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| 9/14/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Sept's dry conditions continue. We're well below normal with only 20% if the MTD avg. Grass is drying out and the new bushes require regular watering. The farm field are still doing good as we head towards harvest.
The Calendar and Water YTD numbers are still on the plus side of normal and the Water Year presently is 1" above the yearly total avg. |
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| 9/14/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Almost all fields of soybeans in the area have turned or are turning yellow. Many plants have even started to lose their leaves.
Plants in the garden that were not watered have wilted or started to dry down.
The dust on the gravel road can cover a clean back license plate in just a day or two of going up and down the road!
The South Fork of the Crow River where it is crossed by County Rd 2 between Glencoe and Silver Lake continues to sink. More and more sand bars or bottom silt is exposed each week. |
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| 9/14/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 1.57 inches of rain this week. The soil is moist to 6 inches. The trees and grass are still mostly green. Conditions are near normal. September started hot and dry, but is now above normal rainfall and temperatures have cooled to near normal. The monthly total is 1.79 inch (0.44 inch above normal), which is 132 percent of normal. Precipitation here for the year is now 28.43 inches, which is 2.83 inch above normal (111 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 1.33 inches above normal (104 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath have decreased slightly. Approximately 15 species of birds (about 80 to 100 birds visit each day). Most plants are still green. Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is about normal. Area creeks and ponds are also near normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields (dryland farming) still look good and are growing well. |
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| 9/14/2026 | NJ-MS-59 | NJ | Morris |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Thus far in my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;
There was ONE day with measurable precipitation and ZERO days with trace precipitation for a total of 0.01, inches the past seven days [Sunday-Saturday].
River and stream volume the past week of this CMR slowed their rates of flow over small lake dams west of this station, but as of the early morning increased significantly. As of Sunday, 9/13/2026; one covered 100% the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station moving at a fast volume, with observable turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west also decreased the past week, its flow over its fall, but after 3.14 on 9/13, this fall too increased its flow to 100%, moving at a similar volume with considerable observable turbidity.
The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station had observable play all days. The ground around this station is moist and soft to walk on . Grass and weeds required maintenance. Active Birds around this station included; House Finch and Blue Jays were heard the past week. The Thistle Feeder was cleaned and refilled Sunday August 23, 2026. As of this report, 6-1/10” were consumed for a total weekly consumption (AGAIN) of 1-9/10ths from the previous week.
The Hummingbird Feeder was filled for the first time on 5/10/2026 and had observable use for the first time on 6/25. The Hummingbird feeder starting weight on 8/30, was 1107g and on 9/13 had an additional 28g consumed the previous week, or 2.7% usage, the previous seven days and had daily observable use. The feeder was refreshed this week with a starting weight of 1111g.
Neighborhood squirrels, Chipmonks and rabbits were all observed adjacent this station the past week. Yellow Jacket bees were seen buzzing this obs post. Mosquitoes continue to bite. Temperatures the past week were normal seasonal highs and lows. Temperatures were again cool, and humid most days.
Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 5.41 inches of precipitation. There has been 101 days of precipitation the previous 255 days of CY2026 [1/1/2026 to 9/12/2026] for a “Calendar Year” [CY] total of
35.18”, compared to 95 days of precipitation and a [CY] total of
35.05” the same [year to date] in CY2025. So far, compared to last year, this station has received 0.13” MORE precipitation than a year ago, what continues to be a remarkable turn-a-round the past nine weeks. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2024- 46.64”
YTD2023- 36.59”
YTD2022- 30.90”
YTD2021- 42.49”
YTD2020- 34.62”
YTD2019- 45.14”
YTD2018- 47.34”
YTD2017- 33.53”
YTD2016- 33.06”
YTD2015- 27.27” (First full Year)
The TWELVE year running average total precipitation for this station is: 37.31 inches, making this stations total deficit: 2.13” less then the 12 year average and this year continues to be the sixth wettest year this CMR has been posted. Considering the twelve year annual comparable total for this station and total precipation from previous years, is why I believe that it is appropriate to maintain this week’s report on the “NORMAL” side of the Condition Scale Bar.
Q’s: email me at: JasonJLeffler@aol.com. |
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| 9/14/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| After nearly 3 very hot weeks with virtually no rain, and after being well on the way to moderately dry, my location has had 2.61 inches of rain in the past 3 days, bringing the monthly total to 2.77 inches. Soils are moist, muddy in spots. The local Harvest Home Fair in a local park was quite muddy this weekend, when I had been anticipating dusty dry conditions. A welcome change! |
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| 9/14/2026 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| We had some rain in the middle of the week. The corn and soybeans were too far to get much help from this rain. The corn kerels were drying and denting. Some was dry enough the be chopped and stored in bunker silos. Some had stalks to wet and juicy for chopping and storage. Soybeans dried out or moved toward ripening. Some fields had green areas and some areas were yellow. By the end of the week some fields had areas where the leaves had fallen off. The beans were still wet and soft in the pods. Lawns, hay fields and pastures still had dried out spots. Many gardens were done for the season. Few trees had colored leaves, still mostly green. Many leaves were on the ground. Early apple trees were done, mid season trees were close to done by the end of the week. Late season wolf river apples continued to grow and bend the tree branches, some broke. The concord grapes on our yard were ripe. I plan on them being ripe about the middle of September, early this year by a little. The creek remained mud, mostly dry but a few wet spots. Water in bigger creeks, rivers, and ponds in this area was still low. Few sandhill cranes were near my location, somewhere else must have feed better again. Deer were seen mostly near dusk. The bucks seen were still in velvet. Some fawns had spots. A young owl had been hanging around our buildings for a couple of weeks. The screeches were during dark, nighttime. It must have a good water source nearby. Varmints had plenty of corn and soybeans to eat and hide in. Tansy was almost done for the season with mostly brown flowers. Goldenrod seems slow with some flower heads open but not all of them had opened yet. Wildfire danger continued near the moderate range with dried leaves and grasses. |
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