| 7/28/2026 | CO-EP-511 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Wet
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| Ground saturated after several consecutive days of evening thunderstorms, including one 1” rainfall storm. Plants have uncurled their dried leaves. Looking less stressed. Temps have cooled from high 90s to the 80s. Have dropped supplemental garden watering for the week. |
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| 7/28/2026 | CO-LR-1238 | CO | Larimer |
Moderately Dry
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| This summer is requiring way too much watering to keep things alive. I’ve even started to water less with the thought that plants may begin to stress but I’ll at least keep them alive. Around the area, including Fort Collins, it seems more and more trees looked stressed with browning leaves, or have lots of top dead branches (the locusts in old town are looking poorly), or dead. Many spruces in town have died in this last 1-2 years. |
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| 7/28/2026 | FL-BK-7 | FL | Baker |
Severely Dry
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| grass is turning brown. Very dusty when mowing. |
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| 7/28/2026 | FL-MA-17 | FL | Manatee |
Mildly Dry
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| With a little help from Tropical Storm Bertha we finally hit a rainy streak and it now has rained 9 out of the last 14 days. It still is below normal for the month by 2 or 3 inches and the rainfall amounts were not very impressive but it's much better than it was a few weeks ago. |
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| 7/28/2026 | IN-KS-22 | IN | Kosciusko |
Near Normal
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| My field corn is in excellent condition. My garden is giving me tomatoes and cucumbers for my salad. I received 0.72 inches of rain this afternoon. My well is giving me excellent water.I saw a dozen deer on my daily walk recently. |
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| 7/28/2026 | MO-PT-8 | MO | Platte |
Near Normal
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| The June rain has carried through July. We have had enough rainfall in July to keep us out of drought. The recent higher temperatures have stressed animals and man, but water stress hasn't happened yet. Not with the extremely heavy dews. I actually measured 1/100th inch in my rain gauge three different mornings! Irrigators are running as corn in particular that has just started filling, needs a water boost. Garden is doing well; bugs aren't too bad. Haying has progressed well although the tonnage is off 25 to 30% due to the extended drought conditions of the previous years, and this spring. Land work continues unabated now. the few rains we have had don't make it muddy enough to stop. Fire risk is low at the moment. |
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| 7/28/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Severely Dry
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| Although we got .40" last week from 2 very local thunderstorms, it had been 3 weeks without any rain, with very hot temperatures. The past week temps climbed to the extreme, up to 99, and so there is nothing left of that rain. one fire is now burning 6 miles west of us up in the high country. It's mostly in rock and scree and is 105 acres, but as usual the USFS is using it as an excuse to log 5 miles away. Very smokey here, but smoke is mostly coming from far away in Oregon and Washington. Grass is brown and dormant. |
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| 7/28/2026 | NE-CS-5 | NE | Chase |
Mildly Dry
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| For our property east of wauneta on county line we had about 1.75" of rain, no apparent hail damage, last night. |
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| 7/28/2026 | NJ-OC-113 | NJ | Ocean |
Moderately Dry
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| In the past seven days, from July 21 to 28, 0.70” of rain has fallen, mostly during one storm. Ground is dry to the touch. Hydrangea, morning glory, moon flower and hosta are still recovering from strong winds. Note shredded and brown edged leaves. Thunder clouds cross the bay most afternoons with no precipitation. |
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| 7/28/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Mostly sunny and hot with light winds, then cloudy and warm overnight with light winds and thunderstorms. The high temperature was around seventy nine degrees, and the low around sixty three degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, Horse Nettles and Wild Bergamot flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are almost done ripening. Early corn is 84" - 96" tall, late corn is 24" - 36"" tall. The third cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/28/2026 | NC-HR-51 | NC | Harnett |
Near Normal
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| We have received significant rain over the past week, totaling more than three inches. The soil remains damp, and local crops appear healthy, with some growing up to a foot in height. Additionally, local ponds have noticeably rebounded. |
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| 7/28/2026 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
Mildly Dry
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| We had no rain this past week, and with temperatures approaching 100F, the vegetation is beginning to show some stress, particularly the lawns. |
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| 7/28/2026 | OK-PY-9 | OK | Payne |
Severely Dry
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| Looks like we are going back to a flash drought. Places that once were wet are now dry enough to crack the ground. Seen photos. Still have water in pounds for cattle. Hay meadows are growing back slowly to nell. When walk on them at noon the plants crack under your shoes. |
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| 7/28/2026 | UT-SL-96 | UT | Salt Lake |
Severely Dry
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| Conditions remain extremely dry at least locally for lower elevations of northern Utah, where total precip for the calendar year has been about half of normal and under 2" total over the past 3 months. Some mountain areas a bit further east and south have received moderate to locally heavy rainfall in July and have at least some surface moisture. Temperatures have been consistently hot, far above average with daily highs/lows near to above 100/80 F recently at some low elevations. Fire danger ranges from high to extreme in lower to mid elevations and a mix of moderate to high in at higher elevations where rainfall has occurred. |
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| 7/28/2026 | VA-VBC-21 | VA | Virginia Beach (city) |
Near Normal
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| We have surpassed the average monthly rainfall for the first time since October. Summer is our wet season, and July is our usual wettest of the year, averaging nearly 7 inches over the last 30 years. We're now at 8.02 inches for the month. We are still at a deficit year to date, but are no longer dry. |
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| 7/28/2026 | WA-ST-11 | WA | Stevens |
Moderately Dry
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| Another week of no precipitation has added to the already depleted soil moisture.
Numerous non-contained wildland fires in the area. Air quality has been unhealthy. Fire danger has been upgraded to very high.
Agricultural crops are now being harvested.
Creeks and small stream flows are dismal.
Precipitation Normals Comparison NOAA:
Month-to-Date: 0.31 inches with 0.91 inches normal or 34% of normal.
Year-to-Date: 7.50 inches with 12.47 inches normal or 60% of normal.
Water Year-to-Date: 14.12 inches with 18.79 inches normal or 75% of normal. |
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| 7/28/2026 | WY-SL-24 | WY | Sublette |
Mildly Wet
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| Observation for Elkhart Park to Photographers point for the afternoon of July 227, 2026.
rain in the morning and afternoon. The backpackers reported this same pattern for the previous week. The trails were fully saturated, with additional precipitation flowing down the trail. Snowpack in the high country is generally gone , see the attatched picture.
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| 7/28/2026 | CAN-NB-107 | CAN | New Brunswick |
Moderately Dry
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| 32.5mm rain so far this month here. Far off the average of 95mm. Other parts of the Province have fared better. Rain needed. There's cobwebs and rust in my rain gauge. |
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| 7/28/2026 | CAN-NS-86 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Near Normal
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| In the last 7 days I recorded 0.98 inch of rain and my ET gauge recorded 0.79 inch of evaporation. The rains was a big benefit for agriculture and the upper soils got needed injection of moisture however my observations suggest the ground water supply is still loosing. Lawns are still green but have slowed down with less frequent mowing. High temps have been normal and my A/C has been on and off. Fire restrictions have decreased a level than last week. Been 4 days since the last rain folks started watering their gardens again. Mosquito population reduced again, any open surface water disappeared a couple days after the last rain. |
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