| 6/8/2026 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Severely Dry
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| Nymphs have arrived. Ate what little was coming up in the garden. Any gust creates a dust storm. Neighbors already have or are starting to destock. We will by the end of this week. No deer, coyotes, big birds, etc in area. Cattle coming in to the feedlot from out of state: no water in mountain pastures or no water and grass period. Fire warning for tomorrow already in place. Near triple digit temps make it hard to do anything outside after noon. AC and fans run round the clock. Brown-out at 6:00 p.m. That means we can count on it happening every evening about that time, till Fall. Why we haven't been moved to D3 or even D4 status is beyond me. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Moderately Dry
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| Only a trace of rain one day last week. The soil is dry. Weeds are brown and dry. Cold season grass is browning unless watered. Plenty of deer in the area. They seem to prefer our sumac (which we water occasionally) to our grass for grazing. The front passage yesterday raise a quite a bit of dust. Red Flags posted yesterday, today and for the next two days with a fire watch day after that. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CO-GF-88 | CO | Garfield |
Moderately Dry
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| It appears our ditch water is running out, which is the earliest since we moved here in Oct. 2019. Also, it's been quite windy in the afternoons, so things are drying out faster. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CO-GR-52 | CO | Grand |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| It's been very dry this past week with no measurable precipitation and hot, drying winds. Elevated fire risk. Exceptional drought continues. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CO-JF-72 | CO | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Things are green, but the residual yellow/bare patches in the lawn are still reminders this past winter was a tougher one. Ponderosa pine sprouting green healthy young cones. Thistle crop and other weeds starting to be ready to take over. Soil still moist from previous night’s watering. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| With recent sunny days and high temperatures, soil moisture levels have returned to near normal. Nearby reservoirs are full. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CT-NL-6 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Only around 0.25" of Rain for the first week of June. Lawn has "slowed" in growing. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CT-NL-40 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| Lakes, ponds, creeks and rivers at lower-than-normal water levels which is affecting some fishing and boating activities in some areas. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| small transplants require irrigation to get going, and many seedelings are not too happy (they are taking a pause in top growth , presumably while their roots stretch down to find more water). But not dire yet. |
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| 6/8/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Severely Dry
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| Hot and dry are the key words this month. Rainfall over the last few weeks has been extremely rare. Most of the lawns in our area have turned brown with severe water use restrictions in place and limited lawn watering permitted only a few hours, one day each week. Tourist activity remains very strong and the Gulf of America (formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico) beach/tourist areas are extremely busy.
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| 6/8/2026 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| June 1 - 8, 2025: no precipitation, low humidity, daily high temps. ranging from 89°F earlier in the week to 65°F in the last 2 days. Dry. Breezy to windy. Soil in the yard and gardens is drying out within a few hours of being watered. Linden, catalpa, and syringa trees/shrubs have been in full bloom but are beginning to fade. Continuing and increasing numbers of conversations about spring/summer/fall water supply outlooks for reservoir and surface water supplies in Idaho. Started putting out dishes of water for birds and insects, and these water supplies are already being used throughout the day by paper wasps, honey bees, and butterflies for instance. Fire danger warnings are already extreme in some areas. Elmore County has banned open burning until October. |
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| 6/8/2026 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Despite almost 1 inch of rainfall overnight, soil is only damp in places. Some areas of cracked soil still exist. No standing water after thunderstorms.
Most plants do not yet seem stressed. |
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| 6/8/2026 | IN-NB-48 | IN | Noble |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Thankfully, it rained on Friday and Saturday, but that was after a two week dry spell. Crops appear to be growing regardless, especially corn. |
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| 6/8/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| After receiving more than 3 inches of rain in the past couple of days, the creeks are over flowing, night crawlers out in huge numbers. That indicates the ground is saturated. This comes after our begging for rain and seeing lawns starting to turn brown and corn leaves curl on hot afternoons. Mother nature is in control. |
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| 6/8/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.52" weekly rain total. Fire weed, honeysuckle, lupine all beginning to bloom. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MA-WR-28 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still running behind normal. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MA-WR-113 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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| City of Worcester MA has declared a Level 2 Significant drought because of a lack of recent rainfall. Reservoir capacity is at 103.2%. All non-essential outdoor water use banned except for watering flowers and ornamental gardens with drip irrigation, hand held hose, or water can. Irrigation of golf course fairways limited to 60%. No irrigation of roughs, or ornamentals. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| grass and gardens need watering daily |
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| 6/8/2026 | MN-IT-80 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Rain in the past week has brought conditions closer to normal. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MN-LW-5 | MN | Lake Of The Woods |
Moderately Dry
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| It is dry here. But in my experience our area is way better off with these conditions. However rain would be welcome. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Mildly Dry
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| Crops are growing well, and a few farmers have done some weed-control already. Everything is green except the grass in high-stress places like our waste-disposal mound.
