybe the grass is making up for lost time due to the several drought spells that occurred earlier this year. Wildlife has been pretty quiet out there but there is a chickadee that flies in quite often when I step outside, chirping away; as if to say hello. Now I don't know if it's the same one or not but it strikes me as unusual that it happens at all. I greet it accordingly and wonder if there's some connection there but I will never know for sure. Maybe it's not saying hello but saying hey, stay away from my feeder. |
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| 9/5/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| After a very wet mid-August, there's been no rainfall at all in my area for the past 2+ weeks. This past week, daily high temperatures have been 95-100 degrees. This has caused lawns to brown up in spots and slow its growth. Plants not manually watered have dried up and leaves at the tops of trees have turned brown. Most of the local corn plants have also dried up & harvest will be starting soon. Another week or two of little or no rain with much above normal temperatures will definitely push us into the Moderately Dry category. |
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| 9/5/2026 | IL-MD-39 | IL | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Hot/dry this week has turned some plants brown. Pond levels are low. |
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| 9/5/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| I have recorded 0.07 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Grass at my location is lush and green. Most crops at my location are green and lush. Some corn stalks are begining to partially dry and turn brown. |
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| 9/5/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Nearly 0.66 in rain fall this past week has helped keep things on an even keel. Very hot and humid conditions during nearly the entire week. No real change in overall conditions. Fall conditions are evident with soybeans yellowing and corn drying, turning brown Rivers and streams at normal levels, gardens and lawns good condition.
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| 9/5/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| ground cracking; vegetation brown; no recent rain |
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| 9/5/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| This is the fourteenth day in a row without any precipitation, and with afternoon temperatures in the 90s. The soil is pulling away from the house foundation due to loss of moisture. |
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| 9/5/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| 43 days since the last rain of .30 inches of rain or more in 1 day and a long stretch of 90 + degree temperatures has dried up everything. The ponds are low and stagnant and the creek is only running a trickle. The pastures are dry enough that the fire danger is high and the fall crops are stressed pretty bad. Hay and feed are in short supply and the prices are rising. The prospects for winter grazing on small grains pasture will deteriorate the latter we get in the year with drought conditions. |
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| 9/5/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| No rain this week-dry weather continues. Hay fields dry and dusty. |
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| 9/5/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| A tropical system developed just off the coast of Louisiana on Sunday that brought a few showers at the beginning of the work week. Some bands of showers from Hurricane Edouard caused ponding in low areas of the lawn on Tuesday. Almost an inch of welcomed rain fell by that afternoon. Runoff in drainage ditches was gone the next day, having been absorbed into the dry ground. There was still evidence of moisture in the upper soil level as scattered zinnia seeds sprouted without additional irrigation. Several traveling hummingbirds were visiting the sweet water stations, handling from tree limbs and roof drip edges. |
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| 9/5/2026 | LA-NT-2 | LA | Natchitoches Parish |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| grass dying in areas due to lack of rainfall; low levels or below normal levels on nearby lake due to lack of rainfall during July, August and early September 2026; US Drought Monitor intensity MODERATE DROUGHT here Sept 1, 2026 |
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| 9/5/2026 | ME-HN-58 | ME | Hancock |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Nice almost 2/3 inch rain doesn't solve our problem. Small streams are empty, larger ones low, swamps dry, soil under the surface dry. Small trees appear deathbound. Tourists are happy, I guess. |
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| 9/5/2026 | 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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| nice rain Thursday but need that more often |
