| 7/13/2026 | CO-BO-596 | CO | Boulder |
Severely Dry
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| We are still in a months long severe drought, exacerbated by low snowpack and high temperatures. July to date is at 31% of avg, the calendar year is at 66% of avg, and the water year is at 63% of avg. We are in the middle of a record-tying stretch of 95F+ temperatures.
I am hearing about wells going dry. I have seen springs and small creeks drying up. Lawns which aren’t being watered are like straw. Vegetation in wild areas is subdued with fewer flowers. Fires are cropping up all over. |
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| 7/13/2026 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Severely Dry
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| Less than 1/10" moisture last week. Less and less wildlife in the area. Weeds are green but drying and turning brown. Very little grass growth. The further north and east part of county is still brown. Arkansas River is down to a trickle north of Rocky Ford. Photos are in far NE corner of the county, taken yesterday. Feedlot dust hangs in the air around the clock. More cattle either being sold or put in feedlots. Continued stage 2 fire ban. Daily wind-never ends. Into the time of year when does not cool much during the night; have to keep extra cooling on round the clock. |
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| 7/13/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Severely Dry
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| 0.07" of rain last week. No moisture registers on my 6" garden soil moisture meter. Weeds are brown and dry. Juniper and Piñon trees are stressed, showing some brown in them. Cold season grass is dormant. Plenty of deer in the area. They seem to prefer our sumac (which we water occasionally) to our grass for grazing. Thick smoke here several days from fires near the Colorado-Utah border, near Ouray, various locations in Utah. Air quality was improved this week vs. the prior week, mostly due to the wind blowing the wildfire smoke in a different direction. Kept our windows closed most days, limited our outdoor time, made use of our heat pump to cool the house. |
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| 7/13/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Near Normal
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| Recent rainfall has kept soil moisture levels near normal and nearby reservoir at a full, if not higher than normal, level. |
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| 7/13/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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| The recent deep rains have re-stocked root zone moisture, but it’ll be good to have some rain by the end of the week. Things seem roughly normal now. |
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| 7/13/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Near Normal
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| Rain near end of period brought conditions I expect temporarily into the near normal. Dry conditions are forecast and summer peak temps are becoming the norm. AC use is at or nearing peak use. Without regular thunderstorms or a frontal system things will quickly enter the dry category. |
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| 7/13/2026 | FL-LN-47 | FL | Leon |
Mildly Wet
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| Even though we’re still about 9-10 inches below normal since September 1, water is standing in low places, swales, stormwater ponds, and swamps again after 8 straight days of measurable rain. Lakes are still way below normal though. |
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| 7/13/2026 | FL-PS-65 | FL | Pasco |
Mildly Dry
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| We are approaching normal after a few good thunderstorms in July. The lakes are still low but the grasses and plants have pretty much recovered. |
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| 7/13/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Severely Dry
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| Rain has been scarce again this last week, recording only 0.12” spread over three days. And it looks like more of the same over the next several days. Tourist activity remains high, especially along the Gulf of America beach areas, but plants and lawns are suffering and lawn watering use restrictions remain restricted to only a few hours per week. |
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| 7/13/2026 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Dry
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| Some perennials started experiencing stress a couple days ago, with drooping leaves. A few instances of yellowing or browning leaves. Grasses appear generally fine.
Began watering yesterday. Appears to be an unusually quick flip from wet to drought stressed. |
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| 7/13/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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| Creeks are flowing well and slightly high. River had more rain last week and is quite high for mid summer. Pasture and lawn are green and growing well. Areas just south of us would qualify as Moderately Wet but we missed the rains this last week and are not that wet. Crops continue to look good although fungus issues are already showing up in the corn. |
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| 7/13/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Wet
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| Another heavy rain hit the surrounding area this past week causing more field ponding and loss of crops. It has been hot and humid which corn loves during the tasseling stage. Grass and a multitude of weeds are enjoying the abundance of moisture as well. |
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| 7/13/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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| Station total for the month is 1.38. Remaining in the D0 category. Persistent heat is forecasted for this week so stay cool and WRN. |
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| 7/13/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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| dry week (0.20"). Milkweed in bloom. crops progressing normally, good apple pear fruit set |
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| 7/13/2026 | MI-RS-11 | MI | Roscommon |
Mildly Dry
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| We haven't had much rain in over a week, not even an half an inch. |
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| 7/13/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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| surface soil and several inches deep are dry in garden, lawn requires watering |
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| 7/13/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Near Normal
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| The South Fork of the Crow River where County Rd 2 crosses it between Glencoe and Silver Lake continues to be at a moderate level, not overflowing its banks, and not becoming more shallow.
