| 9/6/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Local heat advisory continues through area, sporadic rain showers off and on but not enough to soak the ground. Local growth- trees and grasses and plants are holding up to the expected levels of this time of year, with fall coming around the corners leaves are starting to change color and fall. Soils in higher areas are drier than low lying areas. |
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| 9/6/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Conditions have been extremely hot and dry; however, 2 things have kept conditions in the mildly dry conditions. First, traces of precipitation have combined with heavy dew, fog, and humid conditions to keep the soil from drying out too quickly. Second, precipitation (heavy but brief) has occurred today. Therefore, soil conditions have remained mildly dry. This is reflected in plants and grass remaining green except in the shallowest soils and normal fire risk. Streams and lakes remain normal as well. Only the dust activity has increased as top soil dries. |
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| 9/6/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Monsoon rains continued to begin the week with a total of .80 inches falling which was the total for the week. Moisture stuck around afterwards with clouds building each day but no more rain fell. Due to the wetter conditions recently, decided to move the Condition Scale Bar to "Mildly Dry" but area lakes are still low. High temperatures were mild with highs in the upper 70's to low 80's except for last Monday when the high was only 67°. The high of the week was 84° on Saturday. The lows were cool and ranged from 50° on Tuesday to 59° on Friday. Breezy during thunderstorms and again on Friday morning. A lot of wildflowers are blooming with orange, yellow, and purple flowers and grasses are green. Harvesting corn now and still harvesting a lot of yellow squash. Not much wildlife seen and even less birds though yellow/green finches continue to frequent the bird bath. |
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| 9/6/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Very dry and hot. Ponds are very low, hay is being fed to livestock. Trees are losing leaves and grass, what's left, is very dry. Fire danger is high. no rain for quite some time now. |
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| 9/6/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We received only a trace of rain this week and had very high temperatures, upper 90s most days. The two week rainfall total is 0.56”. Soil moisture is very low or absent and plants and crops are seriously affected. Most plants are dead or dying and the trees are continuing to drop leaves. Some trees in my yard are completely bare like it’s mid winter. I’m having to water the landscape plants to keep them alive but some have died anyway. The lawn is brown. Local pastures are burned up and livestock are having to be fed hay. Many ponds are dried up or nearly dry as are the streams and rivers. We continue to be in a burn ban and high wildfire danger exists. The current drought is probably the worst it’s been since at least 2012. |
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| 9/6/2026 | AR-SL-49 | AR | Saline |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain over last 7 days. Grass growing slowly and turning darker brown. Trees show small areas of stress turning brown in color. Chickens using fan to stay cool with ice bath. Dogs spending limited time outdoors. Several days have reached into the low 100 degree mark this week |
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| 9/6/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For the week of August 30 - September 5, 0.09 in precipitation, maximum high temperature 74.9 deg F, minimum low temperature 53.9 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.49 in. |
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| 9/6/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| We had nearly three quarters of an inch total out of storm system this week. Going back five years of records, this is the most rain we've had this early in September. We have normally only had significant rain late in the month. The last two days have been delightful--sunny, mild and light breezes. The rain was enough to keep the landscape moist. Ocean conditions were generally good for fishing and water sports. The Labor Day weekend always brings many visitors to the area. The Paul Bunyan Days in Fort Bragg, north of us, are always popular with locals and tourists. |
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| 9/6/2026 | CO-CS-35 | CO | Costilla |
Severely Dry
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| Fall monsoon moisture is helping, however, we remain in D4 conditions. |
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| 9/6/2026 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Feels like September. Things drying out, warm, sunny, and breezy. |
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| 9/6/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 8/30-9/5 received 1.79", Three days with measurable rain including some severe storms. Ditches dry out quickly. Morris Branch remains dry. Nearby corn field irrigated once in the last week. My oak tree's leaves have browned and dropping quickly. |
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| 9/6/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Typical seabreeze TS most days, but depending on the macro wx pattern (fronts and Lo/Hi pressure areas), some days go without storms. Very hot each day with high humidities. |
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| 9/6/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Yesterday's shower settled the dust. No other change. |
