| 5/5/2024 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
| Soil and plant moisture and growth are near normal for this time of year. Plants are growing good. Dust and pollen amounts, while slightly elevated, has been lowered by recent rainfall. |
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| 5/5/2024 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| 0.0 precip this week. No puddles on road. Cave Creek in Portal barely flowing under the bridge. |
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| 5/5/2024 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| After a high of 63° last Sunday, high temperatures rose and stayed around 70 degrees all week. The high of the week was 72° on Tuesday and Thursday. Lows were in the 30's all week with the lowest temperature last Sunday at 33°. It was breezy at times last week and mostly clear with no precipitation falling. The surrounding wildland areas are very green with grasses and other plants. Thrip seems to have infested some fruit trees and I had to spray the trees. The lilacs are about to bloom. A male bullocks oriole is frequently visiting the bird bath. It's the third May in a row I've seen a bullocks oriole here. The swallows have visited the yard but have not tried building a nest. A lot finches and black birds are also visiting the bird bath. Have also seen a few garter snakes in the yard. |
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| 5/5/2024 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Conditions are near normal even though we’ve had rain 10 out of the last 11 days. The rains that we’ve had haven’t been excessive. We’ve had 1.87” of rainfall this week and 5.40” in the past 4 weeks. Soil moisture and water levels are normal for this time of year as is plant and crop growth. There is no fire danger currently. |
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| 5/5/2024 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
| Some flooding yesterday after hailstorm & heavy rain. The Ouachita National Forest looks good. Lots of fungi. Cicadas emerging & singing. Lots of wildflowers in road ditches. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| A wet beginning to May with almost 3 inches of rain, equaling 133% of the May average. October water year now 10 inches above the PRISM yearly total with 61.46”—now 7th wettest year in last 38 years here. Slightly cooler week with 3 days in the high 30s. Ruth Lake Reservoir 101% on 5/1. The rain brought the rivers up, with the Mad River at 9.96 ft and 3609.1 cfs/Eel River at 14.0 ft and 9148.4 cfs. California Fish and Wildlife closed the recreational razor clam fisheries due to high levels of domoic acid—what we used to call the “no clams or mussels in the months without an “r” rule” in Southern California. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| We received normal rainfall for May over the past 24 hours. We dried out so much in April tho that the rain didn't cause lasting puddles or other issues. Frogs are still croaking; plants are well watered. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| Close to two inches of additional rain fell from Friday night to Saturday afternoon, adding to the season total. The local farmers' markets are open again for the growing season, though not too much available this early. Starting to see the late spring natives, such as thimbleberry and twin berry, in bloom. We had high winds most of the week, so the ocean was too rough for sports or fishing. Starting to see the seasonal influx of private boats and RVs. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CA-OR-67 | CA | Orange |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Mostly clear, Cool, Calm. 0.12 rain during the night |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-DG-329 | CO | Douglas |
Near Normal
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| Grounds dried up a bit this week with the warmer temps; Spring has sprung as many plants and bushes are now starting to flower; grasses have 'greened up' over the past week; trees are leaving out |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| Since last reported on 04/28/2024, recorded .03" on 04/29/2024 and a trace amount of snow. Hail report was also generated for small hail the evening of the 28th. No additional measurable precipitation was observed the remainder of the week. Topsoil sample taken today indicates dry soil at the surface down to about 1.0" level. At one inch and below, the soil remains moist. Grasses have mostly emerged except for one variant. Heard a Western Meadowlark this morning. Perennials continue to come out despite light freezing conditions during some mornings. Front yard has good grass coverage with more sparse green grass in the back. Mowing season will likely begin in about 2-3 weeks which would be about average. We hold off planting annuals until the end of May due to freeze risk. No high fire danger in our immediate area. However, Red Flag Warnings have been posted regularly in far SE Colorado counties and San Luis Valley due to dry fuels and stronger winds. This is the prettiest time of year to observe Pikes Peak as the snow depth and coverage are at their maximum. Will maintain Near Normal Condition Scale. