| 1/4/2026 | CT-MD-21 | CT | Middlesex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| All water courses appear at normal seasonal levels. |
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| 1/4/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We're in a drought even though we had a quarter of an inch of rain last night! Areas with no irrigation or drying up and wilting. |
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| 1/4/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rain is welcome but more is needed. |
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| 1/4/2026 | 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. |
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| 1/4/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Routine outdoor activity continuing as usual. |
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| 1/4/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Not much change from last week. Still warmer and drier than normal. Only frost in the ground is in shaded areas. Heard of some anhydrous being applied last week. |
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| 1/4/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| About 0.1in precipitation this past week, temperatures have been slightly warmer than normal. Otherwise no real changes river, lake and stream levels continue very low and top soil moisture continues unchanged and is only partially frozen.
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| 1/4/2026 | KS-SG-242 | KS | Sedgwick |
Near Normal
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| Almost no precipitation for December. Some foggy days where moisture "hung in the air." |
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| 1/4/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The ground was dry before it froze and the snowpack has very little water in it. Snowfall changing to rain doesn't help much since it just runs off. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
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| 2025 summary from eastern Worcester County, MD (Using midnight to midnight data) - The average daily maximum for the year was 66.1 degrees and the average daily minimum was 49.2. The highest daily maximum was 98.4 on 28-JUN and the lowest daily maximum was 21.6 on 21-JAN. The lowest daily minimum was 11.8 on 23-JAN and the highest daily minimum was 80.4 on 17-JUL. The temperature reached 90 or above on 18 days. The maximum temperature was 32 or lower on 10 days. The minimum temperature was 32 or lower on 68 days. The last 32 degree reading in the spring was 09-APR and the first 32 degree reading in the fall was 11-NOV, giving a growing season of 222 days. The dewpoint reached 70 or above on 84 days and 80 or above on 17 days. The average daily humidity was 77.0%. Total rainfall was 46.03 inches, which is slightly above the average. Measurable rain was observed on 107 days. Total snowfall was 18.3 inches, which is well above the average. Snow was observed on 15 days, with 9 of those days having a measurable amount. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| December finished with a total catch of 2.94” - only 57% of PRISM average. But thanks to a VERY wet October and a slight November surplus we’re still running at 113% of the average for the first quarter. Ground is currently snow-covered and pond (at more or less normal winter height) has mostly iced over. Plenty of sign of terrestrial wildlife, including active birds at feeder, but most waterfowl have moved to more productive waters. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| We got .72" of precipitation in the past seven days. The ground is still snow covered and temperatures have been below average. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Tourism & Recreation
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| Last week began with a dramatic transition from unseasonably warm and heavy rains and strong winds back to wintery weather. Temperatures after Sunday have usually remained freezing all week but nothing below the teens. Light snow, almost daily, and a nearly persistent overcast sky has characterized this week. Lake Michigan isn’t freezing yet although ice is forming on lighthouses and natural features around the St. Joseph River entrance. Lake Chapin is developing a thin layer of ice over less than 10% of its surface. Hickory Creek has not frozen but drainage ditches have. Outdoor winter recreation is resumed. The gauge catch totaled 2.41 inches with most of that coming from Sunday’s heavy rains. The snowboard gathered 3.6 inches of snow but this was probably low due to high winds. SWE from the snowboard was 0.37 inches. Overall, conditions are mildly wet. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| December precip., water equivalent, was 1.1", pretty average. Ongoing long-term water/snow deficit continues. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
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Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| ~6.9" of snow with 0.52" of meltwater was recorded this past week. Snowpack of 7.5" has melted/compacted to 5" this past week. Today's report= 19°, 88% humidity, overcast with a 1-5 mph northerly breeze and an air quality index of 73 at the 5:00 a.m. observation time. NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 SE MN Road Conditions= https://tinyurl.com/rrtr2xyk USA Drought Monitor Map= https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/f8x94b3p NWS Official 3-month Outlook= https://tinyurl.com/5xerxs47 NWS-issued Winter Weather Advisory= https://tinyurl.com/yu8jmbnz |
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| 1/4/2026 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Weekly precipitation was a Trace. This makes two weeks in a row with no measurable precipitation. That is a rare occurrence in this area in the winter. As a result, we have dry fields and turn roads right now that are usually a sea of mud this time of year. No issues with the dry conditions right now, because everything is dormant and the need for moisture is low. Here were the lows this past week each day: 61,30,25,27,35,44,38. The highs: 76,38,41,58,69,60,46. Except for the lack of rain, the weather has been fairly normal with 2 separate cold fronts during the week. The air warms nicely on a South wind and then is drastically chilled with the switch to a Northerly wind etc. No leaves to speak of on any trees anymore. We are dead of winter dormant now and ready for our bout of winter weather (freezing rain, snow, sleet) just something interesting please. So far, winter has been marked by tranquil weather. "Moderately dry" conditions continue. |
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| 1/4/2026 | MO-JC-57 | MO | Jackson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Plan to water the entire yard this week. Browning, winter vs. drought, especially since no significant rain in December. |
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| 1/4/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Center of the yard is now draining to the north, and the sump pump is activating like usual for this time of year. The precipitation that was received the last week of December (1.45") pushed the condition well into the "Near Normal" condition. |
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| 1/4/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cold with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and snow. The high temperature was around twenty two degrees, and the low around sixteen degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Winter levels. Some streams are difficult to cross with ice build up. |
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| 1/4/2026 | NC-BC-150 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Only 0.1 inch of rain spread throughout the week. Flushed two deer from the vegetable garden yesterday. |
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| 1/4/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week of virtually no rain, just .01 inches of measurable precipitation. Streams are low and the soil continues to dry out. We really need a few inches of rain. |
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| 1/4/2026 | OH-DL-36 | OH | Delaware |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Ground is still snow covered while roads and sidewalks are clear/ the cold of the past week has not allowed much snow to melt, while wind has caused a couple of electric outages |
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| 1/4/2026 | OH-PB-1 | OH | Preble |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| December precipitation finished a little below normal. Ground at the surface is still damp. |
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| 1/4/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No precipitation this week, again. Pond dropped another inch. It’s been warm and dry enough I watered my youngest trees again for the second time this month. |
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| 1/4/2026 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
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Tourism & Recreation
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| This past week’s precipitation was 0.32” and there was 8.0” of snowfall. Currently there is 3.5” of snow on the ground for an SWE of O.22”. The average soil temperature is 33F. Air temperatures ranged from very warm to much below average most of the week.
