| 7/6/2026 | IA-BH-29 | IA | Black Hawk |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| 4.51" rainfall between 7/2/26 and 7/4/26. Standing water in ditches, farm fields, depressions. Several local rivers have flood watches/warnings. |
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| 7/6/2026 | ME-LN-30 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Only 0.02 inches of rain for the week. Sunny and hot. |
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| 7/6/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Zero rain over past week. Sumac, white sweet clover, star lily all beginning bloom. No plant stress noted to date |
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| 7/6/2026 | MA-WR-28 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Recent heat has compounded drought |
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| 7/6/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| While the surface is muddy, six inches down, the earth is still hard from the lack of winter moisture |
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| 7/6/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Temperatures were above normal this week. I received 0.61 inches of rain this week. The soil is drying out at the surface, but still moist at a depth of 3 inches. The trees and grass are mostly green with some areas turning brown and showing some stress. Conditions are near normal. June precipitation was slightly above normal with 4.99 inches of rain (0.03 inch above normal, 101 percent of normal). So far, precipitation for July is 0.61 inch, 0.02 inch above normal (104 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 16.96 inches, which is 0.27 inch below normal (98 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 1.77 inches below normal (92 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath are about the same as last week. Approximately 20 species of birds (about 100 to 120 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is approximately normal. Area creeks and ponds are also near normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields look moist and are growing well. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NH-ST-40 | NH | Strafford |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Although this area is technically still in a drought because of groundwater levels, up here on the surface conditions appear quite normal for the beginning of July. Lakes, ponds, streams and rivers are pretty much at normal levels. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy and warm with early morning fog and light winds, then cloudy and warm overnight with light winds becoming calm. The high temperature was around seventy seven degrees, and the low around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, Avens, Soapwort flowers, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 24" - 44" tall, late corn is 12" tall. The second cutting of hay is occurring. The local intermittent stream is still flowing but drying up in places downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/6/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Only 0.35” this week. Most of the standing water from last week’s rains are gone. The creek isn’t flowing anymore but there are lots of pools of water. All the ponds are full. Quite a few folks started baling hay this week in the area. Notice all the dead tree branches on the ground in the pond picture. Super high winds came through Saturday, July 4th, about 8:00pm. Very gusty and didn’t last long but knocked a ton of branches off trees and knocked some trees down. Then we got our 0.35” of rain. |
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| 7/6/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions in my area are comfortably moist. I've measure 1.50" of rain in the past seven days, but it's been spread out such that it hasn't been soggy. Now that we're getting heat and sun, outdoor potted plants are requiring watering, but not plants rooted in the ground. There are no signs of drought, and the La Platte river is at a moderate level. Forest understory is lush, and trees are green and healthy, so I am not concerned about fire. |
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| 7/6/2026 | VA-HG-8 | VA | Highland |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Perennial flowers, plants and weeds are wilting. Not irrigating due to concerns about well water. Last seven days only 0.35". Seldom irrigating garden and then only giving 1" a week. Crops needs at least 1-2" per week. Pasture grass not thriving. More than usual birds and insects at bird bath. |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-CB-4 | WI | Columbia |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| My neighborhood had gotten much needed rain and had nice rains totaling 2.25". There was some minor ponding in low spots and small frog ponds, marshes and distiches had water in them. This was great for farm crops, pastures as well as lawns and gardens. The Baraboo River is up slightly. |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-KN-6 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil condition is near normal to 6". |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-KN-21 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| This week’s precipitation is 0.68 inches. I was able to drive around the county of Kenosha, Wisconsin, to see what was growing. The fields are green with crops. Corn fields are taller than knee high. The cabbage has a bluish-green tinge in straight rows for as far as the eye can see, and finally, soy beans are a forest green.
My favorite field was not plowed this spring. I am hoping the farmer is giving it a rest and is not readying it for selling.
The neighborhood’s flower gardens are in full bloom with hollyhocks, Monarda, lamb’s ear, daisies, cosmos, Joe Pye weed, and evergreens, and a variety of flowering shrubs.
Looking fresh.
An unusal accurance happen after a heavy downpour. A female mallaard duck laid one egg under our locust tree. She wandered around our yard, eating what pleased her as she tended to her egg.
The Des Plaines River is full to its bank while the river grass has grown to the bottom of the bird house. |
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| 7/6/2026 | CAN-BC-37 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The week of June 29th to July 5th was often cool and cloudy. There was a total of 4.6mm of precipitation observed during the week. The highest temperature was 24.4c on the 4th, and the coolest was 5.3c on the 5th. Average temperature for the week was a cool 14.7c.
June was a month of contrasts. The month started out cool and wet, turning warm and dry in mid-month, and then cooler and cloudy at month end. There was a total of 18.5mm of precipitation in June. The highest temperature was 34.5c on the 15th, and a low of 2.2c on the 1st. Average for the month was 16.3c. Victoria Airport recorded 21.9mm of precipitation, compared to the 30-year average of 29.2mm. Average temperature for the month was 16.7c, compared to the 30-year average of 15.2c
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| 7/6/2026 | CAN-NS-53 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Water levels dropped but a bit of rain last week helped some. |
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