| 7/19/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| With the combination of humid air and rain showers almost every day or trace amounts have kept the soil moist. Foliage is hydrated well. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| Daily rain, that has been scattered in intensity, has combined with high evaporation rates to create mildly wet conditions. Plants are healthy, fire risk is low, dust activity is low, and streams and lakes are near normal to above average. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.69 inches precip plus one Trace day last week. Very localized storm cells. Several "Ornate Box Turtles" seen
in different puddles. One lightning wildfire start (30 acres) last week. Year to date and water year totals above average. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A lot of monsoon moisture with several days of rain. A total of 1.32 inches of rain fell for the week though most of it fell on Wednesday. Due to the wetter week, I decided it wasn't appropriate to leave the Condition Scale Bar at "Severely Dry" so I'm moving it to "Moderately Dry". High temperatures started off hot last Sunday at 90° but cooled afterwards and were in the mid 70's to end the week. Lows were in the 50's and 60's. The low of the week was 56° on Monday and Thursday. No strong winds but gusty winds at times with the storms. Some plants are starting to sprout in the open areas. The green beans in the vegetable garden are slow to grow again this year. Harvesting raspberries. Birds continue to frequent the garden though it seems like less of them. Also, it appears the blackbirds have left the area which is normal. Garter snakes were also seen. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AZ-YV-190 | AZ | Yavapai |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We have received 3.77 inches of rain the past 5 days, not catastrophic, but some almost every day. Ground is saturated here in central Arizona at an elevation of 5100’. My vegetable garden (40x50’) is very wet, the plants seem to be loving it so far, I’m just a little worried as it hasn’t seem much of any sunshine for the past week. Wells around trees and shrubs have puddles around them every day.
There is a water tank/pond down the road that is about a third full. Vegetation is becoming green and plush (sunshine would help). Yard is muddy, but walkable.
It is monsoon season and we are getting our fill, the most in a few years. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| We got 2.25 inches rain this past week. Our Drought Monitor is now at D0 (Abnormally Dry). Fire danger is moderate. |
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| 7/19/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| We had 1.40” of rainfall this week and 2.63” in the past two weeks. Conditions are mildly wetter than usual for this time of year. Soil moisture is above average and water body levels seem higher than usual. Temperatures have been in the upper 80s most days. Plant/crop growth is excellent with the moisture and moderate temperatures. Local pastures, hayfields, and gardens all look like they are growing nicely. There is no fire danger currently. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For the week of July 12 - July 18, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 79.9 deg F, minimum low temperature 56.1 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.96 in. Atmospheric ducting returned July 13 - July 15, with up to 400 nautical miles AIS VHF 162 MHz reception. Normal, consistent maximum receive range is 50 nautical miles. From July 12 - July 16, the persistent overnight marine layer was not as strong, giving way to clear, blue sky in the morning. A thick marine layer returned on July 17 and 18. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| A dry week with morning marine layer clearing early and days in the low 70s. Early in the week monsoonal clouds passed over but no moisture. ETo 0.61", with average high 71.7f, low 52.2f. Ruth Lake Reservoir at 91% on 7/17. Rivers continue to drop with temperatures in the low 70s. However, a couple of possible drownings occurred on the Trinity River, with swift water units involved and extensive CPR, but no followup on outcomes reported. Pastures have turned brown as has open exposed fields and lawns, but vegetation remains green under the redwood canopy. Thistles have begun blooming. Western Tiger Swallowtails still seen daily, and California Quail pair have 15 chicks in tow now. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| we are at normal precip for July, but since that is less than .1, that doesn't contribute much to our water levels. Still around 90% for the water year. watering everything. Foggy days help some. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| This rainless week saw a mix of brilliant sunny days (deep blue skies with lovely puffy fair weather clouds) and foggy cool days. Temperatures remain mild. Heavy dew for a couple of mornings helped keep the landscape moist, but the ground continues to dry as water levels drop. The decent rain season means that we are not facing water restrictions this dry season--always a relief. Our summer blooming shrubs and plants are showing their colors and we've had the first harvest of our blue berries and huckleberries. It's really been a lovely summer so far, and the tourists are showing up to enjoy it. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CA-SD-22 | CA | San Diego |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| The native plants in the area are fully into the 'drought tolerant' phase of their seasonal life. Sumac, ceanothus, oaks, and some buckwheat are still green. The chamise, sagebrush, white sage, grasses, black sage are all fully desiccated but not dead. Some buchwheat flowers still attract bees, and there are touches of green in shaded areas. Except where artificially enhanced, free-flowing water has long dried up. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CO-CS-35 | CO | Costilla |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Little rain has occurred in the last several months. Evergreens are stressed with losses of some piñion. Ground has become somewhat hydrophobic when it rains. Wildfire risks are extremely high. Creeks are running very low. Local reservoirs (Mountain Home reservoir) are being drawn down to the point CPW has designated a fish salvage. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Since last reported on 06/28/2026, received only 0.15 inches from Multi-Day Accumulation 07/01 - 07/16 and 0.03" from Daily Accumulation for a total of 0.18". With hot and dry conditions, the soil has dried significantly since last report. Topsoil sample taken this afternoon down to the 3.0" level indicates dry, hard and dusty soil conditions. All recently planted trees have been provided supplemental water. Perennials are doing great with the drip irrigation system. Became overheated when pulling weeds around the property.
Observed the return of the Hummingbirds. It appears there are fewer bees in the area since my return. With minimal precipitation since the beginning of July, I have revised the Condition Scale from Mildly Dry to Moderately Dry. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CO-GF-88 | CO | Garfield |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Continuing to use household water for landscaping plants. Looked with envy at radar cells going around us. |
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| 7/19/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| with 3.3” of rain in the last 24 hrs, we’re about topped up. The growing zone is thoroughly wet, ..we’ll need no irrigation for a week now |
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| 7/19/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Continued hot and humid with Seabreeze TS almost every day with an extremely severe TS on July 17th. Torrential downpour with 2.18 inches in 25-30 minutes. |
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| 7/19/2026 | GA-DG-9 | GA | Dodge |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| 3.92" of rain observed here over the past week has brought July's total so far to 5.57", already beating the monthly average for the month by over 1/2" and continuing a precipitation surplus that began in May. Corn and peanut crops appear to be thriving, with grass growing lush. Lots of deer and songbird activity. |
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| 7/19/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Plants and top soil received some relief but pond remains very low. |
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| 7/19/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| July 18 ended a 26 day streak of rainfall, the second highest in my recorded history of 24+ years of daily rainfall, 15 only recorded with CoCoRaHS ... 28 days in 2023 is my longest streak ... so, I guess the true summer weather is upon us as there isn't much rainfall forecasted in the next few weeks ... |
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| 7/19/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| General: We're more than halfway through July and have only had .04" of rain. We expect .466 by the end, and there's nothing in sight. We're bone dry, for sure, and prone for fire.
Agriculture: The mustard crop is looking good, and is going to seed. The wheat is looking good as well. Both of these crops are dryland farmed.
Energy: We created 67.50 kWHR yesterday and only used 25.10 kWHR for home use, despite air conditioning and baking. We are in peak energy creation period.
Fire: Risk is high-to-severe, for sure. We're tinder dry.
Plants/ wildlife: The birds are starting to quiet down now that much of the mating behavior is behind them. We still have deer here, and it's rare that they are hanging around so long. It isn't because of the creek, which has dried up. We still have a dab of water in one of the springs on the property.
