| 10/5/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Two day storm total from Hurricane Polo was 1.79 inches. Water flowing under the bridge up in Portal. Plenty of puddles on road. No frogs or turtles seen. Water year ended above normal and Monsoon ended slightly above normal. |
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| 10/5/2026 | GA-DG-9 | GA | Dodge |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rainfall has picked up with 1.45" for October already. Normal deer and other wildlife activity. |
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| 10/5/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| The year-to-date precipitation is quite close to normal, but the South Fork of the Crow River (where it crosses County Rd 2 between Glencoe and Silver Lake) continues to seem below normal, with some silt and "sandbars" showing.
Fieldwork is continuing, with many farmers starting to combine their soybeans this weekend. Chopping of field corn for sileage might be almost finished, but harvesting of corn for grain hasn't started yet.
In the garden, only pumpkins and winter squash are still out. |
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| 10/5/2026 | MT-LC-14 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| No moisture occurred this week. Moisture is needed soon. Conditions were hazy today and the fragrance of smoke could be detected. Perhaps it was smoke from controlled burns. These burns have caused significant air quality issues in the area. |
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| 10/5/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 5.83 inches of rain this week (by calendar day, including a record breaking 5.70 inches on September 30 from the remnants of Hurricane Polo interacting with an intense upper level low pressure area. In a very intense rainfall event, 4.78 of the 5.70 inches of this rain fell from 9 pm to midnight (Over 4 inches fell between 9:45 pm and 11:30 pm.) The soil is saturated to 6 inches. I cannot walk on the lawn without sinking in. Widespread ponding occurred during and shortly after the rainfall. Widespread flooding occurred in the Omaha area with many roads and buildings under water. According to the National Weather Service, up to 8.27 inches of rain was recorded in southwest Omaha, in an area approximately 7 to 9 miles south-southwest of my location. The trees and grass are still mostly green, but the leaf color change is continuing. Conditions are severely wet. Temperatures were below normal this week with the cloud cover until Friday. The monthly precipitation total is 13.43 inches calculated by calendar day (midnight to midnight) which is 10.31 inches above normal (430 percent of the NOAA normal). Calculated from 7 AM to 7 AM, the monthly total for September was 7.73 inches (4.61 inches above normal), which is 248 percent of normal. Using 7 AM to 7 AM recording, the 5.70-inch rainfall was recorded October 1, so the monthly rainfall for CoCoRaHS is 5.76 inches (0.06 inch fell just after midnight early October 1). Precipitation here for the year is now 40.13 inches, which is 12.44 inches above normal (145 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 5.76 inches, which is 5.44 inches above normal (1822 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath have decreased substantially. Approximately 8 species of birds (about 20 to 30 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is about 5 to 6 feet above normal with many normally dry areas under water. Area creeks and ponds are also about 5 feet above normal with low-land flooding. Nearby corn and soybean fields (dryland farming) are wet. Crops have matured and are beginning to turn brown and yellow. |
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| 10/5/2026 | NY-ER-245 | NY | Erie |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| The ponds at our nature preserve are disappearing. This pond used to be a turtle breed.