The South Fork of the Crow River where County Rd 2 crosses it between Glencoe and Silver Lake is rather low, but I haven't seen sand or silt exposed, yet.
The recent hot weather makes everything grow faster, but probably will make plants use up their moisture reserves faster as well. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MN-MR-20 | MN | Morrison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have received below average rain this year. Wet lands are dryer than in past eight years. Garden was dry and needed to water to keep plants alive. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MO-JF-21 | MO | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil dries out quickly due to increasing temps. Have to water garden every other day to maintain moisture |
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| 6/8/2026 | MT-YS-14 | MT | Yellowstone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We got 0.19 inches of rain yesterday afternoon, but that did not make up for the deficit accumulated last week. Field behind my house is less green. |
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| 6/8/2026 | MT-YS-46 | MT | Yellowstone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have been below precipitation all year. We recently have received some rain and unfortunately hail, but since we had dry winter it will take several more rain storms. This week is predicted to be cooler and a little wetter. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NM-BR-233 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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| Area thunderstorm activity has produced only traces of precipitation here. Conditions increasingly drying, especially fire start and fire spread potential, along with dust and smoke related poor air quality. Much more careless soil disturbing and chainsaw equipment use heard or observed in area on high wind, low RH days suggests increased indifference to associated health and safety risks and ignoring regulations. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NY-CB-16 | NY | Columbia |
Near Normal
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| Things are drying up, only .15" rain in the past week although the grass is still growing at a pretty good rate. Veg gardens now need daily water to keep the soil moist.Wet spots in the low areas and in the woods have dried up. The fire pond remains full - here come the weeds! |
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| 6/8/2026 | NY-DT-24 | NY | Dutchess |
Mildly Dry
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| Mildly dry – I am ashamed to report that we squeaked in with .07 of rain Saturday night. Dry conditions persisted since last significant rain on 5/26. Before that last significant rain was 5/10.
Soil is dry down 18 inches. Lawns green but drying out resulting in less frequent mowing. Garden requires watering but rain barrels are empty. Streams running at seasonal levels. Mulberry slowly leafing. Peonies blooming. Vegetable farmers harvesting early crops, tilling and planting. Crop corn growing well. Great weather for farmers to make first cutting hay. Couple of turkeys seen.
NYC Reservoirs near normal at 97.2% of capacity compared to normal of 99.1%. Drier conditions reflected in lowered inventory of water. Consumption is normal at 1.06 billion gallons for the week.
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| 6/8/2026 | NY-SL-27 | NY | St. Lawrence |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| I raise certified organic vegetables to sell at a farmers market. Everything was drying fast before this rain. The only wet areas were in mulched areas. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NY-ST-54 | NY | Steuben |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Small amount of rain over the weekend is the first we've had in 10 days making conditions starting to trend dry. River and streams are down to normal to slightly below. Grass is still green but not growing as fast. Up and down temperatures this spring played havoc with blooming - azaleas were not existent, lilacs hit or miss, some good irises around town but mine were total duds. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Cloudy becoming mostly sunny and warm with light winds, then mostly clear and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy four degrees, and the low around fifty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a half feederful every day. Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild daises, Highland Cranberry, Thimbleberries, Soapwort flowers, aqualegia, phlox flowers and Bush Honeysuckle flowers are in full bloom. The first cutting of hay is happening. Corn is 9" - 12" tall. The local intermittent stream is starting to dry up and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late spring levels. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NC-DH-48 | NC | Durham |
Severely Dry
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| We are severely dry. The last significant rainfall. 0.44 inches, was 17 days ago. For the last 6 months, he have been Based on our normal monthly average for the past 5 months, we are behind in our rainfall by over 10 inches; 18.32 vs 8.14 inches.
Our Forsythia bush is a ground water "bell weather" indicator for ground water content. Its leaves are drooping indicating a lack of ground water. The blades of grass are very thin to brown. Even the well manicured lawns are showing signs of water denied stress.
Our bird baths are well used. The hummingbirds are not visiting our one feeder. The last visit was two days. Normally, we have several visits a day to a couple an hour. Another hummingbird feeder has not had any visitors. Our one feeder could be on the fringe of their feeding area. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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| We had 0.87 inches of rain during the past 7 days. We've had warmer temps that have increased evaporation so we are getting dry again. Water levels were higher but now are dropping. The risk of fire is increasing. Our pastures, hay fields, Christmas Tree fields and transplant beds are still green and growing. |
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| 6/8/2026 | NC-WK-424 | NC | Wake |
Moderately Dry
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| No measurable rain since 5/27. The rainfall prior to 5/27 equaled 1.00” over four days.