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| 9/6/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Hurricane Lowell might bring tropical warning upon the island in the next day or two ... rainfall has been light this week but we?re expecting a bit more coming ... hope that it brushes by w/o much damages ... |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| IT has been VERY DRY and VERY HOT for this time of the year. The turf has turned brown quickly after it had recently greened back up. We went from having good moisture to now back into very dry conditions really quick. The unseasonable Heat is not helping at all either. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| After all the rain in August, there has been no measurable rain in the past 10 days. Salt Fork River is back to normal flow, and recent heat has helped dry the ground. E-T this week totaled 1.33 inches I actually have to start watering the vegetable gardens again. Corn is starting it's fall dry down and some bean fields are yellowing, normal for this time of year. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-CP-179 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| After all that rain in the middle of August (I recorded 8.75" for the month of August) I have recorded only .14" of rain the past 2 weeks. The past week the temperature has been in the mid 90's with the heat index in the 105 degree range. My lawn is starting to show some stress due to the intense heat and lack of rain. Some soybean fields are starting to turn yellow. Corn fields are turning brown with healthy looking ears bursting at the seams. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| This past week found very hot and dry conditions, with four of the days with Extreme Heat Warnings. There has been only 0.18" of precipitation in the last 21 days. No rain so far for the month of September, however, YTD and WYTD remain on the plus side of NOAA Norm. Grass has stopped growing and is turning brown. Area corn has continued to dry down with some corn in fields looking completely dried down. Beans have begun turning also and are yellowing. My neighbor's cottonwood tree is shedding its leaves. Area rivers remain low. Have not heard anything about barge traffic on the Mississippi River being affected as of yet, however, I did not venture out of the channel on my days out there. It's low! Daily battles continue at the hummingbird feeders. Those feisty fellas are fun to watch. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Topsoil is powder dry,cover crops are at not growing,waiting for moisture.The ponds are almost dry with no spring or tile water flow.Field crops are turning color and drying out. The well is still delivering abnormal water.Some trees are showing stress. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are near normal trending toward mildly dry. Due to the heat this week, potted plants needed supplemental watering. All other plants are in normal pre-Fall condition. Lawn growth has slowed with some brown areas starting to appear. However, all of this is normal for this time of year. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.88 inches of rain fell this week - 0.25 from daily reports and 0.63 from a multi day report. In spite of the temps near and in the 90’s, this has been adequate rainfall to keep the grass green and the planters and raised beds watered without my needing to. The dew points in the 70’s made being outside extremely unpleasant.Hummingbirds make frequent stops at the feeders, and several monarch caterpillars are eating the milkweed, perhaps hatching into butterflies soon enough that they will be able to migrate south. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-MCL-2 | IL | McLean |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Back to dry weather, the lawn is going into dormancy again, very little growth this past week. Birds and wildlife are drinking a lot of water in this heat wave. Corn crop is drying quickly now, and some soybean fields are starting to change color. The heat has been oppressive and dangerous to pretty much all living things. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 1/2 acre pond is 6 to 8 inches low.
13 days with no rain. Ground has 1/2 inch cracks.
Extreme heat and indexes in the 100s all week.
Golden rod, asters, mums all blooming.
Blossoms becoming pumpkins.
Abundant spiders, tiny frogs, mosquitoes, butterflies and fat praying mantis. Crickets and cicada are noisy.
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-MD-37 | IL | Madison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The first plant crops are being harvested, and the Creeks and Streams are flowing at very low levels. The Lakes and Ponds are also lower; the Spring Lake Spillway has been dry for 10 days. The Grass is turning brown, and the Hackberry Trees are acting like it is time to shed their leaves, as leaves are falling en masse. Combustion for Wildland Fires is supported by the drying vegetation. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-MD-53 | IL | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 8/30/26 to 9/6/26: Turf is hard underfoot. Turf is beginning to turn brown due to lack of significant precipitation for several weeks and temperatures in excess of 100 F during the past week-10 days. Drain tiles 12 to 18 inches deep are not flowing. Man made and sinkhole ponds are at about 85% to 90% of capacity. Total ETo turf for the period was 1.49 inches. Total precipitation for the period was 0.0 inches resulting in a deficit of 1.49 inches. Tensiometer at 18 inches deep in heavy clay soil readings ranged from 90 cb to 94 cb over the period with a current value of 94 cb. River birch are dropping leaves at an accelerating rate suggesting that deeper soil is beginning to loose soil moisture. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| I still lean a bit toward the wet side as the pasture and lawn are remarkably green for early September. But things are starting to dry down for fall. Our beans are still completely green but the corn is firing and change is starting to speed up. Creek and river levels are down close to what we would expect at this time of year but parts of the prairie are still very wet. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| I have been mowing the yard more often than usual for this time of year. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Two weeks without rain. Grass is starting to brown in high-exposure areaa. Not as many insects around, particularly larger species. Conditions would probably be worse if not preceded by historically high rain during the first few weeks of August. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No adverse affects |
