| 4/20/2025 | AL-BL-27 | AL | Blount |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Fairly dry, following a period with no rain for 11 days with high temperatures in the mid 80s. Have opted to stay in the "near normal' category for now.
Grass and vegetation is still green, but have noticed that soil is starting to get hard - water has hard time soaking in. Local bodies of water levels are near normal. |
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| 4/20/2025 | AL-HN-7 | AL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Grass feels dry to walk on, starting to look yellow and wilted. |
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| 4/20/2025 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Dry
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| Soils are mildly dry due to a lack of recent rainfall. Dust and pollen activity have resend he tot eh dry soils and lack of rain to wash the pollen out of the air. Fire risk has also risen with any non-green fuels. Plant growth has slowed, but are still green. |
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| 4/20/2025 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.08 precip this week. Not all mesquites budding out. A few mesquites blooming. |
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| 4/20/2025 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A windy and mild week with high temperatures starting off in the 70's. High temperatures dropped into the 60's on Thursday with the approach of a storm that arrived on Friday with a little snow in the morning before the main moisture arrived Friday night with 5.5 inches of snow and .63 inches of liquid equivalent falling of much needed moisture. A brief snow shower on Saturday but most of the snow melted during the day. This was the total moisture for the week. The high of the week was 73° on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. The low of the week was 30° on Saturday. No change in plant life in the surrounding areas and the redbud and forsythia continue to bloom with the crabapple now starting to bloom. Harvesting a lot of asparagus now. Saw the first garter snake and frog this year and both were in the pond. Birds are very active and building nests. |
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| 4/20/2025 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are drier than usual for this time of year. We received 0.03” this week and the last two weeks. Temperatures have been normal with highs in the 70s and sunny most days. Soil moisture seems low and I’m having to water the garden due to lack of moisture which is unusual for April. Streamflows and water levels are lower than expected since we’ve not had any significant rain in more than two weeks. Plant and crop growth is still pretty good even with the lower than expected rainfall. Fire danger is moderate since there has been some significant wind. |
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| 4/20/2025 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| April has been pretty dry-only about 1/3 of normal for the month. Still above normal for the water year tho. Frogs are now quiet. Pots and barrels need watering but not the yard yet. |
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| 4/20/2025 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Wet
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| No rain since the last report, and none in the forecast, so we may be nearing the end of rain for the rain year. But, we are over 43 inches, which should mean no problems with water supplies during the coming dry season. More blooming as the spring goes one. The native coastal irises are starting to open and more wild flowers are showing daily. The winter birds, like the Dark-eyed Juncos, have left for their summer breeding grounds and we are happy to see a pair of California Quail in our gardens--it's been at least a year since we've seen them. We've had some glorious sunny days and the past couple with morning fog. Ocean conditions are good for water sports and there are lots of ecotourists in town. And, families for the Easter weekend. |
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| 4/20/2025 | CO-BO-612 | CO | Boulder |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| Rain last week helped but so dry |
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| 4/20/2025 | CO-DG-329 | CO | Douglas |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Snowed all day Fri Apr 18 so ground received a good dose of moisture; no major accumulation so no trees were impacted; tress/shrubs/ground cover continues marching along with Spring as more growth occurred this week |
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| 4/20/2025 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Fire warnings are up locally due to dry surface fuels, despite ponds and wetlands being full from recent rains. Soil moisture levels seem appropriate for this time of year…perhaps slightly dry, but not dusty. |
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| 4/20/2025 | CT-NL-76 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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| No rain for the past three days but a decent amount of rain earlier this week. The garden is now planted but nothing has sprouted yet. The hummingbird feeders are out and the tulip tree is starting to leaf out. More small plants are starting to come up and the daffodils are in full bloom. The stream near the station is at roughly normal levels. |
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| 4/20/2025 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
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| No rain during the period and none in the 10-day forecast. Unirrigated vegetation shows browning and wilting. Irrigation frequency has increased as conditions again have become very dry. Temps are moderate for this time of year and humidity has been also moderate reducing the demand for AC. |
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| 4/20/2025 | FL-ST-42 | FL | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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| Report for the week of 4/13 through 4/20/2025. No rain this past week. Humidity has been low, 20% - 40% during the daylight hours. Winds have been 10 - 15 mph. The soil is dry and the grass is mainly brown. Pollen levels are moderately high. There is an elevated wildfire risk. Outdoor activities are a little unpleasant due to the temperatures in the upper 80's. If you are outside you need to stay hydrated. |
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| 4/20/2025 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Nothing unusual. |
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| 4/20/2025 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Near Normal
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| All remains good. |
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| 4/20/2025 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Mildly Wet
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| Showers are lingering around this week but in actuality we will see how much rain falls ... temps still on the cooler side in the mornings... |
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| 4/20/2025 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Wet
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| I inadvertently submitted this yesterday, so I'm resubmitting it today!