Landscape plants requiring daily or every other irrigation with drip irrigation. Growth rates are down and flowering of crepe myrtles is running behind. Grass (hybrid bermuda) is barely growing. Mowing around once every two weeks. It is usually thriving in the early summer heat and humidity.
Watering restrictions in place limiting irrigation to one day per week during overnight hours.
Agricultural planting is behind. Tobacco and corn seem to be surviving. Other crops are heavily stressed. |
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| 6/8/2026 | OH-MS-7 | OH | Meigs |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| The first week of June saw a considerable change in conditions that prevailed in South East Ohio in the second half of May. 6.04” rain fell on this station 5/17-5/31, the greater part, 4.39” falling 5/17-5/24 resulting in moderately wet conditions. The first week of June has seen a reversal; unseasonably hot sunny days combined with fairly strong winds later in the day have led to mildly dry conditions, with only 0.01” rain for the week. Notwithstanding these extremes, vegetation is lush. The grapevines are growing rapidly and the newly-planted vines are budding strongly – although we’ve had some extreme conditions, they’ve not lasted long enough to apparently cause any lasting damage. |
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| 6/8/2026 | OK-KY-30 | OK | Kay |
Near Normal
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| This is a wet time of year. Plenty of our usual mud holes are holding water. Both area lakes are full with Kaw being 2ft high. Neighborhood yards are green and growing rapidly.
The fire danger is very low. Bean and corn fields look good. The wheat harvest is underway but delayed with wet weather.
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| 6/8/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Nearly 4” of rain this week. Pond is full, creek is running, there’s standing water in the field. Vegetation is lush, grass is actively growing (going to have to mow again). |
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| 6/8/2026 | RI-NW-18 | RI | Newport |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Even though there was only 0.05” of rain this week it does not appear very dry. Grass is green and growing. I have started spot watering in the gardens. |
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| 6/8/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Watering vegetable garden twice daily as it heats up. An optional water conservation recommendation is in place. Occasional woods fires in the news. Spiders are out now making webs between trees. |
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| 6/8/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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| Going back to “Moderately Dry” for this past week. Rationale is due to the environment appearing to go back to near the same conditions existing prior to the late May rains. We’ve had 0.55” plus a couple Trace amounts the first week in June. The US Drought Monitor has dropped us down to “D2-Severe Drought” status (from “D3-Extreme Drought”), but curious about what the next update will show. The SC Forestry app is showing 17 wildfires across SC. Local non-irrigated lawns are already showing brown or bare spots again. Local roadside swamps are already dry or nearly so. Roadside ditches are dry again, and some vegetation is already starting to show stress again. The local mosquito population seemed to be reappearing again, but has now seemed to drop off. The birds and squirrels are visiting the feeders more, especially the bluebirds going after the mealworms. During a Poinsett State Park hike this past week, the creek below the main spillway again has a large number of rocks mostly visible. This was their same status before the late May rain (see photo). The prior week (during the rains), these rocks were completely under water. Hart Creek (that feeds Shanks Creek in the park) has dropped noticeably from during the rains (see photo). The park’s leaf litter is dry again, and the underlying soil is only damp. Small tributaries that were running after the rain have now mostly dried up again. A few mushrooms had sprouted in the park (see photos), but not as many as usually appear after a rainy period. Saw the first hummingbird for this year in the park. Yesterday (Saturday) the Wateree River at US 76/378 between Sumter and Columbia and the Congaree River at I-77 S of Columbia appear to have dropped 3-5 feet from the late May levels. While not as low as before the recent rains, they appear to be getting close again. Did see one fishing boat on the Wateree, but no boats on the Congaree. From Data Explorer: June rain: 0.55” (-0.56”/50% of NOAA normal); for the year: 11.46” (-6.88”/62% of NOAA normal). Last 30 days: 5.09 (NOAA normal: 8.31”). Last 90 days: 6.59” (NOAA normal: 15.01”). |
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| 6/8/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Severely Dry
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| 6/8/2026 | TX-HNT-11 | TX | Hunt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 3.06” of rain last week, almost all collected over two days, nothing severe. 1.11” of ETo. Temps were seasonal - morning lows in the 70s and afternoon highs in the 80s and 90s degree F. Three days the Heat Index hit 100+ for several hours each day. The rain at the end of the week has created wet conditions for the time being - soil is soggy. No supplemental watering needed for garden plants or containers - plants are all thriving, grass/weeds growing quickly. Black-eyed Susan plants have bloomed and are plentiful and beautiful all over the prairie restoration area. Wildlife remains active - birds, bees, butterflies, dragonflies, rabbits. Area ponds are full. Story for the week - conditions look like Spring but temperatures feels like Summer. |
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| 6/8/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| It's just a bit more moist than I'd expect for the date but nothing concerning at all. I've measured 1.01" in the past 7 days. Since much of that was in the past two days, the soil is pleasantly moist. Those streams I've noticed have a healthy but not excessive flow. Plantlife is enjoying the regular rain we're getting. With trees fully leafed out, I deem fire risk to be negligible. |
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| 6/8/2026 | VT-FR-26 | VT | Franklin |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| 2.91 inches of precipitation for the period May 31 to June 8. June precipitation to date of 1.95 inches is 166% of NOAA Norm 1.18 inches. Year To Date and Water Year To Date at 107% and 122% of NOAA normal, respectively. Low/high temperatures for this period were 43°F / 83°F.
