| 3/30/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Mildly Dry
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| No precip last week. No snow on the ground. Above normal temps. The max temp on the 26th was 33F above the climate normal! More strong winds further dried out the top soil. Just a trace of soil moisture six inches down in some spots, other spots register no moisture that deep. The juniper and pinyon trees are showing a little brown as if stressed. Some weeds are thriving. Cool-season grasses seem to be slowing. The deer are definitely enjoying the green grasses and weeds. Our peach trees blossomed last Tuesday, earliest I recall. Apple trees blossomed over the past two days - again, too early. The strong winds and the agricultural burning have increased the haze in the area. We've seen lizards, spiders and flying insects active outside. |
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| 3/30/2026 | CO-YU-68 | CO | Yuma |
Severely Dry
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| Blowing sand, pasture land not greening up. Cannot rent pasture if we have no grass for cow calf pairs. Trees are showing stress and sand is drifting into piles |
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| 3/30/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Mildly Wet
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| Soil moisture level remains slightly higher than normal, ponding in nearby woods has subsided but nearby rivers and reservoirs remain higher than normal. |
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| 3/30/2026 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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| An inch of rain over the pat week encouraged crocuses and green flower shoots. Birds are singing everywhere and squirrel skitter about. Warmer temps, tempered with blustery winds and roccasionally ain, reduced tourism and gardening on several days. Spring is definitely coming. |
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| 3/30/2026 | CT-NL-40 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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| Local ponds and streams are near full- good for boating and fishing activities. |
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| 3/30/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
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| Zero rainfall this past week as our dry season kicks in. Lots of dark clouds and even some thunder, but no actual rain. Tourist and beach activity remains high, lawn watering restrictions have kicked in (only permitted once each week) luckand scattered wild fires and “no outdoor burn” orders abound throughout Central Florida. Our long, hot dry season has arrived. |
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| 3/30/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Dry
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| Rain has helped the situation and pasture and lawn are green and growing. Trees are budding and early bloomers are starting up. Water levels in creeks and the river are up but still well below normal spring levels. Soil in fields is dry and field work is possible. |
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| 3/30/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Near Normal
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| Farmers were out late in the week doing field work such as applying anhydrous, disking, etc. The dust was flying behind the machines making one think the soil may be dry. So it was a surprise when pulling steel posts away from snow fence this past week, the soil was extra wet sticking to the posts. I am presuming that means the top soil is moist enough but what has occurred over winter for the subsoil moisture? Care is needed if anyone decides they must burn a ditch or other fire due to the dry grasses as it's been very windy this past week. |
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| 3/30/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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| Weekly: SWE 0.28", snow 0.6", MX 48.4°/Mn 12.3°, Snowpack <5% remnant. brush fire season beginning. few robins and other spring migrants appearing. |
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| 3/30/2026 | MA-NF-68 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
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| crocus have been blooming for about a week. daffadils are on the brink of blooming. Grass still mostly dormant. |
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| 3/30/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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| While surface soil seems moist, total precipitation for the last six months has been much less than normal |
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| 3/30/2026 | MN-SL-388 | MN | St. Louis |
Mildly Dry
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| Some water accumulating in boggy areas. Local water levels still ice covered but lake and river levels seem on low side. Snow cover low for end-March |
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| 3/30/2026 | MN-WG-88 | MN | Washington |
Near Normal
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| Snow banks are all gone. Some greening of grass. Small shoots of flox in the garden . Nearby pond normal. Not as many Red Winged blackbirds in the swamp. Turned off furnace. 30 kwh generated on the solar panels yesterday for the first time this season. |
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| 3/30/2026 | MS-HR-57 | MS | Harrison |
Moderately Dry
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| It still has not rained. The spring pond is non-existent. I have had to water all my newly planted plants. The rain barrels are now empty. The grass/weeds i am not watering show signs of stress and browning. It has been extremely windy this weekend I believe there may be red flag fire warnings...I know I would not want to be having a fire this weekend...though I have enough down limbs. Humidity has been pretty descent so it does not feel overly muggy. Ground is extremely dry and hard making digging difficult, the spring empheral pond is not in existence. We have not heard the chorus of crooks from frogs and toads. I did see 2 common box turtles in the yard |
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| 3/30/2026 | MO-JF-21 | MO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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| Soil continues to dry out due to lack of rain |
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| 3/30/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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| Above average high temperatures continued with a high temperature this week of 81 degrees on Thursday March 25. The high fire danger warning and red flag warning has continued as the ground and vegetation continue to dry out. Nebraska’s largest wildfire ever continues to burn west of here along with several other wildfires in the area. The soil is dry and powdery where there isn't much vegetation. The grass has greened up to some extent but there are many areas of brown. A few trees and shrubs and perennial flowers are coming out of dormancy. We received 0.00 inch of precipitation this week the ground is drying up. Conditions are moderately dry. March precipitation has totaled only 0.55 inch (1.19 inch below normal, or 32 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 2.40 inch, which is 1.12 inch below normal (68 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 2.62 inch below normal (70 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the heated bird bath remained steady this week due to the limited sources of water. Approximately 25 species of birds (about 150 to 160 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is more than 2 feet below normal. Area creeks and ponds are also about 2 to 2.5 feet below normal. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NE-LA-19 | NE | Lancaster |
Moderately Dry
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| No measurable precipitation in the last 14 days. Month of March is below average for precipitation, following a below average winter. Soil is dust at the surface and dry several inches down. Creeks are very low and ponds are a foot below typical levels. Many are providing supplemental watering to gardens, shrubs and trees. Some have fired up the lawn irrigation as lawns are turning from brown and yellow to gray. Plants are struggling to bud and emerge with little available moisture in the soil and no rains. Birdbath has constant traffic. Fire danger is very high with grass and wildfires in the area. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NJ-MS-59 | NJ | Morris |
Near Normal
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| Thus far for my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;
There were (again) three days with measurable precipitation and two days with trace precipitation for a total of 0.88”, the past seven days [Sunday-Saturday].
