| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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-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 | 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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| 9/19/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS RETURN TO MODERATELY DRY***MONTH-TO-DATE (MTD) RAINFALL = 2.68 INCHES, WHICH IS -1.29 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) RAINFALL = 31.40 INCHES, WHICH IS -6.25 INCHES BELOW NORMALTHROUGH 01OCT26..... |
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| 9/19/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| We had some rain. The retention pond is down about 2 feet. Tributaries are flowing normally.
Lawns are crispy. High frog activity. Outside activity normal. Cooler nights have led to heavy morning dew. |
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| 9/19/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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| still no measurable rain I have to keep watering my grass on my front lawn to keep it alive |
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| 9/19/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Here we go again -- 0.05" total since July 17 -- or 63 days with no useful moisture. And over 20 days over 100 degrees, and every day since in upper 90's. Energy bills are noticeably high; fire danger elevated; and burn bans and watering restrictions are universal here. The only saving grace is that lakes are unseasonably high. Roadsides are parched, and exposed ground is cracking (wonderful clay soil!) Most trees are losing leaves and show signs of stress. And the duration is starting to cause "cabin fever" as we stay inside during the day. While not (yet) the longest dry spell, it is certainly a concern and no immediate change is predicted. |
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| 9/19/2026 | WI-FL-6 | WI | Florence |
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 | WI-RC-3 | WI | Racine |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Moderately wet soil conditions as the week closes out. Heavy to moderate rainfall over 1" has fallen overnight changing conditions from near normal to moderately wet. Water is standing in puddles on the ground on lawn, soil, and other outdoor surfaces. Soil conditions are soft and wet with soil material easily picked up on foot soles. |
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| 9/19/2026 | WI-SC-103 | WI | St. Croix |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| about 1.5 inches of rain over last week have improved lawn, but deep rooted trees are still exhibiting stress signs (early leaf drop). Soybeans were 25% yellow on 8/30 which is 9 days ahead of normal and 75% yellow on 9/5 which is 10 days ahead of normal. The third hay cutting this year was less volume than normal. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CAN-MB-43 | CAN | Manitoba |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 1.22 inches precip this week, water table dropped 2.0 inches and is 42.6 inches above 14 year average. Warm temperatures, light winds, rain, fog and heavy dew keep the ground wet. Everything still green except the ash trees turning colour. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CAN-NS-182 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Tourism & Recreation
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| For week of 13-19 Sep: (0+ 46.0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 6.0+ 1.0)= 53.0mm Near Normal. High's: +20C to +24C; Low's: +18C to +7C; Wind: Mostly calm, one gusty day, gusts to 35km/hr; Dew: 1 light, 2 heavy dripping. This week, it felt like early Fall. A bit more sunshine, but shorter days. Nights are getting cooler. We had one very substantial overnight rain, 46.0 mm. Left the grass very squishy. Absorbed within a few days. Trees, shrubs, plants are lush and green. Flowers are still thriving, gardens are vibrant. With cooler overnight temps, some trees showing signs of colour change, hints of yellow. Deer are rotating their grazing, new fawns kept to edge of woods, or higher grass. Red Fox and kits in and out of woods. Pheasants have taken cover. On people side, yellow school buses now a daily thing, as is continuing NS Power overhead work. They've made tremendous progress. Its quite the process to replace an old hydro pole. And all of this work does not impede tourism. The double-decker buses are very busy. As days grow shorter, so are viewing hrs. But, for touring, the best of colour is yet to come. NS burn Ban map is all Green. |
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| 9/19/2026 | CAN-ON-210 | CAN | Ontario |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| crops look good some corn silage coming off beans are coming along some whites are off. |
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