Crops in the area look wonderful - the corn is shooting up every day, and beans looks great. Our garden looks good, both the plants that we planted and the weeds continue to grow well.
Our gravel road appreciated the recent rains, and it was lovely and smooth after blading. At this time, there is little dust unless someone drives by very fast. |
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| 7/13/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Moderately Dry
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| It's been 11 days without rain with very hot temperatures--many days in the 90s--so grass is brown and garden needs daily watering. I would call it severely dry except over the long term it is not quite that bad and the forest is still relatively green due to the rain a couple weeks ago. Fire danger is inching up to high though. given the forecast of continued heat and only low chances for real precip, I suspect it will be severely dry by next week. We are usually too far NW for much monsoonal moisture. But maybe we'll get lucky. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NM-BR-233 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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| Conditions remain severe, despite spotty t-storm activity in area. Foliage shows stress, animals seek water, soil surface dustlike. Fair danger extreme. Air quality often poor. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NM-HR-8 | NM | Harding |
Moderately Dry
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| While this observer was absent on Friday, 7/10/26, a spectacular cloud performance not only brought a show of lightening & thunder but it rained .67 inch of moisture! The dry earth absorbed every drop! |
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-AB-23 | NY | Albany |
Mildly Dry
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| After the soaking rain last Tuesday (1.19 inches), no measurable rain has since fallen at my place. As a result the ground has dried again and nearby tributaries have become lower than average again. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-BM-14 | NY | Broome |
Mildly Dry
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| Less than half an inch of rain in the last 3 weeks. June had below average rainfall. Grass has slowed growth and is turning brown. Garden soil has little moisture in it. Above average heat has increased evaporation. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-CB-16 | NY | Columbia |
Near Normal
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| 8.15" rain during the past 10 weeks keeps things around normal - the ground is dry but only on the surface, grass is green, gardens are growing and the fire pond is still almost full - it's Summer and so far All is Well |
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-DT-24 | NY | Dutchess |
Near Normal
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| Near normal – 1.69 of soaking rain over 3 days. The parched soil soaked it right up and is already looking dry again. Grass perked up some but there's still lots of brown areas.
Vegetable farmers tilling, planting and harvesting. Crop corn growing well. Mill Road Pond algae in abundance and early. Fire retention pond near normal.
NYC Reservoirs near normal at 89.8% of capacity compared to normal of 94.4%. Consumption is seasonally normal at 1.04 billion gallons for the week.
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-SF-103 | NY | Suffolk |
Mildly Dry
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| Recent rains have slightly moistened soils and slightly greened up lawns. Local lakes low but look like they had at least a slight bump in levels. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with calm winds. The high temperature was around seventy nine degrees, and the low around fifty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort flowers, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 48" - 66" tall, late corn is 12 - -18"" tall. The second cutting of hay is occurring. The local intermittent stream is still flowing slightly but dried out downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NC-CH-68 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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| Afternoon and evening thunderstorms gave us 2.78 inches of rain this past week. Unfortunately, most of that did not soak into the ground but ran off. Less than a day after receiving over two inches of rain in a little over an hour the stream had completely dried up and had only small puddles of water in the stream bed. There was no flow of water in it at all. The water level in the pond had dropped to about a foot below the spillway so no more water was flowing downstream. We are still under Level 2 water restrictions. We are still seeing leaves turning yellow and falling to the ground from water stress. We continue to be surprised by deer and fawns and rabbits appear to be everywhere. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NC-HR-63 | NC | Harnett |
Severely Dry
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| Pond/lake has evaporated by more than 60% and trees are rapidly losing their leaves. |
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| 7/13/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Moderately Wet
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| We have had 6.55 inches of rain in the past 7 days. The ground is saturated with standing water in low areas. The risk of fire is very low and water levels in creeks and spring is very high. No flooding has occurred yet. |
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| 7/13/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Moderately Wet
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| 1.77 inches of rain to date in July and 10.77 inches of rain since June 1. Soils remain quite wet with areas of standing water. Vegetation is lush and green. |
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| 7/13/2026 | OK-KY-30 | OK | Kay |
Mildly Wet
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| Still some mud holes around and some springs running that don't typically run. The grass is growing as fast as we can mow it. Very unusual for this time of year. Kaw lake is still about 9ft high while lake Ponca is near normal. Row crops and pastures are looking very good. The fire danger is low. |
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| 7/13/2026 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
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| We had no rain at all last week until Saturday evening. The grass was beginning to turn brown as hot, dry weather settled in. But 0.60" of rain on Saturday has greened things up again. |
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| 7/13/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
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| 0.53” this week. Not as much as our neighbors in Pryor but probably enough that I won’t have to water the gardens this coming week. Most of the local folks got their hay baled this week. Dug up the last of my onions, the soil is dry the first inch or so but still damp below that. |
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| 7/13/2026 | OR-YM-32 | OR | Yamhill |
Moderately Dry
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| Grass is brittle to the touch, Leaf's, brittle, Soil has some cracks forming 1/8"-1/4" good indicator soil is dry. Fire danger is getting extreme in afternoon with Heat from sun. Deer, birds do enjoy water tub for hydration. Bobcat trying to catch more Feral cats in area. Cherry's are all dried up and falling, with good amount of yellow jackets.