River and stream volume the past week of this CMR maintained their rates of flow over small lake dams west of this station. As of Sunday afternoon, 3/29/2026; one continued its flow at 100% the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station moving at a SLOW volume with NO observable turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west, also maintained its flow over its fall, covering about 50% of its respective fall and moving at a similar volume, and with no observable turbidity. The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station remains has opened for the season and had observable play. The ground around this station is hydrated. Grass and weeds continue to emerge out of dormancy including Spanish Blue Bells, Tulips, Daffodils, (not bloomed) Onion Grass on 3/14 and Forsythia BLOOMED on 3/24 in the neighborhood. House Finch, and Cardinals were very active, again, this week including a murder of Crows that still visit this station location. The feeder was refilled as of this report on 3/29 at 1930 hrs. Neighborhood squirrels were observed adjacent this station. The first Frost observation for this station, this season, was reported on October 10th. Since then; this observer has observed and reported a total of 45 days with frost, 2 additional the past seven days. Spring Peepers, first observed the evening of 3/9, continue to be heard around local ponds and Spring Pools most days and evenings as of this report 3/29.
Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 4.56 inches of precipitation. There has been 32 days of precipitation the previous 87 days of CY2026 [1/1/2026 to 3/28/2026] for a “Calendar Year” [CY] total of
9.90”, compared to a total of 24 days of precipitation and a [CY] total of
7.71” the same [year to date] in CY2025. So far, compared to last year, this station has received 2.19” more precipitation than a year ago. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2024- 17.80”
YTD2023- 10.34”
YTD2022- 9.35”
YTD2021- 10.78”
YTD2020- 8.53”
YTD2019- 12.40”
YTD2018- 14.93”
YTD2017- 10.04”
YTD2016- 12.48”
YTD2015- 9.69” (First full Year.)
The TWELVE year running average reported precipitation for this station is: 11.16 inches, holding this station at a deficit of 1.26” less then the 12 (CY) year average and the FORTH driest year. Considering the twelve year annual comparable total for this station and considering the previous years total precipation, is why I believe that it is appropriate to maintain this week’s report on the “Near Normal” side of the Condition Scale Bar.
Q’s: emails me at: JasonJLeffler@aol.com. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NM-BR-233 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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| with no measurable precipitation for more than five weeks, plus prolonged high wind/low RH periods, soil is becoming hard or dusty where disturbed. Frequent poor air quality due to dust and wildfire smoke from upwind. Wildlife seeking water. Fire spread danger very high from any fire starts. Restrictions on open burning as well as heat generating power tools probably warranted, with accompanying catch-22 that this makes early Spring clean-up of land more difficult. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NM-GR-28 | NM | Grant |
Severely Dry
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| Hand watering trees and plants. Still very warm here and no rain since 3/11. Lots of deer. Too many. Gila N.F.under fire restrictions |
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| 3/30/2026 | NM-LN-36 | NM | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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| General Awareness: Still no precip since Valentine’s Day. Our MTD totals are -0.59 and 0% of the NOAA monthly normal and -0.72 and 0% of the PRISM monthly normal. Our YTD normals are -0.36 and 81% of the NOAA YTD normal and -0.86 and 64% of the PRISM YTD normal. As was the case two weeks ago, minor cracking has been observed in some areas of dry soil, so I continue to classify our condition as MILDLY DRY. BLM continues to classify the Fire Hazard as MODERATE at the Fort Stanton Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (closest border approx 2.6 miles ENE of my location).
Plants & Wildlife: Juniper trees on my property appear healthy and a few show moderate amounts of pollen. I have identified about 50 pinions in the upper 3 acres of my property that are dead or dying and need to be removed. There are additional dead or dying pinions in a canyon that is the lower 7 acres of my property, but most of these are not easily accessible. There has been a small amount of greening observed in the indigenous grasses, primary around the road sides. As reported two weeks ago, deer, elk, bunny and jack rabbits, wild turkeys, and other indigenous and migratory birds observed on our property appeared healthy and normal.
