| 3/9/2026 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Trees are turning green. Weeds and grass are green. Multiple Red Flag Warning days. Scorpions making their way into the work building. Tumbleweeds filling the yard. Blowing dirt off yards and roads. The closest we came to moisture last week was a pleasant smell and rainbow to the north. Robins are starting to appear. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| .25" of precip last week No snow on the ground. There is moisture measurable in the top six inches of the soil. The juniper and pinyon trees are showing a little brown as if stressed. Some weeds and cool-season grasses are thriving. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CO-GR-52 | CO | Grand |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| 0.28" of precipitation fell this week which helps short-term but it's dry and windy this week. Snow melted quickly. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CO-GN-18 | CO | Gunnison |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| only one winter in the past 52 has had less snowfall than this one so far and due south slopes are showing bare ground |
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| 3/9/2026 | CO-LR-36 | CO | Larimer |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The small amount of precip received last week hasn’t changed the powder dry condition of hay field. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CO-LN-68 | CO | Lincoln |
Severely Dry
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| We've had an extremely dry winter. Our average monthly measured precipitation is at an average of 0.25" per month with the exception of February which I have measured 0.06". The soil is dry and hard. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| The combination of recent rain and the melting of the snowpack due to the recent unseasonably warm temperatures has caused soil moisture levels to be mildly wet. Also there has been some minor field flooding due to these factors. |
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| 3/9/2026 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Snow is finally disappearing, plows & trucks have cleared the streets, parking is available, so tourists have returned. Friday a flock of robins descended onmy holly bush, stripping the berries. Songbirds are returning. Precip is approaching normal. Yesterday's almost 60-degree temps brought out throngs of walkers & cyclists. Spring is in the air! |
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| 3/9/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| we’ve got 24” of snow melting out there…it’s mostly gone in the woods, but open fields are still covered. Mud Season. Wetter than the last 5-6 years because of all the standing snow. REassuring to have a long snowy New England winter. |
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| 3/9/2026 | IL-WL-136 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| pretty normal spring at our farm. Ground is wet but not a lot standing water around. |
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| 3/9/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Though the area received 3 inches of gentle rain this past week, the subsoil moisture is still of concern. The rain water quickly was soaked up making one think the frost is out of the ground. Maple trees are budding, the male robins have arrived and many snow geese have been seen on their migratory flight back north. |
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| 3/9/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| As per email received from NOAA NIDIS dated 3/5/2026 Drought Condition worsened for my area to Category D1 Moderate Drought. The month is starting out well with a trace and 1.23 of rain that fell on Friday the 6th Severe Event, weather radio went off a few times but no damage here. Increase in birds, deer and squirrels. Nice to have the windows open this afternoon with the temps being in the upper 60s. More Spring Swing weather on the way so enjoy the good days while you can! Overall Mood Happy for more Spring decent weather and looking forward to more chances of precipitation. :):) |
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| 3/9/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Above average temperatures with a moderate amount of rain. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana is running high; probably from more rain to the south |
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| 3/9/2026 | KY-JF-99 | KY | Jefferson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 3/1 Weekly condition report
Reporting condition for Week: Sunday - Saturday: 3/1 - 3/7/26
Precipitation for last 14 days: 1.93” mixed with Trace of snow.
Precipitation for this week: 1.81” no snow
Daily Temperatures at 8:00 AM: Avg. 51.0F; Range 32F to 67F (18.3F warmer than last week).
Foundation plants: watering not started this spring.
Day Lillies: New growth 3” to 4’ Tall
Weeding: Discontinued. Sprayed week killer, effective
Lawn condition: Fescue grasses are growing vigorously and will need mowing next week. Bermuda grass still dormant.
Phillips screwdriver plunge test into lawn test area, 3/7 = 5.0” little resistance as ground is saturated with recent rain.
General comments: Overwintering bulbs (tulips, daffodils) are up another 2” to 4”. Daffodils are blooming..Tulip bulbs planted last fall are coming up. Hyacinths are forming buds.. Roses are leafing. Maple trees are blooming. Honeysuckle is budding.
More male American Goldfinches are starting to change to their black and gold plumage but the number of Goldfinch have diminished from about 16 at the feeder to about 6. It appears the American Tree Sparrows have migrated ,north. The Fox Sparrow hasn’t been seen all week. Slat-colored Junco are still here.
