| 8/29/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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| Moderate Drought D1 status along the lower Colorado River valley. Extreme heat warnings this past week w/ high temps ranging from 115F-120F. |
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| 8/29/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 64% of normal; WY 59% normal. Even with hand-watering trees when there is no rain, trees are showing drought stress (leaf scorch, early fall color). We also must watch our water usage since we are under drought restrictions, but watering trees is the landscape priority.
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| 8/29/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Trees, especially maples, are showing burn edges. Some are putting out new leaves this late. Some trees turning early Vegetables crops late. |
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| 8/29/2026 | CO-EP-488 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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| we are getting small amounts of rain, .10-.20 almost daily.the temps are starting to cool down below 90
Some might say we are mildly dry |
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| 8/29/2026 | CO-LK-1 | CO | Lake |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Between the very low winter snowfall, very early snowmelt this spring, extremely abnormally low snowpack on the mountains, wildfire activity, hot summer temperatures, and noticeably below normal precip every month after February, we are certainly experiencing severely dry conditions. |
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| 8/29/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| 1.16" of rain fell last week. So far during August 8.86" of rain fell at my location. Normal is about 3.5". It has been a wet month. Rainy wx has limited out door recreation, but eliminated the dry conditions. |
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| 8/29/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 8/29/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 8/23-8/29 received .82" for the week (4 events). Morris Branch has mud but no water. Vegetation green and growing. A recent visit to Trap Pond State park showed Racoon Pond's level is down over 3 feet and the spill way is dry. |
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| 8/29/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - Somewhat dismissed this week due to over an inch of precipitation for the week. However, this came in two days, meaning we had 5 days with sunshine and no precipitation. From our location, we could see and hear thunder and lightening each day, but this rain and storms were concentrtated in the interior part of the state.
ENERGY - A bright spot for the week and energy consumption. Highs and Lows were mostly within Average Temperature ranges allowing the AC unit to get some breaks during the nighttime.
GENERAL - It is extremely interesting to witness the weather pattern that has developed this Summer: Rain and Thunderstorms all developing and raining in the Interior part of the state. When we have had rain, it has been gneerated by storms coming from either the SSE or WSW. No matter the origin, we would always accept any moisture no matter the source or direction. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| A week with no rain and low humidity levels and things are drying up quickly. turf grasses were greening back up and standing up and now laying back down again with no rain. Forecast has a heat wave moving in now as well for a few days. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Well after our wet spell over the first few weeks of August, the expected dry weather returned as only a trace of rain was recorded this week. The soil dried out pretty fast with mostly low humidity and sunny days, returning the soil to a mildly dry condition. Waterways have cleared up and dropped to their normal levels. Trees do look good and area lawns are green and still growing pretty fast. At one point so fast I was beginning to wonder if all the excess CO2 in our air was having an effect. Haven't seen too much wildlife prepping for Autumn yet but I did see a large and unfortunate turtle that failed in its effort to cross our busy road. For me it's always a sad sight to see. While I had no interest in feasting on it numerous and obviously hungry crows had other plans and were busy trying to snatch morsels between the passing cars. It was quite the busy and raucous gathering. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| After abundant rain & very wet conditions in mid-August, a dry stretch has started setting up. Around 1.00" of rain has been measured the past 12 days. This hasn't impacted the garden or grasses yet due to over 5.00" of rain the first half of August. However, stress may be more apparent in the coming weeks since no appreciable rain is expected the upcoming week with temperatures well into the 90s. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We have received no rain this past week. Our overflow pond has a drying mud appearance. Each morning has had dew in the grass and several times heavy condensation on rain gauge and cars. Our farmer cut and baled the third cutting of alfalfa. He only had six big bales on the front and back fields. The third cutting is usually less than previous ones. My garden continues with tomatoes and peppers. The sweet potato vines would like to take over the garden but I move them back to their own area. Soybeans are still dark green and hedge-like. Corn ears have darkening silks. We are still working to keep up on weekly moving of yard and pastures. Rabbits have little ones of which our dog has killed two or three. We don't see deer very often and when we do the doe has a single older fawn with her. I think she has separated from the male fawn. We see a lone deer more often. A skunk has been busy digging for grubs in the yard and orchard. I notice that the cone-shaped digging show dark, loamy soil so we still have moisture down there. I have seen/heard two small flocks of Canada geese (7 in one, 10-12 in the other) flying SE in the morning. On Wed. 8/26 11:19am we received an emergency peak time event email from Ameren asking us to reduce our energy use from 3-7pm that day. They said there was to be an unexpected high demand on the grid during that time. We complied. This week has given us some lovely early fall days without such high humidity and temperatures. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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| Turf grasses still green and growing. Landscape plants thriving. Creek out back, normally bone dry this time of year, still has at least a trickle. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IN-DV-1 | IN | Daviess |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Earlies rains were so intense that a lot ran off, so today we are a bit dry. Crops are pretty well matured, so this weather is helping with the drying process. |