Water Supply & Quality: Rio Bonito appeared to be at a NORMAL water level and normally clear water clarity. The river had a swift and audible flow, showing some white capping around rocks and the culverts under the bridge, when observed on Saturday 28 March 2026 at approximately 1530 MDT at the Box Canyon Trail Bridge approx 1.25 mi NNE of my station. (Bridge location from Google Earth: 33.4599993 N 105.6052082 W elevation 6596 feet. Rio Bonito is a primary watershed tributary from the Sierra Blanca, Lookout and Buck Mountains, approximately 12 miles SW-WSW of my location, and feeds our local aquafer)
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| 3/30/2026 | NY-ES-6 | NY | Essex |
Near Normal
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| About half the snowpack has melted. No flooding. Soil is damp. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NY-WN-6 | NY | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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| Soil is a bit damp, garden cleanup will have to wait a bit. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Partly cloudy and cool with light winds, then cloudy and gradually clearing and cold overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around fifty two degrees, and the low around thirty eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Crocuses are blooming. Daffodils are springing up. More flocks of small song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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| We had 2.52 inches of rain so far in the month leaving us pretty dry. Water supply is still good but moisture in the soil appears to be low. The risk of fire is very high so we are not burning any brush until we get some rain. we have recently planted trees to replace cut Christmas Trees. These new transplants need some good rain right now. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NC-PN-17 | NC | Person |
Mildly Dry
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| Locally we have had over 2" of rain in the last 2 1/2 weeks so the surface soil conditions are pretty good, even a bit wet in places I got my early garden planting done in the last week but had to wait several days because the garden location was still wet and sticky in places. Long term we are still in a drought, with rainfall since the middle of last August less than half of normal amounts. Ponds and stream flows are low with very little runoff when rain does fall. |
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| 3/30/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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| Recent reflections of local dryer ground conditions include burn bans, a three-hour power outage, return of ozone listed as primary air pollutant in the air quality index, return of thunder, static electricity increased indoors. |
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| 3/30/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Wet
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| 1.35 inches of rain in the past week and 6.89 inches of rain and melted precipitation in March. This is well above normal, but closer to normal over the past 2 weeks. Streams rose this past week in response to the rain but there was no flooding. Soils are moist but frequent winds have equated to rapid surface drying. Swales are still wet with some standing water. |
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| 3/30/2026 | OK-CV-160 | OK | Cleveland |
Moderately Dry
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| Another warm, dry, windy week with no measurable precip. We are only at about 20% of normal precip for the month and about 30% of normal precip for the year. Gardens continue to require frequent watering and level of the reference pond is below full capacity. |
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| 3/30/2026 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Mildly Wet
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| This past week’s precipitation was 2.11”. The topsoil is saturated. Average soil temperature is 46F. Grass has greened up and actively growing. Bulb plants are blooming. Honeysuckle has leafed out. Tree buds are swelling and forsythia is blooming. Farmer has plowed fields and cows are out in the pasture. |
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| 3/30/2026 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Mildly Wet
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| we had a storm that brought a large amount of rainfall Thursday night into friday. two inches is a good bit and to me a little above normal this time of year. |
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| 3/30/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Severely Dry
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| Statewide burn ban continues with no appreciable rain "in the forseeable future" according to one meterologist. Continuing to water vegetables daily, and haven't planted any seeds this week- freezing one night and balmy the next day. Azaleas and dogwoods blooming in town, with the Lakeside Cemetery looking resplendent. |
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| 3/30/2026 | SC-SP-11 | SC | Spartanburg |
Moderately Dry
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| Watering outside plants and garden. Some areas are reporting forest fires. Mostly in the mountains near here. |
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| 3/30/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Severely Dry
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| water 3 x weekly |
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| 3/30/2026 | VT-WH-26 | VT | Windham |
Mildly Dry
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| The lack of significant precipitation has not improved the dry conditions that have persisted throughout the winter. Outdoor planting has not started and fields have not greened up. Garlic just beginning to emorge. the heating season is almost over. Fire danger low and restrictions lifted statewide recently.Earliest spring flowers and plants emerging.No restrictions issued though some dirt roads continue to be barely passable. Ski season winding down and most hiking trails closed due to muddy conditions. Most streams ruynning full but some ponds not fully recovered from drought. |
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| 3/30/2026 | WI-KN-28 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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| seeing some buds on trees and early daffodils |
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| 3/30/2026 | WY-FM-21 | WY | Fremont |
Mildly Dry
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| Despite the lack of precipitation through the week, some subsurface soil moisture remains and grass continuing to green-up, plum trees comming into bloom, pollinators out, will have to irrigate if precpitation promised this week doesn't come. |
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