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| 3/9/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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| 2.6" = 0.19" SWE snow for week. 4.5" snowpack. Mx 59.1°/Mn -5.8°. Few maple taps set. |
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| 3/9/2026 | MA-NF-1 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Snowpack melted substantially since the weekend, now with an average depth of 6 inches, and ranging between 4 and 8 inches with around 80% coverage. Starting to see some bare spots in sunny areas. Ground is fairly wet and top layer of soil is somewhat frozen. Ice on ponds and lakes is still fairly extensive but thinning. |
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| 3/9/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| With 1.78" of rain in the past 7 days a lot of melting has occurred. We're now at 87% of PRISM normal for the year so hopefully we'll be out of drought status before long. Although most of the ground is still covered in snow the next few days should reveal a lot of bare ground. Lots of cleanup to do as my trees suffered a lot of damage from the blizzard. |
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| 3/9/2026 | MI-ON-4 | MI | Ontonagon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Not as much snow through February; we didn't have the rain other places nearby did. Snowpack is melting with warm weather; creek is flowing moderately fast, but within the banks, can't get down there for a closer look right now. Still having to be careful with well water. |
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| 3/9/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Most of the ice and snow has melted away, leaving the ground a bit wet. This makes it much easier to walk and drive, and hopefully is helping the plants, trees, wildlife, and our watershed (Higgins lake, Mi). |
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| 3/9/2026 | MS-HR-57 | MS | Harrison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Until Sat night/sunday morning, my yard was extremely dry. I needed to water the new plants I have put into the garden. At 1 am Sat morning, the rain started and we received over 1.5" Unfortunately the rain was heavy early on and much of the water went into the ditches and street. It did not necessarily make it to the soil. Except for the normal wet areas of the yard, only the first few inches of soil are wet. When I dug holes for plants after the rain, the ground below topsoil was still very dry. The ephemeral spring pond that I normally have in side property, finally had some water in it after the rain. On my side property in Spring it is normally a 30 foot wide pond, after rain it is a puddle. I visted Eunice, LA which is significantly farther north than Gulfport. They were at least 1-2 weeks ahead in Spring. The oaks were covering everything yellow. While my oaks are still just budding. They had more new leaves on trees and shrubs. Temperatures were higher than average. High 74.7F and low 62.7, while average is 67/48. |
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| 3/9/2026 | MO-PT-8 | MO | Platte |
Mildly Dry
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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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| Had Zero runoff from last weeks rains. Land work and other outside activities continue. Grasses are beginning to green up. Trees are starting to bud. Bulb flowers are breaking the surface. Fire risk is low at this time but just a few sunny windy days will change that. |
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| 3/9/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| High temperatures ranged from near normal to 15 to 25 degrees above normal. Soil temperatures are in the 60s and 70s by midafternoon. The soil is dry and powdery where there isn't much vegetation. The grass is starting to green up but still has a lot of brown. Trees and shrubs and perennial flowers are still dormant. We only received 0.22 inch of rain this week and the ground is drying up again. Conditions are mildly dry. March precipitation has totaled only 0.23 inch (0.25 inch below normal, or 48 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 2.08 inch, which is 0.18 inch below normal (92 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 1.68 inch below normal (77 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 approximately 1.5 to 2 feet below normal. Area creeks and ponds are also about 2 feet below normal.
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| 3/9/2026 | NE-LA-19 | NE | Lancaster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We received around 0.3" last week, which temporarily increases creek flow and got some moisture into the surface soil for emerging Spring plants. But March precipitation is already below Normal for the first third of the month, extending the very dry Winter months. Still not much action with the sump pump, indicating subsoil moisture is limited. Bulbs are active and trees buds are swelling and about to emerge. A little green-up of the lawn but still mostly dormant. Summer goldfinches are here and a few are starting to get their yellow plumage. Birdbath is in demand. |
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| 3/9/2026 | NM-BR-233 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| soil rapidly drying after more than two weeks with no measurable precipitation, lengthy period of above average temps, gusty winds and low RH. Creatures seeking water. soil hardening with dusty surface. Fire danger really becoming a concern. Air quality not great. |
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| 3/9/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy early becoming mostly sunny and cool with gusty winds, then mostly clear and cold overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around fifty degrees, and the low around forty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every three days. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. A small flock of ducks was seen. More flocks of small black birds and song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring flood levels. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 3/9/2026 | NC-DH-48 | NC | Durham |
Mildly Dry
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| For the past week, we have received only 0.08 inches of rain. This is the only rain we have received so far this month (other than traces). Even though the ground is wet enough to make a very shallow footprint in the low wet spot, the amount of rain on a per diem basis is very minimal.
Despite the lack of rain, spring is here and our Forsythia bush has leafed out along with its characteristic yellow lowers. The Azalea is still blooming and more flowers have appeared this week. Various trees are starting to leaf out while others are still dormant.