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| 10/5/2026 | NC-CH-68 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We had some rain yesterday however, any change to our drought was very short lived. Yesterday evening there was water flowing in the stream and the retiention pond was filled up to the spillway. This afternoon, however, there was little evidence remaining of yesterdays rain. There were a few puddles left in the bottom of the stream but most of it was bone dry. The water level in the pond had already dropped well below the spillway so nothing was flowing downsteam. We remain under Level 2 water restrictions so the lawns are looking worse than ever. Places that are irrigated are doing well. The leaf fall is continuing to increase with more falling at every breeze. |
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| 10/5/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| Only 0.25 inches of rain in the past 13 days but 4.92 inches of rain since September 1. Soils are getting dry in sunny areas but are still moist in more protected area. Nothing abnormal for September. Warm days and cool nights are beginning to bring on the early fall color. |
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| 10/5/2026 | OH-ST-12 | OH | Stark |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.29" of rain this week, 4.95" in the last 30 days. Corn and soybean harvest continues. More trees are starting to show color. Our apple trees are pushing out a few blossoms and new leaves (a "rogue bloom"), presumably from the stress of too much water. Lawn growth is slowing down. Creeks are still running a little above normal. Field drains are still trickling. Ponds are quite full. Mosquitoes may be slowing down just a little; looking forward to a killing frost. |
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| 10/5/2026 | TX-GM-12 | TX | Grimes |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| After 2.95" of rainfall, we are finally climbing out of the drought. The pastures are beginning to green up (as shown in the photos. The ponds are still very low but they are improving. Even some of the cucumber seeds I planted a month ago are coming up. Even after watering them, they wouldn't come up until it rained. The cooler weather is such a relief. The rain is welcome. Even the cows seem to be relieved.
We are still under a burn ban. I don't expect them to lift it just yet. The grass still looks burnt but it is greening up |
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| 10/5/2026 | TX-TN-124 | TX | Tarrant |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| What a start to October. The first 4 days have dropped 5.12 inches on my location. My soil is muddy. This morning (Sunday), I had standing water on my lawn. Messy. This hopefully ends our 9 week drought in a big way. There were trees that had some yellow leaves and that will continue as we progress into Autumn. My grasses were pretty much gone. Birds and wildlife were okay before with feeders and water pans. Area lake will be rising for the post part but remain to see how much some recover. |
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| 10/5/2026 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Color increased through the week. Maple, oak, poplar, basswood, and ash trees all had some green leaves mixed with some leaves in shades of yellow, orange, red, crimson, and brown. A few maple trees had no leaves left on their branches. The woods had areas of no leaves on the ground, areas of leaves covering the ground, and areas of leaves so thick no grass showed. Many areas under oak trees were close to covered with acorns, lots of them. Some must have been eaten or squirreled away as there were some acorn caps mixed in. More grasses dried out, among them swamp grasses and cattails. Corn and soybean plants dried down too. Some corn was ready for chopping but farmers still left some fields standing that were too wet. A few farmers put high moisture corn into silos. Some soybeans were quite dry, a person had a difficult time making a fingernail mark in the seeds. Usually the soybeans should be combined when no mark can be left in the seed. The bean seeds didn't rattle in the pods yet either. This would be close to average for timing. Most apples were done, the latest varieties were still on the trees but the wind on Saturday knocked some off of the branches. The creek was murky pools with many areas covered with leaves. Few varmints were seen but they still had lots of acres of standing corn to hide in. A few deer were seen grazing near dusk and after dark. The few turkeys seen were two different sizes, likely a late brood. Cranes were heard while foraging in fields standing and cut. Geese flew overhead some mornings and evenings. Brown goldenrod flowers were starting to turn fuzzy. Wildfire danger was moderate to high depending on the day and time of day. Mornings with fog kept the danger lower but evenings after wind during the day were much higher with stubble and dried leaves and grasses available for burning. |
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| 10/5/2026 | CAN-BC-37 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The week of September 28th to October 4th was typical for late September. There was 13mm of precipitation for the week, and the high was 21.2c on the 2nd, and the low was 1.9c on the 28th. The average for the week was 11.2c.
The month of September was near average for both temperature and precipitation. This station recorded 32.8mm of rain this month. The highest temperature was 27.4c on the 1st, and the low was 0.8c on the 27th. The average for the month was 13.2c.
At the Environment Canada Victoria Airport location, there was 32.3mm of precipitation in September, and the average temperature was 14.4c. This compares to the 30-year average (1991 to 2020) of 35.7mm and 14.5c respectively.
On a non-weather note, there was a bear sighting about a block away from my house. Although bear sightings occasionally happen in this area, it is still unusual to see them in the suburbs. |
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