| 9/27/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions are still moderately dry after receiving only 0.33” of rainfall this week and 0.35” in the past two weeks. Temperatures have cooled down to highs in the lower to mid 80s and lows in the lower 60s. Soil moisture is depleted and plants/crops are drought stressed. Streamflows and water levels are low. Local authorities have removed the burn ban due to the rain this week but it is still too dangerous to do outdoor burning. |
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| 9/27/2026 | AR-SL-35 | AR | Saline |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| On Sept 24 I observed 2 mature oaks in my yard are WILTED from heat stress & drought, with very obviously drooping branches. I haven't seen this since the drought of 1980.
Have also recently noticed an unusual number of dead raccoons that have been hit by cars. No dead possums or armadillos. At least half a dozen raccoons on the local roadsides, which I think is happening because their water sources are drying or dried up & the animals are traveling farther than usual. |
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| 9/27/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Not much time to report--heading out for a whale and bird watch trip at sea. Not much has changed since the last report. Still mild temps and some fog and fall continues to arrive. |
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| 9/27/2026 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Color increasing in maple tree. Shrubs are showing signs of browning. Roses and sunflowers are still blooming like crazy. |
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| 9/27/2026 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Minor off and on rain for the past week. One one time mowing of the fescue lawnl this month. We haven't even totaled an inch of rain yet. The dirt was powdery when I dug for some new planting beds. |
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| 9/27/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| No improvement. |
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| 9/27/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| General: I base my "mildly dry" on the fact that, for September, we're within one standard deviation of my 6 year CoCoRaHS average. We stand at 1.07" for September, with an expected mean of 1.37" (sd= .927"). This is good news for all of us, and it moves us toward making up the losses we had this year in the total. As of today, we have had 18.37" of liquid, with an expected 6-year average of 20.8" (sd=6.59").
Agriculture: It looks like our neighbors are getting ready to plant at least one field, so my guess is winter wheat. Winter wheat has a history of surviving difficult winters, and I'm pretty sure they planted a field of it last year. It certainly serves as a hedge against questionable snow, given the super El Nino.
Energy: We're still in good production of energy, producing 67.60 kWHR yesterday, and only using 23.18 kWHR, even with my Saturday baking.
Fire: Danger is certainly dwindling, though not gone.
Plants/Wildlife: We're obviously well into Fall. We had a herd of 9 deer pass through yesterday, and are hearing baby owls (and parents courting). It's a great sign, for sure. We've been hearing coyotes at night, and have swarms of box-elder bugs. Yellow jackets are angry, as is their tendency a this time of year. Again, fewer yellow jackets, following a trend we saw start in 2023. Our flowering natural plants are pretty much done, so bee action has declined a lot. We were recalling how few birds we have seen this year.
Water: Again, we're making gains. A good snow year will help everyone. Southeastern Idaho is facing a significant problem in terms of agriculture if we don't get snow. The water board appears to have backed down its restrictions on farming due to pressure from agricultural needs, but they warn that next year will be a real problem without snowpack/ We're hopeful but not optimistic. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The past week has been one much like the beginning of fall is to be. It was cloudy, cool, misty, some sun, with signs of summer moving out and transitioning to the season in charge. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Even with little shots of rain every day, it was a much drier week than the week prior, but there is still some standing water in ditches and low spots of fields. Area rivers did not get as high as forecasted when I reported last week, however there was some significant rise. The To-Dates are all on the plus side. As of today, MTD total is 7.10" (+4.04" or 232% of NOAA Norm), YTD is +7.02" (124%) and WYTD +5.89" (116%) and will end mid-week with a surplus for the year. There has not been much, if any, harvest due to what I am assuming is from wet conditions. Hummingbirds appear to have migrated as of Friday. No action at the feeders. I ended my garden for the year and closed the pool. There are lots of woolly worms on the roads. More rain expected this week so I am assuming conditions will remain wet for next week's report. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are normal for this time of year. Lawns are green and lush. All other vegetation is in normal Fall conditions. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Things are still drying out from the soggy later Sept precips.
Grass is back to cutting every 2 days and some areas still have damp ground visible.