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| April ended with below-normal precip, the first below-normal month since November. No new moisture this week. Most neighborhood lawns are still struggling to green up despite 1.24" last weekend. Field grasses are greening up nicely though. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-HF-24 | CO | Huerfano |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| The week was up and down, weatherwise, with some sunny, windy weather alternating with cooler, calm weather. Only a smattering of rain one day with a thunder storm tending the conditions to mildly dry; animals noted were the first hummingbird, a northern mockingbird, a swallowtail butterfly, and a green tailed towhee; lilacs are in full bloom, as are the sand cherries and the flowering current |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-LR-36 | CO | Larimer |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Soil has dampness, grass hay is growing, pastures greening up. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CO-LR-1272 | CO | Larimer |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Probably on the dry side of Near Normal in spite of the recent moisture. The Snotel SWE readings in my drainage are green, as are most of the northern Colorado basins. Runoff has begun on the Big Thompson and Fall River. Ground around my property is damp and the grasses and sedges are beginning to green up. Currant bush buds are breaking and just a little green is showing. Aspens in my yard are pushing out leaves. Lots of bird activity in the past week. Swallows (Tree or Violet-green, not sure which) and Western Bluebirds are looking for nesting sites. Snow in the lower elevations is gone, but the high peaks are well covered in snow. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CT-HR-100 | CT | Hartford |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Rain events and amounts have decreased. Soil moisture is Nora, grass and plants are greening up and growing. The maples are just about full of leaves. The fruit trees are budding, the hives are foraging and local waterways and resivores are at capacity. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| Mostly mild weather and only 1 rainy day brought out the tourists. Ponds and marshes are full from last week's rains. Flowering trees and tulips are replacing daffodils for color. Many trees are leafing out, and birds are nesting. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CT-NL-21 | CT | New London |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| Since my last report on 4/4/24 there has been 2.43" of precipitation. The water level in Hopeville Pond is still above normal. Water supply quality and quantity are good for human consumption. When you walk through most of the yard is still draining from wet conditions. There are a lot of animal prints around the pond, with Bobcat prints. There have been tourists on the water and the campground is filling up also. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| After a couple of weeks with little rain, we’re back to irrigating seedlings. Wet-season ponds and standing water is drying up. |
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| 5/5/2024 | CT-TL-27 | CT | Tolland |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| Just a bit more than 1/4 inch of rain has fallen since the last report a week ago, producing noticeably drier conditions. Ponding in a nearby open field has shrunk further, and is now confined to just a small area. Fire conditions have now been moderate for the past several days. Warmer temperatures have prompted growth of both grass and newly planted greenery, including lettuce and similar agricultural products. Local reservoir levels remain high, and small animal activity has picked up. Public health reports continue to be positive, and commercial activity remains brisk. With favorable weather, outdoor activities are in full swing. |
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| 5/5/2024 | FL-BY-24 | FL | Bay |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| .02" of rain this past week. Yes, it has been dry lately but we needed to dry out from the excessive rain we have had over the past several months. The horizon appears promising for additional rainfall. Otherwise, everything else is ok. There are no serious deficits and the economy is very stable. |
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| 5/5/2024 | FL-DV-13 | FL | Duval |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Three weeks now since any beneficial rainfall here at the coastline. |
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| 5/5/2024 | FL-HY-3 | FL | Hendry |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
| Running irrigation frequently |
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| 5/5/2024 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| Continued dry with almost record high temperatures. One shower mid-week with o.06 inches rain. |
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| 5/5/2024 | GA-CO-3 | GA | Cook |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
| 6' soil temp 72.6 F. /// 6" soil moisture 47 %
For the mponth of May we had 1.66 in.
