| 5/12/2026 | AR-SH-17 | AR | Sharp |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Creek is very low and ground is dry. Garden is dry several inches deep |
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| 5/12/2026 | CO-AR-85 | CO | Arapahoe |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| An unbelievably warm and dry “winter” and spring. Many dead lawns from lack of water. Significant uptick in rabbit population, probably due to warm temperatures through traditional cold months. Watering restrictions throughout announced for the Denver metro area for this spring and summer. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CO-DG-376 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Drought watch. Decreased outdoor watering. Grass is drying up. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CT-HR-57 | CT | Hartford |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Need to occasionally water new transplants and new grass seeding. Below average temperatures have seemed to keep it from getting too dry. Usual wet spots do not have standing water, but are soft and not dried out. Rivers and tributaries are below normal. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CT-NH-72 | CT | New Haven |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have had some rain but still are in a abnormally dry condition on the drought monitor |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-DS-7 | FL | Desoto |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| All rivers abd ponds are very low. Last summer was dry compared to usual summers abd we've had very little rain since. Soil is like powder. Water restrictions and burn notices have been in place for months |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-FL-49 | FL | Flagler |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We are just now getting some afternoon rain, but so many plants, trees and shrubs have died. Several trees and shrubs were damaged during the frost, then it was/is just dry killing more of them. When I rake the leaves and sticks, I get a lot of dirt and dust. |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-PS-65 | FL | Pasco |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Still very little rain for months. The lakes are very low and the grasses are suffering. |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Our dry spell continues—last week our Wrst Central Florida area received only 0.80” of rainfall. Severe water use restrictions remain in effect with lawn watering restricted to only one day per week. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IL-DP-178 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Lawns and trees are green and lush. Have to mow about every 5 days. Salt creek at Elmhurst is at normal level. Trails are dry. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IN-AL-106 | IN | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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| Ephemeral ponds in the woods still have water. Soils have enough moisture to support young plants without the need to water daily. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IN-JH-47 | IN | Johnson |
Mildly Wet
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| Certain parts to mow are avoided due to saturated spots |
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| 5/12/2026 | IA-CS-11 | IA | Cass |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| very good planting condition but top drying quickly for herbicide activity to work need rain |
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| 5/12/2026 | KS-DC-9 | KS | Decatur |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| Very dry. Pastures are suffering as well as the wheat crop. No rain and/or subsoil moisture is a problem for planting corn and feed. |
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| 5/12/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| The vegetation in normal for this time of the year. Moisture levels in the soil near normal. Lawns are quite green. |
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| 5/12/2026 | KY-JS-17 | KY | Jessamine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Gardening is in full swing. The soil is neither dry nor wet. Lawns are growing well. |
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| 5/12/2026 | LA-WB-4 | LA | West Baton Rouge Parish |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Extremely wet to the point of ponding in lawns. Ground squishes under foot with every step. I need to finish up spring gardening chores but that won't be happening this week. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MA-HS-66 | MA | Hampshire |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Our basement has not had any water in it this spring, which is unusual during the melt season. Enough rain to cause rapid green up and growth however. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-BN-24 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| I was in the garden yesterday, getting the ground ready to plant. After all the rain we had in April, I felt the ground was dry. I Had to go down about 1 inch to get some moisture. in the soil. The dust was obvious has I used the hoe for weed control. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-KN-78 | MI | Kent |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| There was above normal rain and flooding earlier this spring. But since the rains abated, it has very rapidly begun to go back into a very dry pattern with very little rain. Our drought seemed to have been broken, but if we don't get significant rain soon we will be right back into drought. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-MQ-44 | MI | Marquette |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| water in ditches from winter's snow melt
Higher areas becoming very dry.
Flooded rivers are receding.
Most farmers/gardeners are able to work up fields. Becoming fairly dusty.
Road restrictions are coming off. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-SW-13 | MI | Shiawassee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No noted issues. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-IT-61 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
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| The snow amount in our area was down significantly this winter. So far this Spring there has been very little rain. The lake that we live on (Siseebakwet) has a lower water level than it usually does at this time of year. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-LW-5 | MN | Lake Of The Woods |
Mildly Dry
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| Ground moisture is still adequate because colder than normal temps have slowed evaporation. Streams and creeks are very low for this time of year. Lake level is also low. Dead and dry vegetation is creating very high fire risks. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-LS-24 | MN | Le Sueur |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.5” of rain in the last 30 days.