The MTD, Calendar Year and Water Year metrics are all on the plus side. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil is moist under the surface but not wet. Yard and some garden plants continue to grow. Conditions allow for work in garden, fields and yard. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Topsoil is saturated even becoming soggy from all the rain received in Sept. Side hill seeps are showing up once again. Lawns and pastures doing well. Have seen some corn harvested, but needs to dry out for several days before harvest begins full swing. |
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| 9/27/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| About 1.25in of rain this past week did little to change the conditions. Lawns pastures continue to show are green. Top soil is wet. Rivers and streams are near to above normal. Crops are being harvested where soil conditions permit. Bird migration is on going.
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| 9/27/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.07” rain this week. Ongoing dry conditions, creeks are shrinking puddles, ponds low. More corn down, some corn shocks going up. All the beans look brown and ready but didn't see any additional fields down. With the temps down and rain gone we got onto the porch the latter part of the week. The trees have not continued changing color, so the change due to heat & drought fooled us. Some poplars seem unaffected by the drought. Of the affected trees half of the leaves that remain are still green. Walnuts, always the first to go around here, are 50-90% bare. The rest of the trees showing color change have been the same for the past couple weeks. Rate of consumption on the hummingbird feeders is well down. We're still seeing some, but numbers dropping every day. So far none this morning – maybe they are gone. Deer and turkeys laying low, we didn't see any this week. |
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| 9/27/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.05" rainfall this week. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana at 4.9' and flowing at 25.3ft^/sec (normal). Hummingbirds were numerous and very active earlier this week, but now seemed to have started south. Will keep the hummingbird feeders up for another few weeks. Two deer in the front pasture this morning. |
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| 9/27/2026 | KY-MK-24 | KY | McCracken |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire
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| No significant effects. Just dry. Leaves shedding early. Grass growth slowed to next to zero. Soil very dry at the surface and 1st couple of inches deep. Would not recommend residential burning unless wind is calm. It's not unusual to be drier in September and October. The summer was wetter than normal. But, over the past 30 days, only 3 consecutive and total days of rain 9-11th resulted in a little over 2 inches of rain. No rain in over two weeks. |
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| 9/27/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still very dry. A little rain overnight is a slow start but much appreciated. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| This, my final CMR for the ‘25-‘26 Water Year, won’t be able to produce finals simply because of the Nor’easter still in progress. Due to this storm things are currently moderately wet – 6.00” combined total for this event, and there’s more in the forecast. As things stand, we’re at 11.37” for September – that’s 274% of PRISM average. As things stand for the Water Year To Date, this station has received a total of 61.25” – and that’s 123.7% of average. So we’ve come close to even-ing out on last year’s deficit, and may well hit that mark depending on the rest of this storm. This Water Year has had something of a “feast or famine” feel to it… while many of the months were within reasonable range of average, December, April, June and August were notably below average, and October, July and September all significantly overperformed. Seasonal color changes continue; the veggie garden is pretty much done except for roots, seasonal changes are happening in the flower gardens. Wildlife activity appears normal. Pond level is currently well above control depth due to the rain. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Over the past two weeks we have received 1 3/4 inches precipitation, and we might be straddling towards mildly dry, but plants and people feel just about right with the moisture. Mornings are chill [50s] and dewey, days have been lovely high 60s/low 70s. No complaints here! Connecticut River shallows continue to peak above the surface, then disappear under inches, so flow is still good. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| It had been a relatively dry September but this week has changed that. With 3.24" of rain this week we are now at 5.21" for the month which is 147% of PRISM normal. With 2 more days of rain in the forecast we will probably finish the water year at or above normal (we're at 97% of normal as of today). |
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| 9/27/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 2.02 inches so far from the current storm, 2.40 the past seven days, 5.27 so far this month, lot of twigs amd branches down this morning, local streams at normal levels before the storm, hummingbirds appear to be gone., not so for chipmunks. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| We had a week of pleasant fall weather with 0.50" of rain falling at the beginning of the week. This rain has brought our September total precipitation to 5.50" as of today, which is considerably above the PRISM average (3.29") for the entire month. Temperatures this week have been at about seasonal average with daily highs in the 60's and 70's (F). Sky's have been largely sunny. Lawns are lushly green and the grass is growing fast enough to require weekly mowing. Mosquitoes have been observed around my house, but not in obnoxious numbers. A few trees are starting to show their fall colors. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Our first week of autumn concludes with near normal conditions, an abrupt change from the rainy patter of the previous week. This week began with a soggy Sunday that left 0.90 inches of rain in the gauge catch; this was also our weekly precipitation total. Lawns are still green and needing regular mowings and soils have not dried out yet. This has probably been aided by moderate daytime temperatures and high humidities most of the week with overnight temperatures dipping into the low 40s. Larger deciduous trees are just now showing signs of fading and a little bit of vibrant color is appearing on a few trees. Corn is turning brown and prairie grasses are becoming golden. Outdoor recreation continues and agricultural activity is vibrant and we’re now in the peak of apple season. It is definitely feeling more like autumn. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MI-KK-5 | MI | Kalkaska |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Getting quite dry which is making some trees prematurely change foilage color and often drop the leaves. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MI-ON-4 | MI | Ontonagon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| 0 rain this week, absolutely beautiful fall week with some dew but no frost yet. Leaves up here are duller than on the other side of the ridge where there's been more rain. Soils are drier than last week. The creek has been stagnant and may have dropped a little bit. Continuing to plan well water usage. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MI-OD-4 | MI | Oscoda |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Sandy soil conditions. 0.00" precip from September 21 to September 27. Fire Danger remains at Moderate. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Only .21” of moisture fell this past week, and Temperatures remained mostly in the mid 50’s with a range of about 8°. The ground stayed lightly damp without a lot of sunshine. Leaves have started to change color and drop in roughly 40% of the area trees. Smaller plants and vegetables are reaching end of life. I’m thinking some of this early coloring may be due to the drought-like conditions.