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| 9/5/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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| With 1.6" of rain over the past week gardens are doing very well, streams and rivers are running at normal levels, and soil is in good shape moisture wise. Hummingbirds are still present in the gardens along with a lot of bird activity and variety this week. Coyote are active around town. Just a hint of color starting to show in the leaves of trees. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .75 inches of rain in the last week but soil is still extremely dry. Trees are dropping leaves with the stress. No water over the dam at the reservoir. Hiking trails are dry. Lawns that aren't watered are turning brown. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| About 3.3" of rain spread over the week, with high winds that leveled a lot of trees in the area. Creek level slightly high. Too wet to do anything in the garden. Some of the sweet corn and tomato cages were tipped over. Standing water in the driveway and front yard. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| We have had more rain than usual, about 3" in one week, much of 2" of rain within 24 hours. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Heavy rain the last two day. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MN-YM-18 | MN | Yellow Medicine |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Due to limited precipitation lakes and rivers continue to lower. See photo culvert on Curtis Lake. Corn and soybeans are maturing ahead of normal. Many corn and soybean feilds are drying. See photos. Outdoor activities are unimpeded. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| We have had a few days with clouds and some light rain not heavy but good for soaking in |
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| 9/5/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Report for 30 Aug 26 to 5 Sep 26. There were No days of precipitation during the week, for 0.00 inches. The total precipitation for August is 4.02 inches. The historical average for August is 3.70 inches. The total precipitation for September is 0.00 inches. The historical average for September is 4.00 inches. The current condition is Mildly Dry. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| High temperatures and no precipitation again this week. Hight Fire Danger with burn bans in place. Vegetation is badly stressed and grasses are completely dry and crunchy under foot. aShoal creek is lowering and creek bed is exposed in places. Deer are staying win the woods and seeking water at night. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| No rain in nearly two weeks. Very warm this week, upper 90’s. Leaves on shrubs are turning brown. Walnut, mulberry leaves are turning yellow and start to fall. The ground is drying out quite a bit. Perfect weather for the corn harvest. |
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| 9/5/2026 | MT-YS-14 | MT | Yellowstone |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy
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| Actually got enough rainfall the past two weeks where I could shut off my lawn sprinklers for 4 days. Dry spots in the lawn has some green in them now. Shorter days and cooler nights noticable. Still need a couple of days of soaking rain to get out of this drought. |
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| 9/5/2026 | NE-PL-5 | NE | Platte |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| It’s getting to the point of being severely dry. We need something to break this oven type heat cycle. Everything is showing signs of stress and lack of moisture. We have been experiencing power outages due to high consumption of electricity |
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| 9/5/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Below average rain this week. Hiking and biking trails are mostly dry, bugs minimal. Our pond gage down to -1.2" with a high on the 3rd at -1.0" low on the 2nd at -2.6". Mad River level from the Paddlers gage at six mile bridge was below -1.0' all week. WMNF fire danger sign is still set at Moderate. Trees starting to change a little especially the ones in wet areas. |
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| 9/5/2026 | NH-MR-70 | NH | Merrimack |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Only recorded 1.88" of rain for the month of August. The streams and rivers are running quite low. Lakes and ponds are low. Trees are showing stress. The ground is rock hard. Lawns are drying up. As we near the time of leaves drying up on the ground, we face increased fire danger. |
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| 9/5/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of August 30 through September 5, 2026. We received 0.76” of rain. Temperatures have been comfortable daytime and cool at night but humid. There was a tornado warning issued on 9/2 for our area but all the nasty weather was North and South of my location. The grass is lush and been mowed 2x per week. Some trees are starting to change colors. St. Lawrence River level as monitored and recorded at the NOAA station on Wellesley Island near Alexandria Bay, NY. Level at 246.23 feet, 38.6” above low water datum, and 72.1°F water temperature at 09:06. |
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| 9/5/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly sunny and warm with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with calm winds, clearing off with predawn valley fog. The high temperature was around seventy four degrees, and the low around fifty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Japanese Knotweed, Soapwort, White Vervain, and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Some apples are ripening. All corn have cobs from 6" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. The local intermittent stream is running at fall levels and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/5/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here are severely dry. We are still about 10 inches behind our "usual rain fall totals". This summer has been very hot with numerous heat advisories and water use restrictions. Some areas in the Piedmont to the north and south have received more rain, however the central Piedmont here has not. Jordan Lake water levels continue to decline and some small creeks are dry. Wildlife is very active. Some tree leaves are beginning to turn color attributed to the time of season and lack of rainfall. Most people are active outdoor in the morning and indoors in the afternoon. |