Water: We're down a lot for the water year as well as for July. The McNabb creek is dry, and our springs are barely active. |
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| 7/19/2026 | ID-ID-12 | ID | Idaho |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
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| No significant rain in weeks. Dry lightning storm passed to the south and north of here 3 days ago, Spawning lightning strike fires in its path. July is track less than 50% of average. Although July is historically a low precipitation month. Temperatures have been on the cooler side of what normally happens seasonally. Grass and pastures are holding some color to them. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Another hot, humid and Dry week. We had a brief bit of rain last evening that was enough to tease things but did not really amount to much value. It likely did though help the tasseling corn do its thing. Corn is standing very tall. Local produce is now doing well with the summer heat. Turf grass is getting dry and showing signs of dormancy and insect damage that birds and other bug prey are taking part in ecologically. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Most of the week was dry, but 0.95 fell on Friday and Saturday. Month-to-date precip is 2.95", running slight ahead of normal. Salt Fork River dropped considerable this week after last week's heavy rain, but likely bumped up this morning after yesterday's storms. Corn is silking and tasseling, beans in fields look good. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-CP-179 | IL | Champaign |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| This is my first report. After a wet July I have only recorded 1.19 inches of rain since July 2nd. With that being said I am still mowing my lawn at least once a week since the growing season started. As I drive the country roads I notice that most of the corn has tassled and the beginnings of corn cob silk have been observed. Soybeans seem to be coming along fine. I believe that things have balanced out from very wet to near normal conditions. Typical July heat and humidity. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-GY-37 | IL | Grundy |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| With high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s all week and no rain plants are starting to show stress. Vine plants such as squash have stopped growing and are severely wilted during the day. The grass, while still green, has stopped growing.
While working in the garden there is no moisture in the top 4” of soil and this clay soil has gotten very hard and cracked. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| After nearly two weeks of no precipitation, finally had a nice shot of rain on Thursday. Due to lack of moisture and very high temps, grass had begun to turn brown, and the garden was needing supplemental watering. With the 0.66" accumulation, grass has started to green up a bit. All To-Dates are still on the plus side of NOAA Norm. Area crops look good. Nearby rivers remain at normal summer levels. More rain and possible severe storms forecast for the start of the week with cooler temps (80's) the rest of the week. Today's bummer note is the Canadian wildfire smoke that has covered the area. With the Air Quality Index (AQI) sitting at 182 and the pungent smell of smoke, not a very good day for outdoor activities. Hopefully the front bringing storms tomorrow will push the smoke back to the north and east. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Topsoil is powder dry,grass in the yard is going dormant,crops look good,small amt of tile flow.Ponds are dropping quickly. The well is still supplying abnormal water. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are still normal for this time of year trending toward mildly dry. Potted plants have needed some supplemental watering. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is full,
warmer temperatures, humid with high heat index.
Yarrow starting second bloom. Apples are pickable.
Spiders are nesting. Caterpillars are active.
Vegetation lush. Young raccoons still into everything.
Air later in the week hazy with smell of smoke. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-MR-11 | IL | Mercer |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Condition scale is back to mildly dry. We have not had any measurable precipitation since 07/11/26, and only 0.30" since 07/04/26. Our clay soil is dry and cracked. Supplemental watering to garden, lawn, and fruit trees. Some grass that is not receiving supplemental watering has stopped growing and is turning brown. Pastures and woods are showing stress from the heat and lack of rain. Ranch lake level has dropped below the overflow. Wildlife and crops seem to be thriving. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| A spell of hot & humid conditions with only some trivial precip from the weekend.
Shrubs have required some watering and grass growth has slowed.
MTD is still in the near normal range, but the area went through over 10 days of hot conditions.
Calendar & Water YTD still on the plus side of near normal. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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| Lawn and Pasture are still largely green and growing although brown patches are starting to show up. Crops are in excellent condition with corn pollination well underway. Creek levels are dropping quickly but are still relatively high for mid July. River level high and dropping less than our local creeks as rain is quite scattered here. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Plants remain healthy but streams are a bit low, despite recent rain. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IN-LK-26 | IN | Lake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| rain not enough to make difference |
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| 7/19/2026 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Only at 35% of monthly norm and 0.39 in of rain over two weeks. Despite humid/wet conditions yesterday, not a single insect was observed near watersheds. Grass is starting to brown. Soil is dry. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IN-MG-34 | IN | Morgan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions are generally ok for crops and pasture land but irrigation is becoming increasingly necessary. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 7/19/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| No rain for the week at this location. We have gone from a near normal a week ago to moderately dry in just a couple or three days with no rain and the high temps we are having. A couple of days ago we had only a few spots in constant sunshine going dormant and now a bunch. Mowed some lawn last night, higher than I ever do as it was getting out of hand and will still have to sweep in some spots. Pastures need topped in some places but hesitate to do it right now as the dry weather they forecast earlier this year may be here. Crops are still looking good. Corn tasseled like crazy this week. Pastures still holding on but growth has slowed down. Wife says the soil in her gardens is dry, down to 4 or 6 inches. Zucchini, cucumbers and watermelon doing good. Potatoes looking promising. Evidently they like dry feet. Beatles, Fleas, Ticks and other bugs in the garden doing well in this weather. Trying to keep the animals as comfortable as possible with shade, fans and plenty of water. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| No precipitation this week also with extreme heat has turned unwatered lawns and gardens into paths of brown. The relief the rains brought to us last week is all but gone. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Could use a good rain. Crops look good. Lawns and pastures still growing well. Ponds and creeks are normal. |
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| 7/19/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| No rain this past week very hot and humid all week, conditions are dry. Lawns and pastures remain green for this time of year and crops look excellent to good. Rivers and lakes are at normal levels.