Forecast: Mostly Cloudy, Temps climbing from mid 60’s to low 70’s. Showers Tue-Wed with up to .75” Rain. Sunny the rest of the week. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Over 2" rain in 4 days has improved topsoil moisture and short-term dryness. We should see a little improvement in lake and wetland levels, with one more day of rain in the forecast before a dry, warm spell. Long-term drought relief will depend on winter snowfall, or rain/snow, if the super El Niño plays out as expected. Harvest is temporarily interrupted but should resume normally soon. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Although it appears to be near normal with the nearly 7 inches of rainfall for the last 30 days my basement sump remains dry. Until I see water in it, it will continue to be considered drought conditions. Normal years the pump will run occasionally. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.27" of rain was recorded this past week. Today's report= 55°, 95% humidity, calm with sprinkling rain & and an air quality index of 32 at the 6:00 a.m. observation time. Fall Color Map= https://tinyurl.com/e8fz2d2s NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 USA Drought Monitor Map= http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ NWS Astronomical Summer Climate Summary= https://tinyurl.com/yzmvmfj4 Latest Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/yajfzz3t YTD precipitation in this area = 28.68" which is only 0.02" less than average. |
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| 9/27/2026 | MN-SR-180 | MN | Stearns |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| We have gotten moister for the topsoil very little has run off. The swamps and creeks are still very low. Had a few nice days the begging of the week that a few beans came off. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NJ-HN-31 | NJ | Hunterdon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| close to normal streams and river, good soil moisture |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-DT-24 | NY | Dutchess |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Near normal –0.71 inches of rain this week. Although we are expecting high amounts due to Northeaster, Saturday’s precipitation was about half of expected. Long duration rainfalls soaking in.
Nothing much has changed - That was last week. Fall has sprung. Yellow leaves falling from Black Walnut and significant leaf drop due to winds from the Northeaster impacting today’s weather. Deer, woodchucks and flock of geese seen this week. Working outside is still pleasant due to nicer temperatures. Vegetable farmers tilling, planting and harvesting. Crop corn ready for harvest.
NYC Reservoirs above normal at 85.0% of capacity compared to normal of 77.63%. Storage trend continues above normal and increasing. Consumption is low at 0.99 billion gallons for the week.
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-MD-16 | NY | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Leaf colors are changing; pond level down; picked the last tomatoes. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-OG-10 | NY | Onondaga |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 0.01 inches of precipitation over the past week. Lawns green and growing. Streams at seasonal levels, fields mostly harvested. Typical fall conditions. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-SL-21 | NY | St. Lawrence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Only 0.08" in the past week. A dry spot can be found outside if one looks hard, but in general, the basement is still damp so reporting Near Normal. The decreasing temperatures are not putting a high water draw burden on the soil right now. Potted plants still need watering. Grass growth continues to slow. Threats of frost in the past week have partnered up with plants just ending their productivity (likely due to decreasing sunlight) so folks are starting to end their gardening season. NOTE: No frost yet at this location. The past week's weather has been mostly clear and calm.
Trees continue to change color slowly with light yellows appearing. Sumac fully in burgundy now. Chestnuts are coming into ripe but are not there yet.