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| 8/29/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| I have recorded 0.45 inches of rain during the past 7-days.Crops and grass are lush and green. |
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| 8/29/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The week has been sunny, in the upper 80s, with no precipitation to speak of. |
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| 8/29/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| .18 inches of rain during the first day this period followed by six dry days. |
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| 8/29/2026 | ME-KX-6 | ME | Knox |
Severely Dry
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| Nearing end of second month with very little rain. Lawn and garden all brown, nothing in the hay fields for farmers to cut, very unusual. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| no rain 5 days |
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| 8/29/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| With 0.53" of rain over the past week, soil is very workable, not too dry or wet. Rivers and streams are running at normal levels. Lawns are all green, and gardens are doing well. Deer are active, along with the bears. Nut gathering activity is on the increase for the squirrels and chipmunks. Hummingbirds are still visiting my gardens. Pollinators are numerous. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We've had 3/4" of rain in the last week. We are a little dry but not too bad. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Big storm the beginning of the week gave a lot of much needed moisture. since then, we just had a few light rains. Grass is green, trees and shrubs looked good but am starting to see a little color change as autumn approaches. Late summer flowers blooming, hearng birds, seeing squirrels. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Near normal conditions. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MN-YM-18 | MN | Yellow Medicine |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Many corn and soybean fields are maturing and turning yellow. River and lake levels continue to lower. In some areas smaller creeks such as Plum Creek near Walnut Grove are only a few inches deep. See photos. Curtis Lake also continues to lower. See photo of culvert on Curtis Lake. Rain is needed to begin replenishing sub soil for next year. |
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| 8/29/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Moderate to Severely dry, Vegetation is crisp and brown, leaves are falling from high temperatures and. drought conditions. Shoal Creel is low. Fire danger is high. Farm crops have been adversely affected and harvest will be low. |
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| 8/29/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Still very dry here. Lake level very low as is the river. Streams mostly dried up. Still watering annuals daily.
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| 8/29/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of August 22 through August 29, 2026. This week has been a little wet with 2.37” of rain. We received 1.15 on 8/24 and 1.16 on 8/25. The week has been fairly cool with highs in the lower 70’s and the lows in the 50’s. The grass and trees are green and lush. The grass is usually brown at this time of year. The garden is doing well and a lot of vegetables are being harvested. Still mowing 2x per week. St. Lawrence River level and water temperature recorded at the NOAA Station located on Wellesley Island near Alexandria Bay, NY. Level at 09:36 is 246.21 feet, 38.4 inches and 72.1°F. |
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| 8/29/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and warm with light winds, becoming mostly sunny, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty nine degrees, and the low around forty eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Thimbleberries are ripening. Some apples are ripening. All corn have silk and are beginning to tassel. Blackbirds are beginning to flock. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 8/29/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here are heading back toward severely dry. We are still well behind the NOAA averages for our water year and region. Central NC overall has received rain that has eased the dryness somewhat. It has been a hot humid summer although most plants seem to be OK. A few leaves are starting to turn, but some trees are showing noticeable heat stress. People are out and about doing their errands and work in the mornings. The Haw River is at a low flow level and Jordon Lake water levels appear to be slowly declining. |