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| 7/19/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.59” rain for the week. Creeks and seeps flowing normal. Ponds steady. Another hot and humid week. Crops looking good, grass is really growing. Does, fawns, & yearlings, turkeys but no poults yet. Hummingbirds are voracious. We make a career of filling the feeders. |
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| 7/19/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.70 " rainfall this week. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana at 176 ft3/sec (normal) and 5.09 ft. High temps in 90s and high humidity. Needed to water the gardens twice this week. |
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| 7/19/2026 | ME-LN-30 | ME | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 0.08 inches of rain for the week. Soil is dry, grass is mostly brown but clover is still green. Small stream has dry sections with no flow. Garden and planted flowers need daily watering. |
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| 7/19/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| yards are getting crispy, mowing not needed. Watering the garden is necessary. Only about three quarters inch of rain this month in three different days which dried up quickly. |
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| 7/19/2026 | ME-WL-27 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| I have seen worse conditions for the 3rd week of July.
Streams 1-3 feet wide, at best a trickle, some without even that.
Streams 3-5 feet wide, all below high water line, some higher than others. Depends upon the catchment area.
Streams >5 feet wide, some flow but far below high water line.
Ponds <1 ac. no visiable water but plenty of cattails.
Ponds 1-3 ac., some water but a lot of cattails.
Ponds >3 ac., 1-2 feet below high water line.
Some wild apple trees with small fruit. Some cultivated fruit trees already with small fruit. One or two fields have harvested hay. No sign of any activity on the commercial blueberry fields
Haven't seen any red-breasted humingbirds in 2 weeks. No evidence of any visitors to their tradition feeder near a large spruce. Eastern phoebe had one small clutch in the rafters of the porch but haven't seen one in 5-7 days. Three generations of wild turkeys visit twice each day.
Maine Forest Service for the area is a MODERATE danger of wildfires. |
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| 7/19/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Only a trace in the preceding seven days, but this morning’s catch pushes July’s total to 7.01”. Data Explorer doesn’t seem to be working this morning and there’s something happening with the database that isn’t adding this morning’s entry to the total. But with a bit of hand math, this looks to be 238% of PRISM average, and the forecasts indicate more midweek. Really don’t know how to verify ATTM but this appears to be the wettest July since I started measuring in 2017. A case could be made for calling this “mildly wet,” but after the deficits of June and April will stick with near-normal for now. Depending on how the midweek accumulation works out, may change ratings next week. Everything is growing well and wildlife activity is normal. Remaining cygnet continues to grow and thrive. ON EDIT: Data Explorer is now working. A look back shows that this is by far the wettest July since I've been reporting. Most July totals were well-below PRISM average. |
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| 7/19/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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| We finally got a little rain yesterday (.21") after a 10 day stretch with none. Because of the soaking back on 7/8 we're at 3.58" MTD. I haven't mowed the grass in a few weeks and it's very burnt. Local brooks are dry. |
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| 7/19/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.27 during the past week,3.13 so far this month, ground was very dry before yesterday's rain which should moisten things up a bit, grass still growing slowly with brown spots, lots of bird activity, lack of night sounds continues. |
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