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| 9/6/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| hot and humid past week |
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| 9/6/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Another week of High temps and 0.47 and a trace for moisture. Just enough of both for an old guy not to get as much done as He needs to with fall here. Crops still looking good in the area. Wife is canning tomatoes that at one time she didn't think would ripen. Quite a few watermelon if they finish ripening. Been a different year. Grass has slowed down a bit but still green. Flowers giving up for the year. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation
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| 0.03 received thus far for the month. Main focus of the week was the heat. Feel free to read daily station observations/comments for more details. The 5th was the worst day of the heat. After all week being so hot, it felt worse overall. Seatbelt temp readings were 125F. Still decent attendance for outdoor events, despite over hearing how hot it was on the 5th. After a local car show that day, we decided to stay inside. Some mowing was witnessed, in addition to using lawn sprinklers. Increase in allergies. Slight increase in bugs/bees/gnats. Personal note, my Dog treed another squirrel. Some leaves are changing colors and the grass is kinda getting brown in some patches. Despite the heat, most seemed prepared with extra hydrating, shade breaks, AC breaks etc. Did not see many with extreme sun burn or heat illness. Although, the heat this week did seem to make people strenuous, extra tired, and prone to heat induced agitation/aggravation/lack of toleration much easier and more frequently. Going to keep staying cool, and looking forward to heat relief and perhaps a chance of rain this week. : ) : ) |
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| 9/6/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| The 2 plus inches of rain was a positive over the past week, but with the condition staying hot gave us little relief. Unwatered lawns and garden are still showing stress, however the grain crops look to be maturing nicely. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Temps in the 90's and breezy dried things quickly last week. Lawns are turning brown, pastures have slowed down considerably. Ground is getting hard takes effort to get step in posts into the ground. Corn is maturing quickly, some beans are starting to turn yellow. |
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| 9/6/2026 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| A dry and hot week with only one hundredth of rainfall. Temps were in the 90s, averaging 14 degrees above normal. Humidity was high. Crops have begun to dry down. The county finally got our road graded as well as the minimum maintenance roads nearby. The roads were in horrible shape, foot deep ruts due to heavy rains. Nearby burr oak trees have had a heavy mast crop. |
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| 9/6/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The good news is we didn't have to mow this week. No rain in 17 days. Last night thunderstorms slid by east, still no rain here. 90's for highs all week, 3 days at 99F, the warmest so far this year. Creeks are shrinking puddles, seeps non-existent. Ponds dropping faster. Appears that all tulip poplars are yellowing and many have leaves dropping. Persimmons, catalpas, and sycamores showing color. Lots of color in the woods, looks like fall is early this year. Photo shows the differences in just 11 days. More hay down and baled, didn't see any harvestable hay still standing. Plenty of brown corn looking ready to harvest, beans still ranging from green to brown. Nighttime, fireflies are done. Burn bans in effect for us and surrounding counties. Just a couple does & fawns, and just one hen turkey. While driving, we spotted an osprey stooping into a neighbor's pond but didn't see if he was successful. Plenty of hummingbirds still. |
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| 9/6/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| total rainfall this week was 0.94", which occurred within a 20 minute burst. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana at 4.89', flow of 21.7 ft^3/sec (normal). High temperatures in the low 90s and low temperatures in the 70s. Lawn has pretty much stopped growing. Cherry trees starting to drop leaves. Our hummingbirds still here. |
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| 9/6/2026 | KY-KN-15 | KY | Kenton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The soil is hard. Difficult to step a shovel into the soil in my yard. But two scattered shower events in the past 48 hours have helped to alleviate some of that dryness. Plants and grass are alive, somewhat brown, and little or no growth. |
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| 9/6/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| the grass is brown and crunchy. Streams are running low, non watered garden soil is powder dry. A half inch of rain was nice but did little to help the drought.We are borderline in the severly dry catagory. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| August 2026 summary from eastern Worcester County, MD (Using midnight to midnight data) - Temperatures in August were a little above average, with an average daily maximum of 85.9 degrees and an average daily minimum of 72.0. The highest daily maximum was 93.7 on the 9th, and the lowest daily maximum was 80.4 on the 29th. The daily maximum was 90 or above on 5 days. The lowest daily minimum was 63.5 on the 25th and the highest daily minimum was 79.0 on the 9th. The average daily humidity was 83.6%. The dew point was 70 or above on 29 days and was 80 or above on 3 days. Rainfall was a little above average. Total rainfall was 4.37 inches, which is about 115% of average. Measurable rain was observed on 11 days. