| 8/10/2026 | FL-MA-38 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Even with some significant rain in the past week the ground is still hard, and the earth is dry just a few inches below the surface. However, garden flowers are doing much better now. |
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| 8/10/2026 | IL-MD-37 | IL | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The ground moisture is near normal; the vegetation will not support combustion, so wildland fires will not be of concern. Creeks and streams are at near-normal flows; ponds and lakes are at normal pond levels. The crops are doing well. |
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| 8/10/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Had a good week/weekend of rain w/ the MTD numbers pegged high.
The Calender & Water Year numbers are on the plus side of Near Normal.
Crops are doing well. The grass and vegetation are presently thriving.
Damp sections can bee seen in the fields. |
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| 8/10/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.98" rain for week. Sunchoke, jewel week, joe pye in bloom. golden rod nearing peak. |
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| 8/10/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Recent rains, some heavy downpours have returned us to near normal conditions, which helped us through a high heat/humidity week. Outdoor plants green and full. Connecticut River came up after the downbursts, some coming in 3-4 inches in 24 hours. Helps my rowing sport keep more boats on the water! |
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| 8/10/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| first rain in over a month, garden and lawn need daily watering to keep vegatables and grass growing |
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| 8/10/2026 | MN-MR-20 | MN | Morrison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake level is down below normal for this time of year. When I dug a hole there is little sub soil moisture. Gras is dry and not growing. |
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| 8/10/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| So far, 17 days without a drop of rain, and very hot temps. Very smoky most days. Some wildfires burning in area, but not growing much because of lack of wind. USFS is using some pitiful fires to justify lawless logging. Soil is dry, grass is brown. Streams are below normal. |
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| 8/10/2026 | 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 3.39 inches of rain this week; most of the rain occurred during a thunderstorm overnight and early morning August 5. The soil is moist from heavy rainfall and cooler (below normal) temperatures this week. The soil is dry at the surface but moist at a depth of 1 inch and to a depth of 6 inches. The trees and grass are turning green again and recovering from stress. Conditions are near normal. Precipitation for August is 3.39 inches, 2.24 inch above normal (295 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 22.90 inches, which is 1.46 inch above normal (107 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 0.04 inches below normal (100 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath are slightly less last week. Approximately 20 species of birds (about 100 birds visit each day). Most plants have not been wilting during the day. Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is slightly above normal. Area creeks and ponds are also above normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields look good and are growing well. |
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| 8/10/2026 | NM-HR-8 | NM | Harding |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| It's tempting to report on the Condition Scale Bar that it's Severely Dry; however, five miles north of this station, it's drier & the pastures are brown. Curiously, wildlife continue to show up. There are 2-3 new species of hummingbirds that have joined this summer residents, the Black-chinned, at the bird feeders. On July 18th the Rufus, the Broad-tailed & perhaps even the Calliope have been feeding here before they continue their journey on to Mexico. These new hummingbirds have been identified by the Merlin ID app. |
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| 8/10/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny and warm with moderate winds, then mostly clear and warm overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy nine degrees, and the low around sixty two degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, Horse Nettles and Wild Bergamot flowers are in full bloom. Red Raspberries are almost done ripening, Thimbleberries are beginning to ripen. Walnuts and apples are about 1 inch in diameter. Early corn is 84" - 96" tall, late corn is 50" - 76" tall. A fourth cutting of hay is occurring. The third cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at mid-summer levels. |
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| 8/10/2026 | NC-JC-22 | NC | Jackson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had measurable rainfall for 9 out of the first 10 days od August. The stream flows continue to be much below average but the vegetation appears lush and fungal/mushroom growth is exuberant given summer temps and daily rainfall. However we have been below average temperature -wise for the first ten days of the month. Despite daily rain showers you can get outside and get things accomplished before the typical afternoon shower comes along. It is refreshing to see our reputation as a termperate rain forest upheld despite a nearly 12 in total rainfall deficit for the year. |
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| 8/10/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy
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| So far this August, like past Augusts, there were many cooling degree days. Using the ideal or combined gas law, air density indoors was greater than air density outdoors daily with high A/C usage. However, indoor carbon dioxide by direct measure was typically double the outdoor concentration. Running an exhaust fan in the sleeping room for thirty minutes after vacating the room at wake-up decreased carbon dioxide in the room much more than 30 minutes after vacating the room without exhaust fan. The highest indoor CO2 level was measured the day of rain last week. The impact, typical of August, is allowing fresh air indoors & exhausting stale air without losing A/C effects. Other impact related to hazardous thunderstorms that are somewhat unpredictable for activity planning. |
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| 8/10/2026 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The 0.33" of rain we had last week briefly perked up the lawn, but temps well into the 90s each day has caused significant drying of vegetation. |
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| 8/10/2026 | OR-LN-112 | OR | Linn |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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I did not record any rain during this past week. The area is officially considered to be in a severe drought condition. The soil is very dry, hard, and cracked. Shallow rooted plants such as grasses in non-irrigated areas are brown. Larger pants are starting to show signs of stress. Burning bans are in effect in the area and there are numerous active wildfires statewide, but none in the immediate area. There is sufficient water in lakes and rivers to support wildlife. |
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| 8/10/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Local weather forecasting still showing our central county area to be in extreme drought, but I think we have gotten a bit more of the spotty showers than most. Crabtree creek remains below flood level but is getting alot of vegetation at the edges. Tobacco next door is burned at the edges of some plants. Other area plots are just starting to be harvested. Where the garden hasn't been watered nearly every day, soil is dusty at 1/2-1 inch depth |
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| 8/10/2026 | WI-CB-5 | WI | Columbia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions are solidly normal with good vegetative condition of crops and domestic, stream flow and soil moisture. Mowing yard back on a regular routine. Another 1.06" yesterday sealed a good crop year in this area. |
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