In the garden, asters and sedum have opened. A few traveling monarch butterflies have passed through. Hummingbird feeding is done for the season. Chipmunks and red squirrels seem to be finding their winter nests. Canada geese can be heard migrating or just visiting.
Allergies have increased but that seems very connected to the furnace running each day and the humidity indoors has been dropping. While autumn is officially here now, we're still on a general upswing towards deep piles of vibrant leaves. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Although no rain was received within the last week, there are very few brown spots. The sump crock is dry, and it might be considered mildly dry; however, no stress is observed. Even though some watering is required for the plants that have not been cut back, this is normal for this time of year. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Creeks and steams higher than normal for the season. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds The high temperature was around sixty five degrees, and the low around fifty one degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. Asters, Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Chickory, and Jerusalem Artichoke flowers are in full bloom. Apples are ripe, walnuts are 2" big and beginning to fall. All corn have cobs from 8" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. Black Cherry trees, Walnut leaves and sparse other trees leaves are beginning to change color. The local intermittent stream is dry and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NC-BC-150 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Finally got some rain this week--0.51 inch. Black bear has been leaving scat near muscadine and on north side of house. Deer was on driveway as I returned home one day and by Doc's sign last evening. Ironweed, goldenrod and purple asters are blooming, High and low temps dropped 20 degrees for most of the week. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The .59” this week helped us stay in place. But it didn’t do anything for drought relief. Cooler temperatures are helpful. Plants still under stress. Streams are still very low. Durham is still underwater restrictions. |
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| 9/27/2026 | NC-HK-14 | NC | Hoke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| The lack of significant rain has helped the farmers to combine the corn, now they are able to start combining the soybeans. Some of the trees in the swamps are starting to drop leaves. The grass is slowing growing and turning a little brown in spots. The ponds are still a little low. |
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| 9/27/2026 | ND-TR-3 | ND | Traill |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Mildly dry conditions currently exist after September rainfall replenished upper soil moisture levels. |
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-DL-36 | OH | Delaware |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Despite the lack of rain the last couple of days, the ground is still damp and early morning fall fog has been around. Grass needs mowed but nothing needs watered as the vegetable garden seems to be doing fine on its own. More and more leaves are coming down but too early to do any raking.
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-GR-49 | OH | Greene |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had an exceptional week of moist conditions and are starting to dry out. With almost of 4 inches of rain 7 days ago the soil is still damp but not saturated, very close to normal. Temperatures have moderated with lows overnight reaching the mid 40s. This seems to be helping trees and some vines begin changing color. Vegetation and some perennial flowers have stopped producing buds. Birds have been very active in search of seeds and nuts. Some migration of species to winter grounds south of this location has been in play. We are seeing less hummingbirds, for example. Hawks and other predators have been very visible and active as well. Small mammals are busy climbing and searching for nuts. This has been in competition with blue jays and wood other nut loving birds which makes for an interesting display. Some bushed that are very sensitive to temperature and light changes have also started to change colors. Overall, fall is hear and in full swing. |
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-PB-1 | OH | Preble |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Streams are normal for this time of year. Yards are green, growth is above normal for this time of year. Precipitation is a above normal for September. ET balance is + 2.67 |
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-ST-12 | OH | Stark |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.72" of rain this week, 6.53" in the last 30 days. Finally getting a run of sunny days. Corn and early soybean harvest has begun. Preparing garden for winter. Lawn grass is still green and growing. A few maple leaves are just starting to show color. Turkey flocks are consolidating, geese have left. Starting to see deer rubs on tree trunks. There are still pools of standing water in traditional low spots, area ponds are full, creeks and field drains are flowing. Mosquitoes are still making outdoor work difficult most days.
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-SM-57 | OH | Summit |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Rainfalls: This week 0.90”, last week 0.84”
No rain these past few days allowed the ground conditions to move back to a mildly wet range after the past 5 weeks of being moderately wet. Morning temperatures have been dipping into the 40° range and highs midday only reaching the mid-60s. The creek has receded back to a much lower level. The deer and coyotes have been very active all week. The grass on the lawn has slowed its growth rate as have the ground plants in the woods. The fall colors are just starting. A couple of maples are beginning to show their bright red colors. |
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| 9/27/2026 | OH-UN-4 | OH | Union |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| Too wet to harvest, had minor flooding earlier this week. Almost stuck the lawnmower in the yard while cutting grass. |
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