Normal water level for this time of the year would be well up into the cattails. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-MW-8 | MN | Mower |
Mildly Dry
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| Water bodies at typical spring levels. Watered lawns are lush, others drying. Wildlife and birds active. Trees have leafed out, except for our dozens of diseased ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer infestation that crept in over the past couple of years. Our small city removed 1500 ash trees last year. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-RC-91 | MN | Rice |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Need to water garden seedlings daily in cool weather |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-SC-81 | MN | Scott |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| With no rain measured so far for May the ground is dry for gardens, spring planting, and lawns |
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| 5/12/2026 | MS-NW-9 | MS | Newton |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| The rain of last week has really helped the soil moisture. Grass and crops are responding well. The water table is still several feet lower than in most years for May. Going to be critical to receive timely rain for the corn and beans throughout the growing season. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Moderately Dry
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| It's been 13 days since we've had any precip, and that was scant. Temps have been consistently 10+ degrees above normal. Streams are high as the last of the snow melts out at high elevations. Sadly, we've put away our skis for the summer. Soil is dry and the garden needs watering every couple days. Nary a mushroom to be found. This is historically our wettest time of year. In the short term it is severely dry; in the long term perhaps mildly dry. So, splitting the difference with moderately dry. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NE-HL-4 | NE | Hall |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Abnormally high number of pivots already running. Some farmers are delaying planting until we get some rain. Platte River running very low for early May. Cool season grasses still susceptible to large wildfire growth. This is normally the wettest time of the year, so not receiving rain at this time and sheet being very dry for the last 6 months is very worrisome. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NH-MR-70 | NH | Merrimack |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Lawns and trees are greening up nicely. Rivers, streams and brooks are running at normal levels. Moisture in the ground is a little over 1 inch deep. Planting seeds and starter packs reveals dry soil below 1 inch. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NM-SF-237 | NM | Santa Fe |
Severely Dry
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Fire
Water Supply & Quality
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| we have rainwater catchment only and water in our cisterns is getting low |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-CM-21 | NY | Chemung |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Ground is really saturated. I was at the NASCAR race in Watkins glen all weekend and people were getting stuck in the dirt parking lots even pick up trucks were sinking in. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-ES-6 | NY | Essex |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
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| This past week, parts of my lawn were “squishy,” and the sump pump was occasionally running. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-ST-54 | NY | Steuben |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Still getting a fair amount of rain but also dry days. Temps have been running below average slowing down some of the blooming and leafing out. Grass hasn't really accelerated yet. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cool becoming sunny with light winds, then mostly clear and cold overnight with light winds and frost. The high temperature was around fifty degrees, and the low around thirty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Barn Swallows are trying to nest. Sugar Maple leaves, White Ash tree buds, Hackberrry tree buds, Apple Tree flowers, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Marsh Marigold flowers, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, and Bush Honeysuckle leaves are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NC-PT-35 | NC | Pitt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Rainfalls during last month has improved the conditions, we were moderately dry 4 weeks ago. The lawns have started to green up and the flowers are looking much healthier. |
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| 5/12/2026 | OH-CY-89 | OH | Cuyahoga |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rain from the past week, coupled with colder temperatures, have made the ground saturated and the standing water not evaporate. |
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| 5/12/2026 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| My area has received 2+ inches of rain so far in May. We are lush and green and warm. |
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| 5/12/2026 | OK-RG-14 | OK | Rogers |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| things are green... ground is covered in beginning to turn leaves that were knocked off trees during hail storm on the 8th of May... lots of photosynthesis processors on the ground...found dead birds in the woods behind the hius... suspect from hail... most garden plants leafless.. |
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| 5/12/2026 | PA-CD-30 | PA | Cumberland |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
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| We are currently in a low fire danger from PA Forestry Dept. |
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| 5/12/2026 | SC-GV-152 | SC | Greenville |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Had good rain last week which was first in months. Still many inches below normal. No rain for the foreseeable future. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-BT-39 | TN | Blount |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Was able to till the garden this past Sunday. Not muddy or too dry. Lawns looking lush green. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-BR-24 | TN | Bradley |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 7" below normal for the year in rainfall not counting what 2025 was below normal |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-HL-72 | TN | Hamilton |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Grass and plants are growing as expected for May, but there's no excess of moisture. Birds are nesting as normal and appear to be finding plenty of food. I am supplementing their water. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-PK-2 | TN | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Tourism & Recreation
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| Creeks low. Gardens must be watered. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TX-TV-397 | TX | Travis |
Moderately Wet
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| We’re slowly crawling out of drought in central Texas. In recent years we’ve been abnormally dry and hot by May, but things are currently lush and green with wildflowers blooming. |
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| 5/12/2026 | VT-OG-10 | VT | Orange |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Garden soil is moist, as per usual for this time of yesr. Field is well greened up. |
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| 5/12/2026 | VA-WYC-5 | VA | Waynesboro (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
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| Since 3/23/26, our area has received a total of 2.70"of precipitation. This is far below what is needed, not only for spring plant growth but to assuage the drought conditions. The latest drought monitor noted our county is at the "extreme" level. This is an uptick from the severe category we have had for a number of months. The fire season is technically over, but we are encouraged not to do outside burning. When we were digging postholes last month, my husband dug down eighteen inches (18"), and the ground was dry throughout the holes. The weather has been warmer than is typical for the spring and has continued to be very windy at times. We experienced some local power outages locally in late April (19th) consequent to an unannounced wind event.
The birds, bats, and bugs are milling about. We have noticed changes in the arrival of some creatures. The spring peepers (that usually begin their calls in late February) began peeping this month (May). In contrast, the fireflies (that show up late May to early June) were observed glimmering last night!
We are valiantly planting seeds and seedlings/transplants in an effort to grow some summer vegetables. The ants have apparently been desperate because they have stripped leaves off all the Pak Choi that came up last month. They are also eating holes in the native violets, so I wish they would limit their efforts to the violets. They are also taking new leaves from the baby pepper plants I put in this past week. They have not bothered the pea shoots, or the cauliflower and cabbage transplants so that is good. We have had to hand water plants or use the soaker hoses. |
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