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| 9/5/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Fire danger is low - at least at present. Last week, right after I had submitted my report of fire danger as extreme, we drove by the fire station and discovered they had dropped it to high - I guess because it was a little cooler and not windy. But now we've had an inch of rain this week, and most everything is damp. Larger fuels are still dry inside, and fire danger could rebound some if things get a chance to dry off. It got so dry before the rain that the stinging nettles began to turn white. I've not seen that before. Soil was cracking, some leaves were dropping. Ants seemed to die back, but with the rain, their alates appeared, and the flickers were seen feasting yesterday. Apples, pears, and plums are available for harvesting. Many blackberries dried up on the vines, but I expect those that were still green may plump out now and become good in a week or two. Robins and chipmunks were attracted to my garden because I was watering it, and did some damage. I have a wildlife fence up, but it doesn't block those. The deer and rabbits also tended to converge on irrigated areas before the rain, but hopefully now will disperse some. Fishing in the rain was evidently pretty good. The neighbors fared well at fishing. Christmas tree farms look fine for the most part. I don't know if they are irrigated at all. We had an annoying surge of wildfire smoke before the rains began, but the rain cleared the smoke and stalled the big fire south of us. But we had about 3 smokey days, and one afternoon, the air quality was really bad. |
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| 9/5/2026 | OR-MN-16 | OR | Marion |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| Week ended wet with 1.8" of rain in three days, really lowering the local fire danger. The thunderstorms did produce some lightning but no new fires. The weatherman said summer is not over as we dry out and warm up this coming week. The rain should help slow down the wildfires. We did have a couple days with moderate smoke haze but the AQ is good now. Lots of pre-harvest work in the Christmas trees fields. A little water in our local creeks again. |
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| 9/5/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| 1.51 inches of rain this past week. |
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| 9/5/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| With another 1.37” of rain this week, conditions are now mildly wet for the first week of September. The Pascoag Reservoir is back up to 8’11” and just below spillway level. Local boaters are taking advantage of the nice weather and water levels getting out on the lake cruising, fishing and tubing while we still can. The lawn is growing quickly and needs mowing more than once per week and the tomatoes are producing like crazy. A bumper crop this year. We’re starting to see more roadkill on local roads as various critters are getting ready for winter. Crows, woodpeckers, sparrows and catbirds have been busy. Fire danger at George Washington state campground is posted as Low. The Clear River Electric and Water district continues its odd/even day water restrictions. |
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| 9/5/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS BECOME MODERATELY DRY, DUE TO SHORT-LIVED RAINFALL EVENTS*** |
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| 9/5/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We've measured no rain in the last 7 days. The swimming pool level has dropped significantly and the lawn is showing stress in certain areas during the afternoon. |
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| 9/5/2026 | TX-KF-20 | TX | Kaufman |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We were so hoping to receive some rain from the tropical storm that hit the coast, but it just broke up and missed us completely. Our pond is so low, we are pretty sure all our catfish have died along with other fish. I have lived here since 1981 and have never seen it so low. I took a picture from a different angle this morning. The high temps and lack of rain has really taken its toll. I have more birds at feeder and bird bath than ever. I fill bird baths several times a day. They enjoy it so much. |
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| 9/5/2026 | TX-MSN-8 | TX | Mason |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| September is starting out with more of what we saw in August. For the month of August, I measured a total of 0.46 inches of rain compared to the long-term average of 1.95 inches (about 24%). 0.45 of that came in two scattered evening storms near the end of the month. That 0.46 inches is all the rain we have received since the floor rains stopped on July 16, about 13% of the long-term average for that period. The effects of the heat and dry spell are beginning to show them selves as plants are going into dormancy and trees are showing signs of stress. Grasses are going brown throughout the county and we are under a 90-day burn ban as a result. The USGS reports the Llano River at Hwy 87 is still flowing well with a reported flow rate of 201 cfs vs the 53-year median of 111 cfs. The drought condition is unchanged since last week. |
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| 9/5/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| still no measurable for over a month |
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| 9/5/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Yesterday's 0.01 was the first recordable rain since July 17 -- which gives some idea of the conditions. While there have been scattered showers in the area, we have avoided any. The heat has used any soil moisture from that time, so constant watering of gardens is required, and fire is a constant worry. Our birdbath has been busy with visitors, a pleasant sight from our kitchen. Still no forecast relief from this pattern. |
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