My ground is wet from heavy rain over the weekend. Lower part of my vegatable garden is flooded, trying to drain it through a dugout ditch. Rows between raised beds are muddy. Lawn and vegetation very lush.
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| 6/8/2026 | VT-OL-37 | VT | Orleans |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| After a dry week last week 0.95 inches of rain brought back wet soils causing the fields to stay green and growing fast. 8.01 inches of rain in the last 5 weeks has been spaced out fairly evenly that has kept everything green and wells full. Though the top soils were dry by Friday last week the deeper soil was still dark with moisture. Brooks and waterways are still flowing at slightly above season averages. Also noteworthy is the fact every rainy period had no heavy downpours with steady rains instead preventing runoffs. |
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| 6/8/2026 | WI-IR-13 | WI | Iron |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Friday’s rain was welcomed by the plants, especially those that are more in the direct sun. Mosquitoes activity increased and so did the dragonflies. Paths are easy to walk on. No puddles a day after the rain. Trees, ferns and other wild plants continue to look healthy. |
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| 6/8/2026 | WI-KN-6 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil condition near normal to 6". |
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| 6/8/2026 | WI-MW-18 | WI | Milwaukee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Above normal temperatures and near normal rain, with some short term soil moisture improvements.
(02 JUN to 08 JUN)
Precipitation for the period was 1.29”. +0.03” for the period.
Cal yr 18.30, +1.97” above annual seasonal normal.
Evaporation : 1.20”
Water Balance for June: -0.09” deficit
Water Balance from 4/12 to date: +1.64” surplus
Soil Moisture 4” Depth: 122 cb – slightly dry. Change of +78 cb
Soil Moisture 8” Depth: 200 cb – extremely dry. Change of -07 cb
Temperatures averaged 69.4 degrees, +3.8 above normal for the period.
Soil temperatures, for the period, at 2” have averaged 63.3 degrees, 4” average is 64.3 degrees, 8” average is 65.6 degrees and 20” average is 62.7 degrees. +2.0 overall increase, on average, from the previous period.
A warm and wet week to help the short term soil moisture, but still extremely dry deep at 8” soil depths. The soil moisture continues at 200 cb, extreme dry, at that 8” depth and the evaporation rates have doubled from 0.10” average to 0.20” on average.
Lawns browned due to lack of rainfall, unless supplemental irrigation is being done. With late week rain the lawn has greened up. Peonies are flowering with some past peak.
Continued high bird activity with Starlings, Robins, Grackles, Sparrows and Cardinals. Hatchlings are out at the seed as well with mom birds and with the dry weather, as they are feeding from the seed and suet more than usual. Squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits are out and feeding on grass and seed overspill from bird feeder.
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| 6/8/2026 | CAN-ON-771 | CAN | Ontario |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Much needed 7.2mm of rain earlier this week, more forecasted for today in the form of t-storms. The rain was easily absorbed into the soil with no runoff. Forest debris is now again quite dry underfoot. Deciduous trees are leafed out, and conifers candles are opening. Blueberry flowers are on, and hopefully there will be enough moisture for a crop this year. Forest fire hazard has been downgraded to Moderate. The lake level is down 1” from last week. Recreational activity on the lake this weekend was busy with boating and fishing. Mosquitos responded to the rain and are out in force during daylight hours. With the warm weather, it feels very mid-summer. Overall water deficit continues, although conditions have improved. |
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| 6/8/2026 | CAN-QC-120 | CAN | Quebec |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire
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| Last week, there was a ban on camp fires at home in my region of Lower Laurentides.
The quantity of rain that fell this week-end was enough to bring the fire danger index down to low.
The plants in the flower gardens are blooming with the rain and seasonal températures.
FRENCH VERSION
La semaine dernière, une interdiction de feux de camp à ciel ouvert etait en vigueur dans ma région des Basses-Laurentides.
La pluie reçue cette fin de semaine a contribué a réduire l'indice de danger d'incendie à Bas.
Les plates-bandes de fleurs s'épanouissent enfin grâce à la pluie et des températures de saison. |
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