| 4/14/2026 | AL-MD-143 | AL | Madison |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Another week of no rain we are at 4 weeks with less then .3 inches of rain. Forecast shows no rain this week with temps rising. Drought conditions continue to worsen with grass and other plants not growing. The creek next to me is starting to lower a decent amount witch I typically don't see a lot. |
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| 4/14/2026 | CO-KW-4 | CO | Kiowa |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| 50 days with only 0.02 precipitation. Growth and development of native vegetation, winter wheat and annual weeds has nearly stopped due to moisture stress. |
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| 4/14/2026 | GA-FL-23 | GA | Floyd |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Seven days with no rain. |
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| 4/14/2026 | ID-AD-78 | ID | Ada |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Water year precipitation of 9.71 is 16 percent higher than the normal of 8.35 inches. Although mountain snowpack is below normal, local water supply reservoir is near full. Grass and other plants are flourishing. |
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| 4/14/2026 | IA-BC-14 | IA | Buchanan |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Fields around house are too wet for spring field work. Some water standing in ditches, and puddles in potholes. |
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| 4/14/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and warm with gusty winds and light rain, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with moderately gusty winds. The high temperature was around sixty six degrees, and the low around fifty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Cleavers, Dandelion leaves, Curled Dock leaves, Garlic Mustard, Dead Nettle, Wild leeks, Serviceberry buds, Bush Honeysuckle buds, Bloodroot flowers, Trillium buds and Trout Lily leaves are appearing. Brown bats are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 4/14/2026 | NC-TR-29 | NC | Transylvania |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We grow grass. We need water. |
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| 4/14/2026 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Only last month's heavy rainfall totals are keeping this area from starting to get dry. Most of the forecast rain has passed my neighborhood by with just sprinkles. It will get dry quickly if April continues dry. |
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| 4/14/2026 | SC-GV-185 | SC | Greenville |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| So far this month, we have only had 0.65" of rain (April 5-6, 2026). Even then, the ground was so hard that it didn't even make mud with the rain we did get. There is a line of trees that haven't even produced leaves and don't seem to even be wick. |
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| 4/14/2026 | SC-LX-5 | SC | Lexington |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Watering of lawn, plants and flowers has become a daily routine. No significant rainfall has occurred at my location since the end of February. |
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| 4/14/2026 | VT-LM-1 | VT | Lamoille |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For end of March: March precipitation was 3.27 inches (+8.1% above average of 3.01 inches). March snowfall was 14.9 inches (-19.5% below average of 18.5 inches (based on 16 year average at my weather station)). Calendar YTD precipitation was 7.21 inches (-15.9% below the average of 8.58 inches). Calendar YTD snowfall was 64.8 inches (-2.4% below the average of 66.4 inches. WY to-date precipitation was 22.12 inches (+9.1% above the average of 20.20 inches). Overall precipitation is near normal. |
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| 4/14/2026 | WA-ST-11 | WA | Stevens |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.13 inches of rain during the past week has kept the soil moist, but drying winds have dried the wildland grasses of last year, resulting in a few wildland grass fires.
Agriculture fields are being prepped for crop planting.
Orchard tree buds have opened and are leafing or flowering.
Creeks continues to have surpressed flows due to lack of snow melt.
Precipitation Normals Comparison NOAA
Month-to-Date: 0.78 inches with 0.84 inches normal or 93% of normal.
Year-to-Date: 3.63 inches with 6.24 inches normal or 58% of normal.
Water Year-to-Date: 10.25 inches with 12.56 inches normal or 82% of normal. |
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| 4/14/2026 | CAN-AB-166 | CAN | Alberta |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| General Awareness: Last week, we received 2.1" of snow. It's all melted. Temperatures went from a low of -5 C to a high of +17 C. Ice is breaking up on nearby rivers.
Agriculture: Calving season continues.
Energy: Chilly days we used the wood heater.
Fire: There is currently no fire restriction or ban within Mountain View County.
Plants & Wildlife: Pussy willows and buds are on the trees.
Wildlife: Black bears, Grizzlies and cougars are on the move in, search of food, western parts of the County.
Birds at feeders and birdbaths: 4 Blue jays, Chickadees - 4 black-capped; 4 Juncos; Nuthatches - white-breasted and rose-breasted; 1 Redpoll; Woodpeckers - 1 Downy, 1 Hairy, 1 Northern flicker; a flock of House Sparrows; 1 golden-Crowned Sparrow; 3 Magpies. Other birds in the yard/nearby - 4 robins; falcons; 2 hawks, 4 pigeons; 2 ravens; 4 starlings; 1 Pileated woodpecker.
Birds seen while out driving: flocks of Canada geese, Swans, and ducks; 2 flocks of starlings, 8 hawks, 12 crows; 5 Magpies; 5 ravens; 1 flock of snow birds.
Society & Public Health: Neighbors are pleased with the warm weather. |
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