| 9/19/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Leaves are turning brown, along with grasses. Areas with water are low and some completely dry.
ground is hard and crumbles in a lot of parts of area as well. |
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| 9/19/2026 | AL-MD-164 | AL | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Heat plus dryness is starting to take its toll on the grass, which is turning brown early. I have noted several trees prematurely losing their leaves, and a neighbor's tree is devoid of leaves now. Only ~0.52" of rain in September at my gauge, and that is one of the higher totals in the immediate area. We have had 2 record-setting electricity bills in the last two months due to the heat, so I'm not looking forward to another. |
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| 9/19/2026 | AL-TS-4 | AL | Tuscaloosa |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| We haven't had much rain through months of Aug & Sept which is quite apparent looking at vegitation all around. Grass is turning brown. Leaves on trees are shrivelling. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 59% of normal; WY 56% of normal. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Dry leaves are dropping. Low rainfall leaves the ground hard |
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| 9/19/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| The month of Septembrr has been wetter than normal. 4.43" of rain so far, with 3.47" falling in one storm earlier this week. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CT-WN-26 | CT | Windham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| 2.28" of rain so far this month. Lawn requires regular mowing. Garden cleanup/reseeding is done. Our pear and apple trees produced a nice crop. With regular rainfall watering hasn't been required. Had a Fisher Cat pass through our yard a few days ago. |
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| 9/19/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 9/19/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and golf course pond near average level. Plants and lawns drying out as it remains hot without significant rain the past few days. |
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| 9/19/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Thunderstorms nearly daily with substantial rainfall this period. Temps have moderated and AC use had declined accordingly. Temp today dropped to 75.2 F, not seen this low of a temp since spring. Vegetation relishing the damp conditions; must mow grass weekly now : ( |
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| 9/19/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - We are reporting an increase in Conditions as a result of uncle 0.76” of precipitation last week. Most morning are clear blue skies and clouds do not appear until late afternoon. This has resulted in drier conditions and the surface soil is drying out.
ENERGY - ABout the same, our temperatures are staying around normal and the night time temps have come back down to normal also. This allows the AC to run less overnight.
GENERAL - The Last two days have been pleasant with low humidity and the ‘FEEL LIKE” Temperatures closure to normal. |
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| 9/19/2026 | FL-SR-52 | FL | Santa Rosa |
Near Normal
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| We are back to running the lawn sprinkler system every third or fourth day as required. Temperatures and rain are near normal for this time of year. While I have no way of accurately measuring soil moisture, we are not seeing distress in wild plants in the ditches or along the roads. |
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| 9/19/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| it's between mildly dry and near normal, rainfall hasn't been much, lawn looked a little dry after being cut this week, ran irrigation system early this morning, it looks better. |
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| 9/19/2026 | GA-MW-9 | GA | Meriwether |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The lake behind my house continues to be slightly lower than normal this time of year, with the creek that runs into it showing dry areas. Fish beds around the edge of the lake have dried out and are visible where the water level has dropped. The grass and flowers around my house are dry and brown. |
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| 9/19/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| After the last two Septembers being bone dry, this year is quite a change. With 1.75" of rain this morning, with more on the way and over 4" of rain for the month, a wet September is here for sure. Soil conditions are mildly wet with moderately wet just around the corner. Area rivers are just starting to rise and could come up quite a bit. And the nearby Beaver Creek is rising fast. Trees look very green and thick and it really looks like a jungle out there. Lawns of course are looking lush and green and still require mowing about every 4 days. Maybe with the cooler weather our NWS is forecasting for next week mowing will finally be less frequent. Been seeing the usual chickadees and finches at the feeder while our four legged friends are still pretty quiet. So far the mosquitoes are not too bad but with all this wet weather, that could change. And, so far the boxelder bugs have not appeared. Can't say as I miss them. |
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| 9/19/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We've had 1.31" rain over 9/15-9/16 24 hr period. Ground is still dark from that. We briefly had running water in overflow creek and into a small part of pond. It was no longer visible two hours later. We had a power outage during that night. Heard a very loud lightning strike during the thunderstorm. Not sure how long power was out but had to reset clocks the next morning. Corn harvest is in progress around surrounding farms. Some soybeans are browning and ready to harvest. Grass continues to grow well. Tomatoes are ripening slower and peppers are not growing at same rate they were. Tulip tree is dropping yellow and brown leaves that dot it. It is always earlier than other trees here to shed leaves. Rarely saw the lone deer out front this week. Goldfinches continue to pick on sunflowers. Saw a female praying mantis. Crows are very active at something around here.
