| 1/15/2026 | CO-GN-18 | CO | Gunnison |
Severely Dry
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| There have been 17 record high temperatures so far this winter over the past 52 years with only 3 winters holding more than that, and we still have 4½ months to go |
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| 1/15/2026 | CO-JF-327 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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| No impact at this time. |
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| 1/15/2026 | CO-LR-36 | CO | Larimer |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Bare soil is cracked and very dry. Have started watering garden plants. Everything is crispy dry. |
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| 1/15/2026 | CT-NL-78 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| The conditions seem to be near normal; however, we haven't gotten a lot of snow this season so far, but we have gotten a lot of rain in between the snow storms. |
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| 1/15/2026 | KS-MS-27 | KS | Marshall |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| WE ARE STARTING TO SEE FIRE WEATHER INCREASE DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY 0NE HOUR FUELS. |
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| 1/15/2026 | MO-BY-5 | MO | Barry |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Water Supply & Quality
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| Streams and ponds water levels dropping |
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| 1/15/2026 | NJ-AT-9 | NJ | Atlantic |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rain has the ground reasonably moist. |
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| 1/15/2026 | NM-GR-74 | NM | Grant |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Nights low 20’s Days mid 50’s to high 60’s. Permanent pasture green, light growth. |
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| 1/15/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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| Heavy rain last Saturday (over 1.5") lessened drought conditions. |
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| 1/15/2026 | NC-CM-42 | NC | Cumberland |
Severely Dry
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| We have had little to no rain in the past week. |
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| 1/15/2026 | NC-DP-3 | NC | Duplin |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Tractors in the field are kicking up dust just driving in the field. Windy days are blowing topsoil. When I mow the grass, a dust bowl occurs, mostly mulching leaves. |
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| 1/15/2026 | OH-UN-4 | OH | Union |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| I worked in the creek bottom yesterday clearing downed ash trees. there was almost no mud in spike of recent rain and snow melt. |
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| 1/15/2026 | TX-HYS-148 | TX | Hays |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| I have received only 0.04" of rain for the month. The Blanco River in Wimberley is barely flowing at 5.37cfs, a new record low for the 99-year period of record. Groundwater from Jacob's Well is at zero flow. Winter grasses are slightly green after the little rain that we did get. The fire ban remains on. |
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| 1/15/2026 | TX-WT-37 | TX | Wichita |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
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| dry plant material, low humidity plus wind increases grass fire events to agriculture land and community structures. December 2025 total precipitation less than 5 hundredth's. |
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| 1/15/2026 | VT-WR-36 | VT | Windsor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Water year-to-date (through mid-January) precipitation has been spot on normal (total 14.48 inches). After a cold December with slightly below normal snowfall but normal precipitation, January has warmed significantly and is running about 4F above the mean temperatures for December. Several freeze/thaw cycles have resulted in local streams and rivers mostly ice-free and flowing at what appears to be normal, perhaps slightly above normal, rates due to snow melt from higher elevations.
Total snowfall for the water year-to-date is 45 inches at 1600 feet elevation with only about 6 inches of snow on the ground as of mid-January. Snow pack water equivalent was measured the other day and is estimated to be about 1.75 inches. |
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| 1/15/2026 | VA-RNC-3 | VA | Roanoke (city) |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Station precipitation for the first half of January is at 1.47" due entirely to an all rain event January 10-11, just slightly below normal for the period. The water year (Oct. 1-Jan. 15) still shows a substantial deficit (-4.98") with only 5.91" or 54% of normal precipitation over the period.
Hydrologic indicators have showed a very small improvement due to the recent rain event. The USGS gage on the Roanoke River at Roanoke 7-day flow (as of 1/14) was up slightly to 180 cfs or the 22nd percentile of all flows for the date (63% of median) and in Below Nornal category (10th to 24th percentile). Carvins Cove local water supply reservoir (as of 1/15) dropped to -10.7 feet below full pond (74.2% of capacity) -0.5 ft. fall (about half of the previous 2-week drop) in the past two weeks. The US Drought Monitor (USDM) map valid as of 1/13/26 shows Moderate Drought conditions (D1) across most of western VA and Severe Drought (D2) just east of the Roanoke area in most of central and northern VA. NWS CPC issued a La Niña Advisory in October and La Niña remains present but not very robust in the tropical Pacific with a 3-month Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) of -0.5 for the OND 3-month period.
On the fence about showing an improvement to the Mildly Dry category. But will be optimistic given several longer range (up to week 3-4) CPC outlooks favoring chances of above normal precipitation in the Mid-Atlantic. |
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| 1/15/2026 | WY-LM-106 | WY | Laramie |
Severely Dry
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| I have lived here over 45 years and I believe it’s the driest that I’ve ever seen here. |
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| 1/15/2026 | WY-WH-1 | WY | Washakie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| I turn 70 today. I do not remember a winter like this. We have had snow, but it has been rained out of existence and now there is no precipitation at all. Mountains are very not snow covered. My son dug a post hole the other day, not enough soil moisture to even freeze the ground. |
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