Ponds are full and wetlands are covered. Great crop of Mosquitoes already. Gnats are abundant
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| 5/5/2024 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Rain is good. All remains stable. |
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| 5/5/2024 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Little rainfall - temps warming up - can it be cooler, please? |
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| 5/5/2024 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| General: Soil moisture at 3" is 55% and it's raining/snowing right now. It's wet out, and the temperature is moderate (36 degrees F).
Agriculture: This is great for dryland farming.
Fire: Low risk today, for sure.
Plants/Wildlife: Plants are happy, and birds are singing, even in this cold morning. We have been seeing deer tracks, which have been in short supply. New birds include Mourning Dove, Green tailed Towhee, White Crowned Sparrow, and Belted Kingfisher.
California Quail
Here's the current bird list, from Paula:
Birds as of May 2, 2024
American Crow
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Red-winged Blackbird
Bullock’s Oriole
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Pine Grosbeak (maybe)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Starling
Pigeon
Sandhill Crane
Wild Turkey
Great horned owl
Turkey Vulture
Western Meadowlark
Mallard Duck
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Song Sparrow
Bald eagle
Pine Siskin
Killdeer
Hairy Woodpecker
Gray Partridge
Mountain Bluebird
House Wren
Mourning Dove
Green tailed Towhee
White Crowned Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
California Quail
Water: We're about at average relative to the last 25 years |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| This past week was a bit more manageable relative to a couple days of rain with a few days in between each. Only issue was with the one rain it came as a downpour with wind and hail. We had 3/4 inch of rain in a short 15 to 20 minutes. No damage from the wind and hail but a few miles to the southwest of us they had large hail blowing horizontal and homes had siding damage along with vehicle damage. The rain chances now are now forecasted and looking more like the usual summer type ones. The ground is warming up and the Cicadas are about to emerge. They are drilling their escape routes. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Another half inch of rain last night. 3.50" rain in the past two weeks. Weeds are going wild. Standing water in some fields. River is high, pond is higher than normal. Not much planting gong on in this area yet. More rain expected the next few days. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| Precipitation during the week has kept the soil mildly wet. Farmers are just now getting in the fields to begin planting. Recent rains have kept most out of the fields. Grass is very lush and green and needs to be mowed on a regular third day rotation. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Conditions are normal. All plants, trees, and lawns are in healthy spring growth. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-LS-34 | IL | La Salle |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| 1.26" of rain this week, fabulous for my uninvited dandelion crop, which I'm trying to wipe out. We had such a mild winter that my last-year's supposedly annual flowers have returned, thicker and larger than they originally were, quite a nice showing. Where am I? Florida? Water quality is undrinkable partly because too much chlorine has been added, but I have never consumed the tap water here. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| 0.93 inches of rain fell at my station this week with anything beyond a few hundredths falling on 3 days. This is 0.10 inches below the normal for the month, and above normal for YTD and Water YTD. Areas NW of Chicago received lower amounts of rain and missed the stormy conditions that occurred in the central and south Chicagoland. Stormy weather predicted for the coming Tuesday. Everything is green, lilac is blooming, serviceberries blossoms have fallen and fruit is appearing, wild black raspberry bushes are blooming early, daffodils are making their last stand, and mushrooms are sprouting in mulched areas. Orioles and rose-breasted groosbeaks are back and the scarlet tanager is a striking sight at the platform feeder. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-TZ-26 | IL | Tazewell |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| This week I received 2.11" of rain. The heavy rains last weekend resulted in runoff that quickly brought the pond level up around 5", the overflow pipe now has the level back to around an inch. Our creek is flowing close to normal. Grass is growing and requires mowing every 5-6 days. There was only a little farm field work done this week and my garden dried out enough to plant only to become to wet again from the next rain. Mother goose hatched her eggs, so we now have 6 new baby geese and a couple of mallard babies too. I have never had a goose hatch duck eggs but now I have. We will have to see if the ducks survive. So we now have two families of 6 baby geese and 2 ducks on the pond with one more nest to hatch any day. It is going to be an active and noisy year on the pond. The lilacs are done blooming and the snowball bush is in full bloom. I saw my first Baltimore Oriole enjoying some orange and jelly at the feeder, I hope for many more sightings. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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| Creeks are within their banks, barely, while the Mackinaw flooded into low lying areas although not severely. Ground remains too wet for spring field work. Lawn and pasture are growing well while the prairie looks to be growing normally.