General: We're doing well for moisture: We have 121.63" of snow to date, with our 25 year long-term (uncalibrated) average being 109.02. This is really good news for our dryland farming. Fields are largely snow-free at this point, and creeks and springs are running. Agriculture: Again, great news from the moisture standpoint. Energy: Yesterday we created 55.36 kWHR and used 43.53 kWHR. We're consistently creating more than we use, even on cloudy days. Fire: Risk is increasing daily. Plants/wildlife: We're seeing a few more ducks, and several sandhill cranes. Red Wing Blackbirds are back, and we saw a marmot the other day on Buckskin! Water: We're in good shape! |
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| 4/20/2025 | ID-KT-43 | ID | Kootenai |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Surface drying - light winds. Fields less mushy and garden workable. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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| Even though things are growing with the start of spring and plants waking up we are yet calling it Moderately Dry. Farmers working the fields are followed by storms of dust that is getting tossed into the air. Basically over the past couple of weeks we have only recorded just at .25 inch of rain. This coming week and actually starting now look to be promising to be a bit wetter. We shall see. The past three days were to be wet and we recorded little to nothing of any significance. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Mildly Wet
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| We had a mostly dry week until Friday night, and picked up 0.46" in the past two days. Precip for the month is 3.07", which is a little above normal for this point in the month. Producers were in the field this week tilling and doing some planting, but that ended with the rain Friday and yesterday. Trees, bushes, etc. are greening up with the rain and somewhat mild weather. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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| The past week only saw 0.12" of rain. This station 53% of NOAA monthly normal, and the low 70th percentile for both YTD and Water YTD. Grass is green but slow growing. A look at the garden found the topsoil dry and cracked, with low moisture a few inches down. Area farmers have begun some till work and the conditions were dusty as they turned up the soil. NWS is forecasting a healthy shot of rain today, but it seems like every time the chance comes, it seems to bypass this area. I certainly hope to not have to shift to Moderately Dry, but if this area does not see any real moisture soon, I believe that will become the case. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are normal. All plants, trees, and lawns are in normal spring growth. All look healthy. Early flowers, such as tulips, are starting to bloom. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Just 0.20 inches of rain this week and 0.11 inches last week prompted a return to Moderately Dry on the bar. US Drought Monitor shows my station on the border of Abnormally Dry and Moderate Drought. Plants, grass, and shrubs are greening up though the ground is cracked. Predicted storms have passed us by. Serviceberries that have a history of blooming by April 25 are just starting to form buds. Puschkinia and Siberian Squill are joining the early blooming wildfowers, and oddly - the 5 Twinflower plants only had one bloom total this year. Photo of white bluebells emerging - thought due to genetic mutation that results in a white flower instead of the typical blue. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-MD-37 | IL | Madison |
Moderately Wet
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| Due to heavy rain, last week, water is still standing in the fields waterways are still above normal and may flood if the heavy rain reappears on Sunday. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-TZ-26 | IL | Tazewell |
Mildly Dry
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| I received 0.29" of rain the end of this week and I expect the rain to continue today. I am not ready to move my condition to Near Normal yet because my water year totals are on the dry side. The grass is growing, and I had to mow this week. Two of my apple trees are blooming which is a little early this year. The pond is stable with just a little overflow and the local creek is flowing about normal. Mother goose has been sitting on her nest for about 3 weeks, so in a week or so the pond should have new life, baby geese. Our farmer friends were working in the fields this last week and some planting has started. I have moved my plants outside from their winter home on the sun porch. I hope that we get more soaking rains this week! |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Mid April continues to trend in the normal range, albeit totals have slowed down a bit.
April MTD & the Calendar YTD numbers are at the near normal range.
Water YTD is still running at the low end of the normal range.