Picture is back alfalfa field and corner of garden. We are doing well. |
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| 9/19/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| This has been an amazing summer. Turf grasses remain thriving; there was minimal dormancy all season. The small creek has not gone dry all summer, whereas it is normally dry from mid-July through early September. Great for home owners. |
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| 9/19/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I have received 2.93 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Lawn is lush and green. |
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| 9/19/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| hot and humid thunderstorm end of week |
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| 9/19/2026 | IA-BH-29 | IA | Black Hawk |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Several rounds of moderate to heavy rain over the past few days. Standing water in many area ditches, fields and depressions. |
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| 9/19/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| recent rain; ground moist without standing water |
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| 9/19/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Summer has continued into mid September with temperatures in the afternoons in the low 90s. But we had almost an inch of rain to help keep everything alive. |
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| 9/19/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Only a trace of rain this week. We have had .30 inchs more rain than normal in September but are 5.06 inches below normal for the year. The ponds are almost dry and the springs are not running very much. Last weeks rain was enough to let us plant some triticale, wheat and alfalfa, the triticale I planted Monday is up but the alfalfa needs a rain to sprout. Today is hopefully the last day above 90 for this year as it will set a record for the most high temperatures of 90+ in 1 year in our area. |
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| 9/19/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| .22 inches of rain. Two rain days. |
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| 9/19/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
NA
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Clear bluebird skies on Sunday were pretty to look at, but we need some rain before the lawn and landscaping begin to wilt. Very little breeze Sunday afternoon, coupled with 107°F, feels-like temperature kept us indoors. The lawn has not grown under large trees and shows signs of wilting in the afternoon sun. Zinnia flower beds wilt without timely irrigation. But a vigorous thunderstorm made a late-day appearance on Monday afternoon around 5:30 pm dropping an inch of rain in 15 minutes and totaling out at 1.85”. By the next morning, there was no evidence of rainfall at all. That rain was needed as this area was in a rain deficit for several weeks.
A tiny taste of fall on Thursday morning with lower humidity was refreshing. After waiting for weeks, the Gulf Fritillary butterflies have emerged from chrysalises in droves. Every part of the yard has butterflies feeding on lantana, tropical and tuberous butterfly weed, hummingbird vine, passion fruit, Mexican petunia, hibiscus, Turks cap, and zinnias. Many of these flowering plants have auto-irrigation and bloom consistently because of it. |
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| 9/19/2026 | 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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| not enough rain |
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| 9/19/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Rivers and streams are running at normal levels, and soil conditions are normal. 2.43" of rain over the past week, and gardens, and lawns are doing great! Seems like a bumper crop of Black Walnuts this year. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 1.17 inches of rain in the last week but it is still very dry. Trees are showing signs of stress as are lawns. Perennials have lots of flowers and bees and butterflies are loving it. Tomatoes are having a great year. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| For the week 9/13 - 9/19 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora: 49, 36, 58, 46, 52, 51, 51 & Kingsford : 50, 38, 58, 46, 52, 52, 51, -----Highs this week 60's 70s ------ WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE: AURORA - T, 0, .39, 0, .04, 0, 0 Total= .43" KINGSFORD - T, 0, .36, 0, .04, 0, 0 Total= .40 ----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford : nothing no snow ----- MENOMINEE RIVER: Water levels all week at a low summer water height and river flow in the higher 800 CFS -low 900s from Wednesday through this a.m. Water height has been low over the summer and with 3 days left of it, appears it's all summer. -----US DROUGHT MONITOR: Both Florence and the southern tip of Dickinson Counties are in the D2 severe stage according to the actual US Drought Monitor (not the CoCoRaHS one on this site). I used Moderate here as severely would line up with the US Drought version. Grass has made really no improvement with same dry patches of grass. .40-.43 this week didn't help much as we need more rain to take care of the brown grass patches. ----- WILDFIRE RISK: For Florence and Dickinson counties is MODERATE----- AIR QUALITY: Another excellent week no smoke clean air ------TOURISM: Campers I still see but sightings have slowed down a lot this week. Still, Older retired seniors towing or driving campers Boat towing down even from last week. Sone have pulled theirs from the river for the season BUSINESS: Local and regional traffic for construction has declined. Loggers steady this week yet less. Just 2 farm machines I spotted going back and forth from a field. Local contractors, about the same as last week, steady. -----WILDLIFE: Deer are still running around and getting apples from the neighbor's tree. noticed a few more swamp deer as I enter Kingsford along the wooded road. Geese have been flying south in small flocks and noticed various bird species also in flocks stop and rest here before their southern migration but a less busy week for birds heading south as a whole . Squirrels and chipmunks are busy gathering for the cold but still haven't seen any rabbits but the eagle has been spotted this week flying along the river.