| 4/11/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Abnormally Dry D0 drought status along the lower Colorado River valley. Dried out desert floor vegetation. Past week with above average high temps in the 90s. |
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| 4/11/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Little change from last weeks report. Warm and dry weather continues. |
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| 4/11/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Calendar YTD 33% of normal, Water YTD 34% of normal. Hand watering trees and shrubs. |
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| 4/11/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Ground is cracked. Plants blooming early but briefly We are on fire watch and drought |
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| 4/11/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We had 0.01" of rain in rain gauge this week. Very dry conditions.
Many turkey noticed on property and hearing them call.
Mule deer roaming and browsing. No sign of hummers yet. Songbirds are active at water baths.
Buds on Aspens are not open on our property. Ponderosa and Lodgepole pine do not have female cones developed yet.
Dandelion are coming uo as are some perennials we have planted. |
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| 4/11/2026 | CO-LR-1115 | CO | Larimer |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We’ve only gotten 0.04 inches of precipitation in the past month and are at about 1/3 of expected precipitation for year to date. Some flowers are blooming but they are short-lived. Grasses are still very pale. |
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| 4/11/2026 | CO-PW-49 | CO | Prowers |
Moderately Dry
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| No moisture in the area. Continued decline in the winter wheat condition, my well is dry and ponds in the area are drying up. Pasture lands look very dry and although early show no signs of greening up. |
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| 4/11/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
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| Only 0.16" of rain this week. The fallen leaves in the woods have dried, and with windy days, the brush fire dangwr is high. Typical for thistime of year. |
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| 4/11/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing near normal. |
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| 4/11/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Mildly Dry
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| 4/5-4/11 received .77 of rain (One event) Morris Branch receding slowly. |
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| 4/11/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention pond levels continue to drop. Azaleas wilting further and many blooms remain closed. Turf/lawn browning further. |
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| 4/11/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE - LOW. With last week’s precipitation total over 3”, it has reduced our fire potential. The Florida Fire Hazard Map indicates Manatee County to be LOW. Sol and ground areas have absorbed considerable moisture.
ENERGY - Above Noreal Useage. Our day and night temperatures have remained above normal, which has resulted in the AC Units in our area running more than normal. The Good News; temperatures have only been 4-6° above normal compared to last week’s 8-10°.
GENERAL - Sinificant rainfall along with lower daily and nightly temperatures have improved from the following week. Our doors can be opened again at times during the day and evening hours. |
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| 4/11/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had some cool weather the last few days it brought in.7 inches of rain. Some things are really grown a lot this week and greened up a bit. |
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| 4/11/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 0.14" of precip since March 17. Ground is hard. Grass/weeds are turning yellow. |
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| 4/11/2026 | GA-FT-74 | GA | Fulton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Plants wilting. Supplemental watering necessary for fruiting trees and container growing plants. Bird Nesting activity continues. First hummingbird. Extreme fire danger. Planting of garden postponed due to dryness |
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| 4/11/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Scattered rains over the week totaled 1.16", with 1.07" occurring Thursday night. Waterways were beginning to drop prior to Thursdays heavy rain but are now on the increase. Soil conditions were nearing normal but are now back to moderately wet. And if the forecasts are correct, wetter soil conditions are on the way. Trees are budding out noticeably and the invasive Morrow's Honeysuckle shrubs are leafing out on schedule. Lawns are green and mowing has started up in earnest. Geese and turkeys are out and about and while mowing I spotted what I figured to be a goose egg, broken and empty. I'm guessing either a fox or raccoon was the probable culprit. Luckily there are surplus geese around but still it was a sad sight to see. As always, it's a jungle out there. |
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| 4/11/2026 | IN-NB-43 | IN | Noble |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Temps have been on the lower end. With a hard freeze a couple of mornings ago, down to 23 degrees, covered some of the more fragile perennials. This morning temp was at 34 with Frost. Fields seem to still be on the wet side. All standing water has soaked in. Will finish mowing today. Garden is still too wet to work ground & plant cold crops veggies. Boating restrictions on local lakes due to extra high water, no wave restrictions. Hay fields are recovering well, from the excessive rain a couple of weeks ago, and the additional rains since then. |
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| 4/11/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| The soil must be saturated since the sump pump has begun working again after being quiet for a couple weeks. |
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| 4/11/2026 | KS-RL-95 | KS | Riley |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.86" of rain this past week. Initial spring growth had been stunted until the past couple days. Only the most committed of trees and plants had started to push out their spring growth, then paused due to lack of sufficient moisture for the preceding 4 weeks. After the moisture received the past couple days, this growth has been kick-started again. Several construction sites around town have paused due to muddy conditions. Local reservoir, Tuttle Creek Reservoir, has INCREASED it's level up 1.38' in the past 24 hours due to heavier rains in the northern sections of the watershed. Despite windy conditions, local fire dangers have subsided due to total rainfall and increased humidity. Songbirds have been singing a LOT the past couple mornings as their abundant water sources have now started their breeding season and search for nest sites. Many deciduous trees are now pushing out leaf growth and even the local spruce trees are showing signs of new, bright green growth on the tips. Many local farmers, anticipating the rains, put their seed into the ground during the previous week, timing nicely with the recent rains. Spring rains have been off to a slow start this year, but finally materialized over the past 3 days, thankfully! |