Our winter species are still here. One site says that the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are 100 miles away along the coastal plain all the way up to new Jersey, there are no reports of them here in this area. We have not seen any. |
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| 3/9/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| we had 0.we inches of rain this past week leaving us about normal. Water supply to our well, livestock watering tanks is good and water levels in creeks is good. The risk of fire is about average. Hay fields, pastures and Christmas Tree fields are all beginning to green up. |
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| 3/9/2026 | OH-ER-5 | OH | Erie |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Creek running 1/3 full. Ground under Willow tree soft under foot. Plants sprouting from ground. Grass Green. |
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| 3/9/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Near normal this time of year is actually quite wet. Soil is soft, even soggy in some spots. There are puddles here and there. The weather this past week has been perfect for growing spinach. It's a pity I haven't planted mine yet. Songbirds are beginning to nest. The hummingbird keeps orbiting the yellowjacket trap - I think she wants to eat some dead yellowjackets - don't know why, because it has been warm enough for some insects to be out. Rose vines are sporting tiny new leaves. Folks are seen with boats and fishing poles, so fishing must be fairly good. The creek is surprisingly low for spring, but the flow is brisk. A few trees are being transplanted, beds are being weeded, the neighbor's cattle have calves, flocks of geese go to and fro, although the numbers seem less than former years. Fire danger is low. |
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| 3/9/2026 | OR-JC-74 | OR | Jackson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Low mountain snowpack is worrisome. Our property has several more conifers that appear to be "decadent" and the woodpeckers are happy. |
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| 3/9/2026 | PA-CF-5 | PA | Clearfield |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| I got 1.74" rain from March 1-8. Streams are running fast and are higher than average. |
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| 3/9/2026 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| all normal here as far as I know. |
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| 3/9/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| There was a nearby grass fire that closed a major highway on Saturday. The County does not have a burn ban in place "Sea Fog" is a daily occurrence, and burns off by mid morning or earlier. |
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| 3/9/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Severely Dry
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| water 3 x weekly |
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| 3/9/2026 | TX-HNT-11 | TX | Hunt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.33” of rain last week falling on two different days - neither were severe storms. 0.66” of Evapotranspiration for last week. Temperatures were in the 70s and 80s for daytime highs and overnight lows in the 60s except for the weekend where it dipped into the 40s - very nice and Spring like. Trying to hold off on turning on the air conditioning but with the high humidity it’s getting tough. Continue under D1 Drought Status as well as Burn Ban. I was able to continue Spring gardening activities and I’m about to get behind as new season plant growth is excited to push up from the ground. The yard grass is getting green also - probably need to mow in about 2 more weeks. The soil has been good for weed pulling - weeds come out easily so not too dry - seems like the rain is soaking in well. My property is also getting quite active with bees, butterflies and ladybugs. The story for the week - Spring has arrived! |
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| 3/9/2026 | VA-AB-32 | VA | Albemarle |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Soils are still moist from the melted snow, ice, and rain in the last few weeks. |
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| 3/9/2026 | WA-ST-11 | WA | Stevens |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire
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| Soil continues to be moist.
Multiple wildland grass fires this past week.
Precipitation Normals Comparison NOAA:
Month-to-Date: 0.05 inches with 0.50 inches normal or 10% of normal.
Year-to-Date: 2.49 inches with 4.17 inches normal or 60% of normal.
Water Year-to-Date: 9.11 inches with 10.49 inches normal or 87% of normal. |
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| 3/9/2026 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Above freezing temperatures by day and a few nights made for melting of snowplow piles and the biggest drifts. This caused a little normal ponding on the frozen ground. Frost shifted in the ground and I had a measurable amount in my gauge. A few warm sunny days made the gauge thaw on top an inch, depth was up to 28" before the end of the week. My yard was still frozen, some days there was greasy mud on the very top. This would be a little on the early side. More often there is still snow covering the ground at this time of year. The warm and sunny days also had a few tom turkeys gobbling very early in the morning. This would be unusually early. A few turkeys were seen scratching at the stubble and frozen dirt some days in some spots. Deer were seen during the week near dusk but mostly after dark. One buck on a camera still had both antlers, unusually late for this time of year. Moving water was common in the fast moving channels. Ice remained on ponds, lakes, and river and creek banks but some had a little water or slush on top. Skunks were out most nights. Many syrup producers were cooking the sap. The flow of sap varied across the area. The sap from some trees on the south facing hillsides ran well. Sap from trees with north facing taps and in shaded areas didn't run much. Wildfire danger remained low. |
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| 3/9/2026 | WI-RS-1 | WI | Rusk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Most snowpack has melted including in the deep woods, and remarkably little standing water remains, strongly suggesting most soaked into soils that were never frozen hard. Even my extensive wetland complex is mostly snow free and vert little flooding of downstream flow. It is my belief that souk moisture is now near normal even though we entered winter in severe drought with essentially no rainfall all 3 fall months. |
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| 3/9/2026 | WY-FM-21 | WY | Fremont |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Two snow/rain events at beginning of this month kept the ground moist. Warmer than usual temperatures causing early plant growth grass, shrubs, trees. High yesterday warmest yet at 62°F, drying winds gusting to 25 mph for two days . Catkins out on Aspen and Birch. Snow gone and river rising. Geese and Herons have returned. |
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