----- PLANTS: Another round of tree tops changing color replacing what blew off last week. Noticable Wednesday but overnight even more. My red Maple, shedding like crazy still and is 3/4 red and leaves dropped about 1/3rd off that tree and one of my oak's leaves are starting to change color and another just dropping leaves. Neighbor's birch trees and their leaves turning yellow. Marigolds, Lazy susans still blooming, onion plant blossoms died off 2 weeks ago in the shade. 1/3 color change on the sumacs. ----- That's all I have for this week. Enjoy your weekend! |
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| 9/19/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We had a little over an inch of rain in the last week. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Rain the last four days and cooler temps seem to indicate fall is here. A few leaves are starting to change colors, berries on the dogwoods and holly are ripening. fall flowers now appearing. Temps are predicted to get cooler the next ten days. Not quite as many bird calls in the mornings and days are notably shorter. It's fall. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rain nearly every day this week.
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| 9/19/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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| Rain the last few days. Plants are looking better |
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| 9/19/2026 | MN-RM-329 | MN | Ramsey |
Mildly Wet
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| grass greeening up |
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| 9/19/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 13 Sep 26 to 19 Sep 26. There were 4 days of precipitation during the week, for 2.04 inches. The total precipitation for September is 3.13 inches. The historical average for September is 4.00 inches. The current condition is Near Normal. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Hot and dry conditions continue with only a light shower this week. Lawns and grass turned green for a few. days. Burn bans and high fire danger warnings are posted through the area. Shoal Creek is low but still has a good stream. Deer are plentiful and eating anything they can find. Leaves are dropping from the drought with no color change just brown and dried. A few humming birds are still here in this past week of summer although one migration wave has passed through. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The last good rain was 24 days ago. Great weather for harvesting but tough on everything else. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MT-LK-15 | MT | Lake |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| 421% Normal precip (NOAA) FOR THE MONTH TO DATE... YEAR TO DATE: 7.96" : 161% of Normal. and for the WATER YEAR: 13.96" : 179% of Normal. Leaves starting to change. Lawn is thick, but too damp to mow. Contrasted to the severe fire season just weeks ago, and its amazing. |
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| 9/19/2026 | MT-LC-19 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Near Normal
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| Just under an inch of rainfall this week, which is very good for mid September. Thus, the good lawn is fairly green, and even the field grass has a bit of green. The moisture is just going right into the ground, very little runoff. Continue with near normal conditions. |
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| 9/19/2026 | NH-GR-77 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Tourism & Recreation
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| Rain this week 0.93” total. With intermittent rains over the last few weeks it’s starting to moisten up the ground. Hiking and biking trails are mostly dry with a few wet areas in the usual spots. Our pond has risen a little with a high on the 13th at 2.0" & low on the 18th at 0.0" (12” is top of the spillway). Mad River level from the Paddlers gage at six mile bridge was between -0.7’ and -1.0’ all week. WMNF fire danger sign is still set at Moderate. Foliage just starting to change maybe 20% of peak |
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| 9/19/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Recovery from the severely dry conditions has started. The temperature has cooled to below normal after a very long above normal hot summer. Rain has finally arrived - 1.70 inches of it in the past 6 days. The soil is wet. Water is now flowing in the Rio Grande river. There was no blowing dust during today's thunderstorm wind. More rain is expected next week. The rain is probably too late in the season for plant growth, but maybe some autumn flowers will appear. Our water supply is adequate with mandatory watering restrictions in place.