Overall the green stuff is starting to take off as spring continues. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Dry
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| Occasional rain has been very light here and although creeks and the river are up the ground is pretty dry. Pasture and lawn are green but growing very slowing even with some quite warm days. Planting is underway and progressing well. This is very subjective and with fairly low confidence, but in the substantial prairie burn done a couple weeks ago, the new growth appears to be slower and less robust than we normally see. We could really use a good soaking rain. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Yard and garden soil is easy to work in. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| No adverse affects |
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| 4/20/2025 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| rain over past week mild temps |
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| 4/20/2025 | IN-PT-12 | IN | Porter |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No effect. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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| a busy week with a lot of corn going into the ground. There is soil moisture, but a lot of dust being kicked up when planting. Grass is growing well, just some rain and warmer temperatures. Creeks are below for this time of year. |
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| 4/20/2025 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Near Normal
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| A warm week as temps averaged nearly six degrees above normal. Around an inch of rain in less than an hour Thursday night along with half inch hail was quite helpful in improving soil moisture. This location was quite lucky to get that since it was a single storm. Otherwise, field planting was underway nearly everywhere we traveled. Honeysuckle has leafed out with silver maples getting there. Buds on other trees are expanding. Waterfowl traffic has slowed. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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| 0.87” in the previous week brings MTD April totals to 3.21” – a good pace given PRISM average for April is 4.39”. Soils are nicely moist and “tell” areas over on the bog are starting to hang on to surface water more than 24 hours after a rainfall event. Everything is growing vigorously. Pond level is normal; wildlife activity is normal other than the fact that there are diving ducks hanging around longer than in the past and the number of cormorants on the pond seems unusually high. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Wet
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| Warmer weather last week has dried the garden soil enough to allow planting of peas and onion sets. Yesterday's very warm temperatures brought the spring peepers back to our pond along with a few tardy wood frogs. Grass is slowly turning green and daffodils continue to bloom profusely. In the woods, the first Spring Beauty and Purple Trillium flowers have opened. Trout Lily and Dutchman's Breeches have flower buds but no flowers yet. Marsh Marigolds are growing in swampy areas but have not yet flowered. Weeping willow trees are sprouting tiny green leaves and maple trees are budding. Turkeys continue gobbling and woodpeckers have started drumming to defend their territories. Woodcocks are performing their mating rituals at dawn and dusk and Red-winged Blackbirds flock to the cattails along the Hoosic River. Basset Brook and the Hoosic River flows have dropped from springtime highs. Vernal pools remain full. Hiking trails on Greylock have dried but remain muddy in normally wet sections. No black flies or mosquitoes yet but deer ticks are numerous. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-ES-102 | MA | Essex |
Near Normal
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| We are doing a lot of planting but today is very windy making its hard to walk and jog. will be attending the Red Sox and White Sox game toady at 1:35pm. Let us see
how the wind will affect the ball when in flight. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-PL-5 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| Mildly dry conditions of the past month have modified to normal for this date. Within the last few days after several cool rainy days of about 1.2 inches of precipitation, greatly accelerated growth of many native plants has occurred. For example, skunk cabbage flowers and new leaves delayed for many weeks due to cold February and March are almost at normal growth stages. Swamp maples flowers also delayed have burst out last two days, particularly Saturday 4/129 with 75-degree weather. Also limited standing water, 8nusually little for this time of year has disappeared, reflecting accelrated evapotransporation in the swamp soils. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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| bordering on mildly dry, 0.15 precipitation during the past week, local streams perhaps a bit below what could be expected in late April, there is still some water in low-lying fields at a nearby farm, wife picked some miniature daffodils on Friday, rabbits eating crocuses, grass thatched and greening up, forsythias blooming, lots of bird activity and singing in the morning. Total snowfall for the winter 30.6 inches-less than half the average-cold, dry winter. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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| This week showed the swings of spring. This week ended with Saturday temps in the upper 70s for most while a few locations reached the low 80s. One week ago, that Saturday brought snow - a few locations getting 7 to 8 inches (average here was 4 1/2 inches). Keeping life interesting!
We have moved into the mid-spring season, plants are coming alive in earnest. Trees are budding: sugar maple and Norway maples have gone from plump buds to opening and flowering. Dogwood buds are getting plump as is an ornamental cherry next door. The overall look of trees throughout the area are showing the more subtle greens and reds of their foliage. Azalias are either blooming or showing flower buds coming back. Rhododendron buds are getting plump. Lovely...
Spring flowers are still popping up including the very small bulbs that seem to have planted themselves at random. Little bright blue flowers are all over the yard. Bloodroot went from nowhere to a cluster of white flowers in less than a week. Blue flag iris are shooting up their foliage, a few hostas are pushing their "spears" up - just about even with the ground yesterday. The rest will be making their spring appearance soon.
Critters are showing up regularly again. Squirrels and rabbits congregate near the bird feeder and around the yard. Woodchucks are out again. I've seen footprints, but this week one larger one ran past, a smaller one sat in the front (oh dear, another generation) watching the world go by.