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| 8/29/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| A very hot and dry weather pattern remained over the area this week with only 0.06" inches of measurable rainfall being observed. I looked at how much rain I have recorded for August 2026, which is 0.17" inches, and it is officially my second driest rainfall total I have measured for any August since I started reporting precipitation amounts for cocorahs in 2014. Next, our soil conditions remain dry and sandy with no noticeable moisture in any of our topsoil. Our grasses, and trees remain in a stressed state at this time due to a lack of rain, and I have noticed that most of our local animal activity has been occurring in the morning and during the evenings. Lastly, It is my hope we can begin to bring in our cool Fall temperatures and hopefully some rainfall at some point in the future, however I glanced at the forecast for the next week and It appears hot temperatures and no rainfall will continue for sometime into the future. |
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| 8/29/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| First precip in a month. Despite drizzle this morning, only 0.03"- conditions are still tinder dry. Vegetation needs daily irrigation. |
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| 8/29/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| .23 inches of rain this past week. |
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| 8/29/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| With another 0.77” of rain earlier this week, conditions remain near normal for end of August. The Pascoag reservoir has held steady at 8’11” and is not quite overflowing the spillway. Canadian geese are getting noisy on the lake getting ready to migrate. We are also seeing the Bald Eagle, Blue heron and various hawks. We haven’t heard the Baltimore orioles for the last week or so, so they may have left for the season. The lawn is growing fast and needs mowing more than once per week. Our tomatoes continue to produce like crazy, another bumper crop. For flowers, the Rose of Sharon and Tree Lilac are in full bloom while we sadly cut our last gladiolus of the season for the vase in the kitchen. They are such great cut flowers. Fire danger is posted as Low at George Washington state campground. Boating and fishing continues on the lake but has slowed down a bit now that the local kids are back in school. |
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| 8/29/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS REBOUND TO MILDLY WET DUE TO RECENT BENEFICIAL RAINFALL***MONTH-TO-DATE (MTD) RAINFALL = 7.62 INCHES, +2.67 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) RAINFALL = 28.72 INCHES, -4.95 INCHES BELOW NORMAL (THROUGH 01SEP26).... |
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| 8/29/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| We've measured 0.25" over the last 7 days. Our soils are slightly moist and high temperatures have finally fallen below 90F. The lawn looks great, |
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| 8/29/2026 | TX-KF-20 | TX | Kaufman |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| I am changing this to severely dry. We are not under watering restrictions yet. Everything is brown except the weeds. It has been recommended not to brush hog your pastures because of fire hazards. We are under a burn ban. Our pond is the lowest I have ever seen. We are now watering our cows from a trough. Might help the pond a little, but to give our cows clean water. |
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| 8/29/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Once more, no rain here -- though we heard thunder and there were showers nearby. Grasses are mostly browned out now, and a few trees are showing some stress (leaves starting to fall) Fire danger still high and burn bans around us, though water supply is good. The heat, constant 100-degree days, has not helped conditions, and forecasts continue them for another week. Still, this is more or less "average" for Texas summers! |
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| 8/29/2026 | WY-WH-13 | WY | Washakie |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| The drought continues. Gardens, flowers, yards and fields are all parched. Wildfires in the area are a daily occurrence. |
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| 8/29/2026 | CAN-MB-43 | CAN | Manitoba |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 0.26 inch precip this week, water table dropped 2.5 inches and is 5.8 inches above 13 year average. Sunny, pleasant weather with morning dew lasting till noon, grass and weeds continue to grow, recently planted trees need water. Local crop harvest has begun. |
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| 8/29/2026 | CAN-NS-182 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Tourism & Recreation
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| For week of 23 - 29 Aug: (6.0+ 11.5+ 11.5+ 0+ 0+ 6.6+ T)=35.6mm, Near Normal. High's: +22C Hx +29C to +28C Hx +34C; Low's: +22C Hx +30C to +13C; Wind: CALM all week; Dew: dew all but 1 AM, much high fog. This week--warm and muggy! The precip was spread through the week. A few brief heavy downpours. No actual thunder storms. Humidex (Hx) has been in low 30's all week. Trees, plants, shrubs and grass are doing well. After previous heat wave, we needed the rain. Its just been so muggy. The Hx never seems to break. Marshes and streams are at about normal levels. The deer are back to relaxing in our back lot. They often come to rest, an hour at a time. No threat to them here. Spotted a few new fawns, very close to their moms. Have not seen the Porcupine or any rabbits. The odd time, we hear a pheasant. The foxes must be busy, out of sight. At least there is now creek water to drink. People-wise, its busy. Families prepping for start of school year. Yellow buses appearing in parking lots. Summer holidays soon to end. Tourism buses very busy, keep on comin'. Overhead NS Power work on Peggy's Cove Rd making excellent progress. Never seen so many boom/bucket trucks working on one road, at the same time. 2-3 per location. Big work. Our Burn Ban map transitioned from mostly Green on Tue, to mostly Yellow today. Dang that Hx! |
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| 8/29/2026 | CAN-ON-210 | CAN | Ontario |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| dry for the week starting to cool a bit at night but nice in the daytime. |
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