The rain has cleaned the air; air quality has been good. No critical fire weather conditions are expected for the next week. |
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| 9/19/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of September 12 through September 19, 2026. We received a little more than 0.14” of rain. We had a couple of days with a trace of rain. The leaves are starting to change color. Our garden is almost done. The only things left are squash and tomatoes. We think the tomatoes will be done this coming week. The lawn is still green and need mowing 2x/week. St.Lawrence River level reported at the NOAA station on Wellesley Island, NY. Level is 245.58 feet, 30.8” Above low water datum, and 69.3°F. |
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| 9/19/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Week of (9/13/26-9/19/26) observed less precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 0.23 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was less than the last update of 0.54 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (9/6/26-9/12/26). There was 3.25 inches of precipitation so far that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of September compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 1.98 inches of precipitation. Conditions have gotten drier since the last update from last week with the area seeing less measurable precipitation in the form of liquid over this past week and the area is still remaining drought free. The area is currently considered near normal and conditions had remained the same since the last update and the ground has remained dried up with no standing water since the last update due to the area receiving more precipitation in the form of rain since there has been a lot of measurable rainfall last month in August and prior months and this had caused the area to receive an abundance of moisture the area had received in the past, but the grass is still green and vibrant in the back yard and in the front yard. The sump pump hasn’t been pumping at all during the entire week with the ground being dry despite all the precipitation the area had received over this past week. Outdoor activities have been OK this week with some of the days this week had had dry weather and the rest of the days with precipitation falling and being observed, but the dry days were good to walk on local canal path and along with below average temperatures (Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday) and streams water levels are still holding at low levels currently along with some seasonably mild air to near seasonable air (near normal to above average temperatures) in the environment (Wednesday-Friday). The air conditioner has been working below average for most of this week (On only for Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday) due to cooler than normal temperatures during most of the week despite above normal temperatures on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday had caused the Air Conditioner to be turned on to cool the house down and cooling the house with the windows open some nights this week and with four days this week with near to above average temperatures (as much as 13 degrees Fahrenheit above average for high and low temperatures during the week and as much as 12 degrees Fahrenheit below average for high and low temperatures during the week). The ground had remained dry this week and the drainage area in the backyard has no standing water. The grass is still green and vibrant with all the moisture that had fallen over this past week along with full foliage on the trees. The front and backyards needed to be hand mowed twice this week along with vegetation such as Dogwoods and trees in the backyard are doing good and no manual watering was needed for a potted plant and Boxwoods for most days this week and the grass is still growing very fast due to abundance of moisture the area received from the past. There is no fall foliage that was observed this week to be reported over the area currently and same as the previous week. So far, the total precipitation at this station for the month of September is currently above average. |
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| 9/19/2026 | 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 cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty seven degrees, and the low around forty six degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Soapwort, Chickory, Mugwort and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Apples are ripening, walnuts are 2" big. All corn have cobs from 8" to 12". A fifth cutting of hay is occurring. Blackbirds are beginning to flock. A few Black Cherry trees, Walnut leaves and spare other trees leaves are beginning to change color. The local intermittent stream is dry and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/19/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here remain severely dry. We have received about 0.8 inches of rain over the last 7 days. However we are 13 inches behind the NOAA "30-year average" and about 17 inches behind the "Water Year" average measurement for our region. Leaves are beginning to turn color and some plants are showing heat stress effects. The Haw River is flowing at very low levels. We are still in a "stage 2" water use restriction and lawns are yellowing. Farmers seem to making the best of it but are losing some crops. This observer noted that below usual rainfall started October-November 2025, on that basis our region is approaching nearly one year of "drought". |
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| 9/19/2026 | OH-FR-195 | OH | Franklin |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| For the period from 9/6-9/19 2026
We received 3.36" (plus a T on 3 days).
