| 9/9/2026 | LA-NT-9 | LA | Natchitoches Parish |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Garden failed. Grass died in some areas. Pond dry. |
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| 9/9/2026 | MI-WY-174 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Raining, grass is greening again and temps more seasonal |
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| 9/9/2026 | MN-MR-13 | MN | Morrison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Yesterday everything was bone dry including deep in the woods. My back pond in the woods dried up,first time seeing that. 1.21 inches of rain feel last night but there was no standing water anywhere as the ground absorbed everything like a dry sponge. Photo shows the outflow channel at Lake Mille Lacs. |
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| 9/9/2026 | MO-BY-5 | MO | Barry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Drought continues. Effects more than usual due to very wet conditions earlier in season. |
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| 9/9/2026 | MO-HL-45 | MO | Howell |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Drought conditions continue to intensify, with quite a few daily highs exceeding 100 degrees. Morning dew is rare so far this month. The ground is hard and extremely dry; dust is a significant issue to pasture and livestock (particularly for risk of dust pneumonia and pinkeye). Yards and pastures are brown and crunchy. Bare spots between individual plants is increasing. Several farmers in the area are feeding hay or other supplements for a while now. Fire risk is very high. Ponds have dropped significantly this month; many are scummy, more are showing mud rings, and a few are now so low as to be good candidates for cleaning out. Our wet-weather branches haven't run since early Spring 2025. Quite a few mature trees are dying throughout the woods with all leaves brown. A few maple trees are beginning to show Fall color. |
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| 9/9/2026 | NY-AB-23 | NY | Albany |
Mildly Dry
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| I have had very little rain since September 2nd. The ground has slowly dried out so now calling it mildly dry. There still a few wet spots around but mostly I am seeing the soil a wee bit drier than normal. Lawns that are not watered (like mine) are showing signs of duress (twinges of brown). |
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| 9/9/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly sunny and warm with light winds, then mostly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy five degrees, and the low around sixty one degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Japanese Knotweed, Soapwort,Chickory and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Some apples are ripening. All corn have cobs from 6" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. The local intermittent stream is running at fall levels and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/9/2026 | VA-VBC-21 | VA | Virginia Beach (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| After a brief reprieve in July, it has become drier than it was prior. No significant rainfall since, and September is at a severe deficit. We are now more than 10 inches below normal ytd, based on 30 year averages. Most grasses have stopped growing and are turning brown. Any garden plants need regular watering to prevent death. |
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| 9/9/2026 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| All plants suffered from the lack of rain. Brown areas in lawns and pastures grew. By the end of the week corn plants had a variety of cob sizes depending on the location of the field and where in the field they were located. Many hill tops had small cobs and more dry leaves than at low spots. Kernels were formed on the cobs, a few were dry enough to be dented. Soybeans plants were similar. Most pods had bumps where the seeds were forming. Seeds were still wet and swollen. Few farmers cut hay because they didn't want to kill the plants. Some spots in pastures had plants that were not regrowing. Apples were falling. Some trees were too dry to hold onto the apples, some apples were ripe. Many early varieties were almost done by the end of the week. Most mid season varieties were winding down and late season varieties had apples still filling out. Some gardens were close to done and a few gardeners were happy to not need to be watering so often. A few tiny spots of colored leaves on trees could be seen around the horizon by the end of the week. Some trees continued to drop leaves, some green and some colored. A few wild grasses were wilted by the end of some days. The creek remained dry mud in areas with a few small murky pools with wet mud next to the water. Many animals stayed near water. Some cranes were seen foraging in fields with low plants, some combined oats and others hay or pasture. A young colt was seen with one adult pair. It was easily smaller and more gray than the adults, defiantly a late hatchling. Most geese looked the same this week, of the few seen. Deer were grazing near and after dark, bucks still in velvet and some fawns still had spots. Tansy flower heads were mostly brown. Goldenrod hadn't hit peek before the end of the week. Wildfire danger was moderate with stubble and dried grasses and leaves. Dust continued through the week. |
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