| 12/31/2025 | AR-LW-2 | AR | Lawrence |
Severely Dry
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| We only receive 0.64 inches of rain in Dec. this is about 3.85 inches below normal. and from July to Dec. we are running about 10.76 inches below normal. Start the year 2026 in a drought. |
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| 12/31/2025 | CO-BO-568 | CO | Boulder |
Moderately Dry
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Fire
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| Snowfall of 2.3 inches (0.11 inches of moisture) this past weekend. Most of the snow has already melted, so little to no snowpack to slow down a wildfire. Moisture for the water year is at 48% of normal. Conditions remain moderately dry. |
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| 12/31/2025 | CO-BO-583 | CO | Boulder |
Severely Dry
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| SOIL MOISTURE
6-inch depth- Temp = 37 F, Moisture = 200 cb
12-inch depth- Temp = 44 F
18-inch depth- Moisture = 200 cb
ET:
Month-to-date= 1.07 inches, Yr-to-Date = 30.75 inches |
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| 12/31/2025 | FL-MA-17 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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| 2025 closed out with 4 months of a drought and a yearly total of 32 inches compared to an average of 52 inches. Only 2 months February and August were just above normal rainfall. The other 10 months were far below. Fresh water ponds and non irrigated plants are very dry. We are usually in a wintertime drought this time of year so it’s not too unusual. We only had one day of significant rain (half an inch) in the past several months. |
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| 12/31/2025 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Here in Northern Will Co, December ending was 106% of the monthly NOAA avg, 2.34" vs 2.2". Thank to a very mild spell which pushed a good rainfall up from the south. Enough to actually get the sump pump cycling for about 3 days.
The Water Yr at Dec ending is still towards the top end of Below Normal, 2.3" short.
The Calendar Yr ending is at the bottom end of the Near Normal range, coming in 5,17" short of the year vs the NOAA avg of 39.18.
Have only been doing this gig since 2016, this has been the driest Calendar Yr. |
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| 12/31/2025 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Near Normal
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| Light Snow and 26 Hi 32 Wind NNW 11 mph. Feels like 15 with the wind. Gusts up to 23 mph at times. |
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| 12/31/2025 | MO-BY-25 | MO | Barry |
Moderately Dry
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| Almost 3” below normal for month but normal for the year total. |
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| 12/31/2025 | MO-HL-45 | MO | Howell |
Moderately Dry
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| Pastures and yards remain green in spite of the persistent drought. Stockpiled Winter forage continues to disappear quickly. Fire risk is relatively low. The soil has some moisture; however, pond levels remain 12 - 18 inches below normal. Deer are abundant and feed fearlessly in open fields. |
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| 12/31/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Cloudy and cold with very gusty winds and snow, then cloudy and cold overnight with snow and gusty winds. The high temperature was around twenty one degrees, and the low around seventeen degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every 2-3 days. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Spring flood levels. Some streams are difficult to cross with ice build up. |
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| 12/31/2025 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Near Normal
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| meteorologically we're right on track... looks like I forgot Monday so filed here today. |
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| 12/31/2025 | TX-HYS-148 | TX | Hays |
Severely Dry
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| I received only 0.51" of rain in December and 24.08" for the year, the second lowest amount in the last 10 years. The Blanco River in Wimberley is at near record low flow of 5.7cfs. Groundwater from Jacob's Well continues to be zero, the same for the last 3 months. Pastures are brown. The burn ban remains on. |
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| 12/31/2025 | VA-RNC-3 | VA | Roanoke (city) |
Moderately Dry
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| Station precipitation for December ends at 2.10" (rain and melted snow) or 66% of of NOAA climatology, a departure from normal of -1.10". The water year (Oct. 1-Dec. 31) shows only 4.44" or 48% of normal precip. and a deficit of -4.90". The 3-month period Oct-Dec was the 6th driest on record at the KROA climate site (4.33") with records dating back to 1912 and the driest such period since the drought year of 2001. The 2025 precipitation ends at 39.87" or 92% of normal and deficit of 3.41".
Hydrologic indicators have resumed a slow decline. The USGS gage on the Roanoke River at Roanoke 7-day flow (as of 12/30) was up just slightly to 83 cfs or the 8th percentile of all flows for the date (35% of median) and in Moderate Hydrologic Drought category (6th to 9th percentile). Carvins Cove local water supply reservoir (as of 12/31) dropped to -10.2 feet below full pond (75.3% of capacity) a -0.9 ft. fall in the past two weeks. The US Drought Monitor (USDM) map valid as of 12/30/25 shows little change--Moderate Drought conditions (D1) across most of central VA.
NWS CPC issued a La Niña Advisory in October and La Niña remains present in the tropical Pacific with a 3-month Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) of -0.6 for the SON period. The CPC winter (DJF) forecast indicates an enhanced probability of wetter than normal conditions in the Ohio Valley but drier along the southeast Atlantic coast, a pattern that has already been prevalent this fall and winter season. There has been a notable lack of coastal storm activity leading to the drier season to date. |
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