Temps for the year is cooler. seems to be a Cooler trend this year. |
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| 7/13/2026 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Near Normal
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| its gonna heat up that's for sure but as far as last weak all was normal meteorologically! |
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| 7/13/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Moderately Dry
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| With rains coming in afternoons with winds for several days in a row, weeds I pull out have damp, not dusty roots. There are some mushrooms now, eagerly snatched up by squirrels and deer. Tobacco next door has been let to flower but is being heavily sprayed. |
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| 7/13/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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| Calling it “Moderately Dry” overall despite the recent rain. Both the US Drought Monitor and the SC Climate Office still show this area in a “D2 - Severe Drought” condition. Gone for a week, but per the neighbors, it appears that the 0.89” total for the week must have mostly occurred yesterday/last night. The lawn seems to confirm this, as when we returned home there was standing water 1/4-1/2” deep, even on our very sandy soil. An hour or two later, all the water was absorbed. This standing water happens in our yard very infrequently. While driving home, I-95 roadside grass has large brown/bare patches from Walterboro until we exited at Alcolu near Manning. Some roadside shrubs and bushes to about 6 feet tall were brown, withered and appeared to be dead. As vegetation immediately around them was a dull green (compared to their dark brown), it doesn’t appear that these bushes were sprayed. Several swamps along SC 462 near Hendersonville, SC showed dry conditions and dry/brown saw palmettos. Some young corn to about 3 feet high was turning brown and withered. SC Forestry app shows 51 wildfires scattered across the state. Local non-irrigated lawns looking dry and grey. Mosquitos out in abundance. From Data Explorer: July total: 0.89”. Yearly total: 12.91” (-11.10”/51% NOAA normal). Last 30 days: 1.45” (NOAA normal: 9.99”); Last 90 days: 6.87” (NOAA normal: 16.70”). |
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| 7/13/2026 | TN-ST-23 | TN | Stewart |
Severely Wet
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| We have had standing water in our yard and pasture for the last week. We cannot get our big equipment out without sinking into mud. |
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| 7/13/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Near Normal
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| water as needed |
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| 7/13/2026 | WA-SM-6 | WA | Skamania |
Mildly Dry
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| No effect. Normal dry summer. |
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| 7/13/2026 | WI-DN-15 | WI | Dunn |
Moderately Dry
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| soil is drying out. moisture only in top 3-4 inches of soil and with heat wave that will dry up |
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| 7/13/2026 | WY-FM-21 | WY | Fremont |
Moderately Dry
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| High temps in the 90s and lack of precipitation this past week have caused grass and leafy vegetation on foothills to dry rapidly over past week. Stream flow still providing irrigation water, pastures green and first hay crop taken in excellent. |
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| 7/13/2026 | WY-JN-33 | WY | Johnson |
Severely Dry
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| Multiple days of hot weather have melted most of the snow from Cloud Peak. Smoke from various wildfires continues to irritate the lungs. |
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| 7/13/2026 | CAN-BC-37 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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| The week of July 6th to 12th was typical for early July. Although there were many cloudy or partly cloudy days, there was no precipitation observed. The cloud cover prevented temperature from rising too much during the day, and moderated the cooling at night. The highest temperature was 29.4c on the 6th, and the lowest was 5.3c also on the 6th. Average for the week was a mild 18.3c. Conditions are seasonable dry, and grasses turning their summer brown, except in irrigated areas. |
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