| 5/29/2026 | CO-EP-511 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Seeds are sprouting without supplemental watering in the garden. Soil is moist (slightly muddy). Grass has fully greened up. |
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| 5/29/2026 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No effect |
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| 5/29/2026 | MA-HD-30 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Mildly to moderately dry. Putting plants, flowers, in the ground and the soil is dry. Our local brook is down In level I believe in this early summer time. Trees and larger bushes seem ok as we did have some snow this past winter, but shallow root plants may have problems. There have been a few local woods fires but nothing major yet. As this is a town wo a municipal water supply, we rely on wells and so far have not hear of any rumors of people with well problems. A note that a few years ago between drought and bugs, a lot of trees were killed. The town took care of dangerous ones roadside but those in yards and the woods were of course left. Well long story short this past winter two dying trees in the woods directly in back of me fell.
As for wildlife it’s been a busy spring with lots of fox and coyote sightings and we had a springtime resident bear. A fairly large male from what I and the neighbors saw. He appeared in mid March and only the last week 10 days has he disappeared.
As for farming there is one local, just over the town line, who is well on their way into planting. He has access to a city water line so generally does ok with irrigation.
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| 5/29/2026 | MN-DS-52 | MN | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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| We have not had usual spring rains |
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| 5/29/2026 | MN-IT-60 | MN | Itasca |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| My backyard which is sloped is hard and very dry to the point of killing the grass, definitely need rain here |
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| 5/29/2026 | MN-WG-20 | MN | Washington |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Lawns and gardens must be watered. Wildfire warnings have been issued on windy days. |
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| 5/29/2026 | MO-OS-10 | MO | Osage |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| It is so nice to have green grass in the pastures and creeks and ponds that have water. The cooler weather has kept the grass from growing fast, but it is in very good condition for the upcoming hay season and enough moisture to keep it growing in our rotational grazing pastures for the cows. Any rain we get seems to soak in fast and no standing water. |
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| 5/29/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly to mostly sunny and warm with moderate winds, then mostly clear and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty two degrees, and the low around forty six degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a half feederful every day. White Ash tree leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, Soapwort flowers, phlox flowers and Bush Honeysuckle flowers are appearing. Corn is being planted. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at late spring levels. |
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| 5/29/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Nearly 6" of rain this week. Knocked drought ranking down a full category. |
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| 5/29/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Water Supply & Quality
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| Under sink 4-gallon point of use water heater servicing the bathroom handwash/toothbrush sink (no appliances or other fixtures) was removed and examined this morning. Magnesium anode rod (~6 inch long, 1 inch diameter) was completely depleted. Residual water in tank, in summary, did not match the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of the sink output. The appliance was removed from service, (although it still heated water as usual), and will be replaced rather than serviced. |
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| 5/29/2026 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| rainfall for the week was 0.44 inches. Another sub normal week and stream flows reflect this. Plants are stressed and though the rain slowed the burning out of lawns, there is little to no growth. Fire and water restrictions remain in place. |
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| 5/29/2026 | PA-CH-11 | PA | Chester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We have had over 7" of very needed rain since the beginning of May. Lawns are green and actively growing. Flowers are in bloom. First loads of Hay have already been harvested. Our horses have good grazing. The Brandywine and other area creeks and streams are flowing nicely. We are still considered being in a notable level of drought, but we have improved significantly. |
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| 5/29/2026 | TX-GM-16 | TX | Grimes |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Soils are pretty much saturated at this point, which is evident because of lots of rain over the past few weeks |
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| 5/29/2026 | VT-FR-26 | VT | Franklin |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Submitting this on Friday, May 29 as I will be gone this weekend. Since Monday I have recorded 0.89 inches of precipitation. May precipitation to date of 4.29 inches is 116% of NOAA Norm 3.71 inches. Year To Date and Water Year To Date at 97% and 118% of NOAA normal, respectively. Low/high temperatures for the week were 48°F / 81°F with most temperatures in the 50s/60s.
Gardens tilled and composted. Potatoes and lettuce seedlings in. Soil temperatures still not warm enough for optimal germination of beans, cukes, carrots and squash. First hummingbird this week. Apple blossoms out but already losing petals, lilacs in full bloom.
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| 5/29/2026 | WI-MW-138 | WI | Milwaukee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| It’s hardly rained in a month. Parts of my lawn that aren’t shaded are getting crispy. Watering the garden daily. |
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