2025 Stats: 41.09” of precipitation, 49.7” of snowfall. |
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| 1/4/2026 | SC-YR-103 | SC | York |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
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| Over the last 2 weeks, only 0.10” of rain has fallen, and that was in the last few days. This lack of rainfall has put York County, South Carolina in a “Moderately Dry” condition, and is borne out by the U.S. Drought Monitor map, showing a D1-Moderate Drought Intensity. It is too early in the month and year to do any statistical comparisons, but a general observation shows a dry winter landscape. |
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| 1/4/2026 | TN-MC-16 | TN | Macon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We received .35 inches of rain this week. Although we haven't had any measurable precipitation for the month or year {it's Jan fourth} we are still in the normal range for the water year. Our creeks, ponds and streams are flowing normal, even the rain fed pond is full. Wet weather springs are flowing well. The duff under the timber has plenty of moisture yet. My turned and bare gardens are heavy. Deer are still plentiful, seeing and hearing turkey and squirrel looking for food every day. Plenty of birds at the feeders. Cattle look good. We are thankful. |
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| 1/4/2026 | TX-NU-7 | TX | Nueces |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| No rain this past week, very dry! |
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| 1/4/2026 | VT-FR-21 | VT | Franklin |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Big ice to rain event on Monday, otherwise just little bits of snow |
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| 1/4/2026 | VT-WH-29 | VT | Windham |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| The past week brought 1.07" of moisture, mostly from a rain/freezing rain event. There have been a few small snow storms the past few days. Also it is snowing now which is not included but very small. The December total was over an inch below normal at 3.24". Received 14.3" of snow in December, above my long term average of 13.8". The 2 largest storms in December were both rain, here and at Mt Snow. December was also a cold month except when the bigger storms came up the coast, then it brought warm air. It has been almost 2 weeks since I skied but will get out next week. More birds lately because I have thrown a handful of mixed seed on the ground most days. This keeps the Juncos and Cardinals happy. They like to feed on the ground. My neighbor would like to be out on a snowmobile but looking at a Vast map, little is open. Rain. |
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| 1/4/2026 | VA-RDC-1 | VA | Radford (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Long term bird study |
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| 1/4/2026 | WI-SR-15 | WI | Sawyer |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Tourism & Recreation
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| Trial are open and groomed; lakes and rivers are still low with spots of water on the top on the ice along with the snow making it difficult to walk on; fire danger low but need to watch for ice dams falling on gas meters |
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| 1/4/2026 | CAN-BC-157 | CAN | British Columbia |
Near Normal
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Business & Industry
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| General Awareness: ---
Precipitation: We recorded 63.8 mm of rain this in the last 15 days. December ened up with 273.8 mm, the rainiest month ever recorded at this station (109% of average).
The calender year ended up with 1361.2mm, 85.5% of average. January-so-far has seen 22.6mm or 111% of average. The water year so-far has seen 670.6mm, which is 145% of average.
We haven't had any measurable snow, yet at our elevation (21.5 cm snow deficit for season-so-far)
--- Weather Observations: This past week it has been a mix of rain & sun, wind & calm. Humidity has been between 80 & 100%, temperatures have been below 10C.
There have been a few snow flurries, but nothing which could be measured.
--- Drought Monitoring Assessments: No drought assements are available from the province over the winter for our region.
The most recent AgCan assesment is from November.
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Business: DFO lists wild coho & sockeye are non-retention. Yelloweye rockfish are non-retention, other rockfish, halibut & lingcod are closed.
Bivalves are closed.
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Fire: Cultural & Prescribed Burns: There is a OFTS registered prescribed burn on Malcolm Island,
another in Hyde Creek and a couple more around the base for Mount Holberg.
--- Burn Ban: Coastal Fire Centre has no burn bans in effect.
--- Wildfire: None in our area as per BC Wildfire Service.
--- Fire Risk: Not calculated by the province from November to April.
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Energy: My heater has been working hard, we have been using the pellet stove from time to time.
Some neighbors are burning wood for heat.
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Plants & Wildlife: Trees:
--- Lawns: very green and lush.
--- Birds: Blue herons, eagles, juncos, crows, brandt's commorants, pigeons & gulls, otters & seals.
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Society & Public Health:
--- Disease: BCCDC's report up to December 20 says that influenza rates are still increasing, with the highest rates among children.
RSV is increasing, mostly among kids; although rates are low to moderate.
CoViD-19 rates are low & decreasing.
No measles has been reported in the Island Health Authority.
--- Water Supply & Quality: Well Level: Well levels crossed into being a little above normal on about December 22, and have stayed slightly above normal since then.
The level is currently 6.32 m below surface.
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Water Restrictions: No
--- Water Quality/Chemistry: No concerns |
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