Seems like we are right at the line of normal and wet. Water year precip is right at our historical average, but we made up all the difference in April. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Conditions at my location appear to be near normal. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IN-MD-38 | IN | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| It appears that we've returned to about as near normal as we get following all of the rain that fell last month. The area of standing water in nearby fields are just about all gone. The local rivers and streams are still a little higher than normal but returning to normal levels. Our neighborhood lawns, flowers, and trees are healthy and growing well. The housing development down the road is back to moving dirt. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 5/5/2024 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Wet
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| rain over past week some sunshine and warmer temp |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-BT-16 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| The recent rains have moistened the soil quite a bit. The grass and trees are growing rapidly. The rains that are near an inch cause runoff to the creeks but the bulk of the rain is still soaking in. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Sunday through Sunday reports, 2.19 in of rain this week. Slowed crop planting down. was able to get everything mowed Friday with the help of my wonderful Bride of 24 yrs. as of today. Tree's are finally all getting leaves, a couple of walnuts are really slow. Grass is really growing fast now. May have to clip pastures already as they are getting ahead off the eaters I have left. Hate to do it as they report dry weather for later in the year. Flowers are doing well, we are a little late on gardening this year. More rain in the forecast for most day's of the coming week. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Drought improvement continues, with category D2 and D1. Decent rain received this week! AQI green. Furnace not needed. Open windows and AC utilized. Mowing required. Slight increase in flies and ants. No sign of the Cicada Bloom yet. Bird activity increased, bird excrement on my roof. Overall Mood-Most seem busy and content with Spring. Many working on their yards, getting out for recreational activities. On a personal observational note, with the drought having improved it seems more people are needing to do yard work. This is a positive thing! |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Just under 2 inches of rain last week kept everyone out of the field. Getting muddy after it rains, topsoil is saturated, subsoil still needs more rain, ponds are starting to fill. Pastures and hay crops are doing well, corn is coming up. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Another one and half inches of precip the past week with mild temperatures. Lawn grass is shooting out of the ground as other plants are essentially blossoming or nearly totally leafed out. Pond has come up noticeably with bank plants becoming inundated. Not much field work done with several tenths falling practically every day. No sign of crop emergence yet. Trip to K.C. Friday/Saturday had water standing in the fields across the southern two tiers of counties along I-35. Not a lot, but noticeable. |
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| 5/5/2024 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| It appears for the moment that dry conditions have disappeared. We received about 3.25in of rain this past week. Sump pumps are running constantly for the first time in a long time. Rivers are near full as the local area is under a flood watch in areas near the Des Moines river. |
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| 5/5/2024 | KS-BU-46 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Water Supply & Quality
| Got lots of rain. Ponds near normal. Green fields. Still high fire risk. |
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| 5/5/2024 | KS-LV-4 | KS | Leavenworth |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Turf areas are soft to walk on and there is some standing water in fields. |
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| 5/5/2024 | KY-BT-1 | KY | Bullitt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Very normal conditions |
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| 5/5/2024 | KY-HD-31 | KY | Hardin |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Monitoring period 29 APR- 5 May ~ Fairly wet for this period. Average temps in the mostly 60’s in the morning, mostly in the high 80’s during the day. Measurable precipitation for this period was 1.19”. AC in use daily, off at night with windows open. Crick flowing muddy. Rhubarb looking good. Two raspberry plants have sprouted. As have and fir seeds planted last fall. The over seeded bare patches in the lawn have sprouted. Seeing turkeys, squirls and rabbits in the backyard. Hearing no frogs, just crickets during the early evening hours. |
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