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.67” in the preceding week; revised total for August stands at 1.26”, which was 34% of PRISM average. Once could argue this week was a good start for September but the 10-day forecast isn’t promising. Lawn browning has been remarkably restrained given how dry August was. Seasonal color changes are becoming more evident, and many veggie plants in the garden are pretty much done. Pond level and wildlife activity remain normal. While this pond is recharging well, the town’s primary water source isn’t – and that’s raising flags in town government (as it should). |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| September started with nearly an inch and a half of rain which has restored flow levels in Bassett Brook and the Hoosic River to near normal. Lawns remain green with vigorous growth. The goldenrod in the old pasture and the blossoms in my raspberry patch are attracting lots of bees. Forests remain damp and I harvested a nice clump of maitake mushrooms from an oak stump last week. Garden soil retains good moisture but new growth has slowed with the cooler weather and shorter days and the harvest is winding down. My pond is still full. Hiking and biking trails on Mt Greylock are somewhat damp. Occasional trees are starting to change color. Lots of Barred Owls hooting. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Through a week of near normal 80 degree high temperatures with cool high 50 degree nights, we received 1.18 inches precipitation with 0.82 on Wednesday, the remainder scattered through the week. Just about perfect for outdoor plants, enough to keep the Connecticut River up a little above the late summer shallows. Let the late summer boat races commence! |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
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| With only .52" of rain in the past seven days we're still on the dry side. We've had some precipitation on 5 of the last 7 days but never a significant amount. A local brook I check regularly is bone dry. Grass and most vegetation is doing fine. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.17 inches of rain during the past week, 3.35 for August, lawns lush and green,, local gardens producing lots of vegetables, yard flowers doing well, hummingbirds still here, things are pretty normal for early September. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Summer is slipping away. No doubt there will be more warm days, but this past week has been sweater weather with rain. Four days of measurable rain plus a Trace totalled 0.82", and it was the slow steady rain that soaks into the soil. It continues to help lower the drought conditions.
Plants are still providing their "goodies". Tomatoes that I planted late are promising, one tomato is ripening. The second wave of goldenrod are in full bloom in the pollenator garden. There seem to be fewer varieties of bees now, but the bumblebees are taking advantage of the goldenrod and Rose of Sharon blossoms.
Unfortunately, a new insect invasion has hit the neighborhood - the spotted lantern fly. I've seen four this week and neighbors have seen them as well. We are advised to kill them if we can but that's easier said than done - they're fast! We have at least one ally though, as I was starting to clear away some spider webs outside I noticed one spider doing its thing - the lantern fly didn't stand I chance. I'll leave the spider webs right where they are. Published literature about this invasive insect suggests it is another threat to the trees. Fall foliage is a very important part of New England's resources but not the only benefit the trees provide. It's troublesome...
Daylight is getting shorter, temps are getting cooler, autumn is starting to settle in. Happy Labor Day. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MI-BN-3 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| For the week ending 9/6/2026, conditions were NEAR NORMAL. The 7-day cumulative precipitation total of 0.44 inches was 44% below the 13-year (2009-2022) average of 0.78 inches and in the “near normal” range; the 30-day total of 3.67 inches was 7% above the expected 13-year average of 3.42 inches and in the “near normal” range; and the 90-day total of 13.72 inches was 34% above the expected 13-year average of 10.25 inches and in the “mildly wet” range. The 7-day water balance was -0.22 inches (0.44 inches of rain minus 0.66 inches of evapotranspiration). There were 3 days of measurable precipitation, with a maximum 0.22inches on the 31st. Temps ranged from 91 F (on the 2nd) to 62 F (on the 6th), with average Hi/Lo temps of 87/73 F (+9/+13) relative to last week); there were at least 3 days with Heat Indexes of at least 90 F: 102 F on the 31st, 101 F on the 1st, & 96 on the 3rd). Precipitation Trends—August to End: 3.72 inches (down 0.55 inches, 87% of PRISM Normal); Year to Date (2026): 34.80 inches (up 6.60 inches, 123% of PRISM Normal). Despite the high temps this week, neighborhood yards remain green and continue to grow, requiring frequent mowing. Flowering plants have required daily watering this week. Wood Ducks have been daily visitors to the shallow waters of Crescent Lake to feed on dropped acorns. There is an super-abundance of Sugar Maple seeds. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MI-ON-4 | MI | Ontonagon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.47 inches of rain this week. August finished with only 1.81 inches of rain. Soils are fairly dry. The grass is green where it survived, but it's not growing much. Trees are starting to turn a bit here, more so inland. The creek continues to be stagnant at late summer level except for moderately low flow when it rains. Continuing to plan well water usage. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MI-OD-4 | MI | Oscoda |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Sandy soil conditions. 0.43" of precip from August 31 to September 6. Fire Danger is Moderate. |
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| 9/6/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We got heavy rain Thursday and Friday, along with a power outage that lasted until Saturday afternoon. We have gotten more rain so far this month than we got all of September of 2025. Everything is green and lush, although some leaves are starting to change color, Still have lots of flowers and starting to see fall bloomers like colchicums appear. Birds are singing, squirrels chasing nuts, very fall. |
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