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| 4/11/2026 | KS-RL-97 | KS | Riley |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.74" rain this week. Initial spring growth had been stunted until the past couple days. Only the most committed of trees and plants had started to push out their spring growth, then paused due to lack of sufficient moisture for the preceding 4 weeks. After the moisture received the past couple days, this growth has been kick-started again. Several construction sites around town have paused due to muddy conditions. Local reservoir, Tuttle Creek Reservoir, has INCREASED it's level up 1.38' in the past 24 hours due to heavier rains in the northern sections of the watershed. Despite windy conditions, local fire dangers have subsided due to total rainfall and increased humidity. Songbirds have been singing a LOT the past couple mornings as their abundant water sources have now started their breeding season and search for nest sites. Many deciduous trees are now pushing out leaf growth and even the local spruce trees are showing signs of new, bright green growth on the tips. Many local farmers, anticipating the rains, put their seed into the ground during the previous week, timing nicely with the recent rains. Spring rains have been off to a slow start this year, but finally materialized over the past 3 days, thankfully! |
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| 4/11/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| .91 inches of rain on the first day of the period followed by six dry days. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| still got some rain this week, but a little bit less |
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| 4/11/2026 | 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 a fairly normal level. Soil is very workable and perennials are showing signs of growth. Buds are displaying on trees and shrubs. Over the past week 0.40" of rain fell. Birds are active, bears and their cubs, and groundhogs are too. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .23 inches of rain in the last week. Red maples are in blossom and other trees are looking a tiny bit leafy. Daffodils in protected spots are in blossom. Trails are dry in most places. Wood frogs have been quacking in vernal pools. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Received 0.18 inches of precipitation this week. Had some graupel on Tuesday which is not a typical type precipitation received at this station. On Thursday and also for today, had Elevated Fire Weather Potential posted. More plant buds and small leaves emerging. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Near Normal
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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 4/5-4/11 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 29, 33, 13, 27, 39, 34, 27 ------- Kingsford: 29, 33, 13, 27, 40, 34, 26------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora .15, .02, T, ,05, .12= .34" ----- Kingsford - .15, .03, T, ,05, .12 = .35 ----- SNOWFALL (hopefully the last of it) : Snowed on 4/5, 4/6, 4/7 & 4/8 -- Aurora = .60" and Kingsford .70" ------ SNOW DEPTH AVERAGES MEASURED: Aurora: 8.6, 6.5, 6.26, 4.28, 2.66, patches, patches--------- Kingsford: 7.72, 5.63, 5.91, 4.025, 1.706, patches, patches ------ Natural wildfire risk is low but man made fires have increased. Sparks from RR wheels and folks out cleaning/ clearing 5 months of debris and burning ----- US Drought monitor has both Aurora & Kingsford as NORMAL. ----- Snow is very patchy and what basically remains are plowed/ shoveled snow mounds and snow along the river shoreline and that is averaging 4" deep ----- Spring river and low areas are about to become flooded as we have a period of rain coming starting tonight and "supposed to" end Wednesday. The water from up north will be flowing through here along with our own melting snow and headed down into Lake Michigan ------ if you live along the Menominee River or any local lake, keep an eye on your lake/ river equipment and docks, platforms and get them to higher ground if possible.----- Oh and this years snow total for Kingsford, 88.85" ----- Have a great week everyone |
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| 4/11/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| About 1.2" of rain this week. Most of the standing water is gone but the ground is still too damp to work. Creek level higher than normal but down from last week. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| A bit of snow, more rain. Nothing substantial to affect anyone or anything. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Rain earlier and at the end of the week, temps going up and down in between. Cold with frost in the first part but things did warm up after that. Lots of spring flowers, starting to see tulips and daffodils. Lots of the squills, hyacinths, too. Birds are very active at feeders, lots of chipmunks and squirrels. Most tree buds swelling, grass is green. We are getting the moisture and that is good. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Almost pass mildly dry but still getting flow in the pond. The garden is dry down a few inches and i have to hook up the water drip tape |
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| 4/11/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 5 April 26 to 11 April 26. There were 2 days of precipitation for the week, for 0.50 inches. The total precipitation for April is 1.85 inches. The historical average for April is 3.30 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Moderately Dry
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| The drought situation is improving with another good rain this week. The trees are leafing out and developing rapidly. The Dogwood blossoms are mostly gone after the rain. Wildlife is very active and turkeys can be heard I the woods. Shoal creek Is running at full level again and muddy. Fire danger is moderate. Fields are green and growing again after a very dry winter season. |
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| 4/11/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| No rain since early last weekend allowing row croppers, ranchers and gardeners to sow seed and spread fertilizer. A majority of the corn is in the ground. Some has already sprouted.