During storms there was lots of swift running water and ponding in yard and low areas of sidewalks, but there is no residual ponding. However, the ground remains very moist, even on the surface, and any new rainfall at all causes ponding to happen fairly quickly. Lots of fungi have sprouted up in my yard, as well as increased population of mosquitos. Grass as been growing quickly and trees remain green. I have not nocied any unusual animal movements or behaviors. Nearby streams are full, but not out of banks. Water quality is good and there are no restrictions on usage. |
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| 9/19/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Our Hot and Dry weather pattern is finally looking like its going to change by Sunday and Monday with a cold front and possible rainfall. This change in the weather comes after we finally had our first rainfall event since August 25, 2026 with just 0.04" inches of rainfall observed on September 13, 2026. While this since has evaporated, it is my hope we receive a more significant rainfall total Sunday through Monday. Next, our overall soil conditions remain the same with Sandy soil and no topsoil moisture. Also, our grasses and trees remain stressed as a result of our prolonged hot weather and drought conditions. Lastly, area wildlife sightings this week have mainly been spiders, grasshoppers, wasps, dirt daubers and ants. |
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| 9/19/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Fire danger is moderate. I needed to resume irrigation to the garden, because some of the vegetables were tending to wilt a bit. The temperature swings and variations in irrigation really affected my cabbage crop, which I recently harvested. There were dry leaves interspersed among the good leaves, and the recent rain had settled under the outer leaves, causing a bit of rot on the outside. But after tedious cleaning, a lot of good cabbage was had. And there are quite a few aphids on the brassicas now. Leaves are starting to fall, particularly from the white ash tree. Beggar's ticks grew tall and have bloomed abundantly in the roadside ditch. The blackberry vines have plumped up some more blackberries after the rain, so now there is a mix of immature, dried up, moldy, and good blackberries on the vines. Makes picking a bit of a fussy exercise. Pears and plums have fallen, grapes are not ripe yet, and apples are in various states, unripe, wormy, fallen, and some quite good. The lawn is greening up with both grass and weeds. In the forest, the amount of tall dried vegetation seems to be resulting in lesser growth of new grasses and weeds. The doe and fawn are making regular visits to the back lawn and gardens. One of my hens is raising 5 chicks in a pen on the back lawn. I need to move the pen frequently, as they eat every little green thing. Nights have been quite cool, and the barn cats have been trying to sneak inside - to be warm, I presume, so I have hooked their heating pads in the barn back up to the timer, so they can be warm at night. Those cats may have done pretty good with the mice and voles, we are not seeing many of those, but there are plenty chipmunks and a few baby rabbits now on the cats' diet. This was certainly not a good year for yellowjackets. I think I saw the 3rd one of the summer last week. But also have had 3 mantises jump on me. Most years I just see one or two, and find a few oothecas, but this year they jump on me. The ants seem to be reduced in numbers from what they were, but still I am coming across many. The little native bees have been plentiful. Turkey vultures, robins, geese, and bushtits have all been seen in flocks. I saw a varied thrush this week, and after hearing it scold, realized that it has been around for a few days already. Usually I don't see those until winter - often after the first snow. The swallows may have already left, and I don't think we had any bats this year - usually we are host to 1 to 3 bats. Gas prices have taken a hop - and I'm noticing a lot more motorcycles on the road, and some are being ridden rather recklessly. The nice weather has probably made this an attractive alternative for commuters. The creek is still low. |
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| 9/19/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 4.86 inches of rain this past week. |
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| 9/19/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| With only 0.93” of rain over the past 2 weeks, conditions are near normal although approaching mildly dry. The Pascoag Reservoir has fallen a few inches since the last report to 8’8” but is fairly full for this time of year. There are still some boaters and fishermen getting out on the lake but the numbers are falling as the summer season ends. Many boats are being pulled in anticipation of the dam opening after Columbus Day weekend. The lawn requires regular mowing about once per week so it is slowing a little with less sunlight and cooler temperatures. Jays, wrens, crows, nuthatches, phoebes, etc. have been busy, while mallards and Canadian geese are around too. |
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