It's a busy weekend, lots of extra people around, even here, some 30+ miles from Boston. With the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord yesterday (those towns much closer), lots of people are out and about. The Marathon runs tomorrow, tens of thousands are here in the greater Boston area for that. While the "true" Patriot's Day was yesterday, the state holiday is tomorrow (that closest Monday thing). Easter is celebrated by many today, for many, a joyous day. Happy Easter to those who celebrate! The weather is nice, the landscape is coming back to life (as are allergies for some). For the most part though, it's all good! |
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| 4/20/2025 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Near Normal
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| We have had Near Normal conditions this week with 0.25" of precipitation falling over 3 days as rain and a trace of snow. Temperatures this week roller-coasted back and forth between below and above seasonal average with daily highs ranging between 43F and 75F. Daffodils, hyacinths, forsythia bushes, magnolia trees, some fruit trees and a few tulips are blooming. The grass is green and growing slowly along with a lot of lawn moss, and some lawn weeds are starting to bloom including some dandelions. Some trees and bushes are in early leaf stage, but it is striking how few trees have leafed out yet (probably due to the frequent frosty nights that we've had this month). |
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| 4/20/2025 | MI-BN-3 | MI | Berrien |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For the week ending 4/20/2025, conditions were NEAR NORMAL. The 7-day cumulative precipitation total of 0.14 inches was 88% below the 13-year (2009-2022) average of 0.78 inches and was in the “moderately dry” range; the 30-day total of 4.43 inches was 30% above the expected 13-year average of 3.42 inches and in the “near normal” range; and the 90-day total of 10.25 inches was 0% above the expected 13-year average of 10.25 inches and in the “near normal” range. There were three days of measurable precipitation, with a max of 0.07 inches on the 16th. Precipitation Trends—April-to-Date: 2.57 inches (up 0.21 inches, 109% of PRISM Normal). Temps ranged from 82 F (on the 18th) to 32 F (on the 16th), with average Hi/Lo temps of 66/41 F (+16/+10 in relation to the previous week). Things continue to green up noticeably. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
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| Precipitation slowed this week with the rain gauge only capturing 0.05 inches of moisture, all in the form of rain. Tuesday’s shower had a few snowflakes mixed in with the rain but hardly enough to notice. Spring appears to be slowly gaining some traction with a little more greening and slight growth to the lawn, although not enough to mow. More trees are beginning to blossom. Large trees have not leafed yet so the landscape hue is still only a subtle green. Temperatures seem to be moderating; only a brief and minor frost on Thursday morning and by Friday afternoon, temps hit the mid-70s. The low areas that host persistent puddling are much reduced of their water as are drainage ditches. Surface soils are still moist but no longer saturated. Overall, moisture doesn’t seem to be leaning one way or the other but the effects of the heavy rains from recent weeks have largely dissipated. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MI-VB-13 | MI | Van Buren |
Near Normal
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| moist soil |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Dry
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| Just one day of a little rain, mix of Sun and Clouds, but stronger Winds made the Temps feel colder. Grass is continuing to get a little greener. Shrubs are popping leaves you can recognize. Tulips have formed large buds, at least the ones that rabbits aren't attacking. Daffodils made a quick appearance but didn't bloom. Forecast: Slight warming trend from the 40's to the 60's, Light Rain Showers to start the week, with another Shower mid-week. Mostly Sunny skies the rest of the days, Mild to Moderate Winds. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Moderately Dry
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| Although we got .43 last week I will still call it moderately dry. Normal years the local lake would have water going over the dam, this year not so, not enough snow melt. Farmers have much of the crop in but rainfall is needed to promote sprouting. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Mildly Dry
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| 1.11" of rain was recorded during a day of storms this past week. Today's report= 39°, 59% humidity, dry & clear with 10 mph easterly winds and an air quality index of 18 at the 5:30 a.m. observation time on Easter morning. USA Drought Monitor Map= https://tinyurl.com/mwfwkcek Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/d4kpcpay Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/k2r3str2 YTD precipitation in this area = 5.20" or 1.10" less than average. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-PN-70 | MN | Pine |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| We had a few light rain showers last week, keeping things a little damp, but we could use a little more, I think. Frost is coming up through the roads now, and I heard frogs last night for the first time this spring. The grass is starting to to green up now too. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-SL-388 | MN | St. Louis |
Mildly Dry
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| Some increase in moisture in woodland duff but still less than typical Minimal remaining snowpack. Regression off shoreline ice on most area lakes. |
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| 4/20/2025 | MN-SL-428 | MN | St. Louis |
Moderately Wet
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| Water standing in low areas. Water settling in from Thursday rain. Flat to sloping areas damp to soggy. Remaining snow on ground in shade areas slowly disappearing. |
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