We picked our first winter spinach this week. The cold snap a month ago really set it back. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Ground is dry below the surface as well as the surface. Grass is greening up though in spots. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The soil is dry and dusty. Yesterday the visibility was 1 mile in blowing dust when a gust front moved through. Trees and birds are healthy and doing well, but field plant growth is much below normal. The Sandia mountains are dry with bans on smoking, fireworks, campfires, open burning and gas fires. Our water supply is adequate but water flow in the Rio Grande River is beginning to diminish. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mildly dry but about normal. Elevated fire danger. Winds have been lower than expected. Temps about normal. Animals still requiring supplemental feed. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for the week of April 4 through April 11, 2026. This week has had a variety of precipitation. We had 2” of snow with a SWE of 0.38” and 1.04” of rain. There is standing water in all the fields and low spots. Creeks and rivers are running high and there is some flooding. Temperatures have all over. Temperatures have been upper 30’s to 70°F daytime. Night temperatures have been teens to 30’s. Typical weather for April. The grass is starting to grow and the trees are starting to bud. The St. Lawrence River levels are 245.67 ft, 31.8” Above Low Water Datum, and 40.1°F temperature at 10:12 on 4/11/2026. Statewide burn ban is in affect until May 14th. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with moderate winds and rain, then cloudy and cold overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty six degrees, and the low around thirty one degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Garlic Mustard, Dead Nettle, Wild leeks, Serviceberry buds, Bush Honeysuckle buds, Bloodroot flowers, Trillium buds and Trout Lily leaves are appearing. More frog species are singing. More flocks of small song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Moderately Dry
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| With only 1/3" of rain this past weekend and nothing since, we are now officially in D3 Extreme Drought. |
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| 4/11/2026 | NC-BC-105 | NC | Buncombe |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| extreme drought. Shrubs wilting, creeks and streams low, irrigation required for all field crops. Pollen counts and fire danger high. Statewide burn ban in place |
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| 4/11/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
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| Conditions here are severely dry. We are well behind the 30-year average and only about 0.12 inches of rain for April. NC is under a State-wide drought alert and open fires ban. Trees are nearly all leafed out and some gardens are beginning to bloom. Pollen is "medium to bad" for this observer. Residence yards have splotchy dry areas in lawns. "Normal" rainfall is low and drought conditions have persisted through about 4 months now. March 2026 rainfall totals were reported the second lowest in roughly the last 150 years. |
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| 4/11/2026 | OH-LC-10 | OH | Licking |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Agricultural fields have been prepared for spring planting. Pastures and yards are green, and many yards have been mowed. Trees are in bloom as are many spring flowers. The 30-year average rainfall through April is 22.14" and so far we have received 20.11". |
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| 4/11/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Dry stretch ends after 7 seven consecutive days. Now, cloudy wet. Moisture deficit erased. Precip measured 0.64". Plantings doing well. |
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| 4/11/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| .20 inches of precipitation this past week. |
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| 4/11/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| With only 0.16” of rain this week, conditions are near normal for April but trending towards mildly dry. With the gate now shut, the Pascoag Reservoir has risen to 7’2” but the increase has slowed significantly over the last few days due to lack of rain. Hiking trails at Sprague farm and Douglas forest have wet spots typical for April, but do seem to be drying out. Tress are budding out as are our blueberry bushes. Forsythia has popped open this week and daffodils are also out. Our peonies are also poking up. Spring birds like sparrows, robins, warblers and swallows are very busy in the area. George Washington state park has increased the fire danger level to Medium this week due to recent lack of rain. |
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| 4/11/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The retention pond is down about six inches.
Tributaries are trickling along. Clay soil is light tan and firm. Quite a bit of ant activity.
Weather has been nice with low humidity.
Plenty of outside activity. Pollen is slowing down. |
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| 4/11/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Severely Dry
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| In the last 25 days we've measured 0.09". The lawn is growing very slowly and starting to show some stress. We've had to water the vegetable garden once since we planted it. |
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| 4/11/2026 | TN-PT-3 | TN | Pickett |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Garden is very dry. No sign of corn or beans that were planted. Pond is still holding level, but neighbors pond is down very much. Sale Hollow Lake seems to be holding level OK |
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| 4/11/2026 | TX-MSN-8 | TX | Mason |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| We have had some heavy rainstorms lately and the early spring heat wave has relented and temperatures, while still above average, have cooled considerably. This has returned conditions to near normal. The ground is soft and plants all over the county are growing. Wild flowers are blooming everywhere, mostly bluebonnets but also a variety of others, including wine cup and snap dragon. Birds are plentiful and we have even spotted hummingbirds. The insects are beginning to come back. The drought condition has improved slightly to the monitor's standard report for this year of a DSCI of 100 and essentially 100% of the county listed as D0. The USGS reports the Llano River at Hwy 87 is flowing at 62 cfs compared to the 54-year median of 162 cfs. The record low for this date is 58 cfs, so the river is near the record low despite a big surge after the recent rains. Mason County continues to be under a 90-day burn ban and has been since before Christmas. |
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| 4/11/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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| still no measurable rain |
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