| 5/23/2026 | AL-MD-50 | AL | Madison |
Near Normal
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| 2.18” of rain fell on the 7th. Since then, it has been very dry before showers resumed a few days ago. The period from May 8th to the 20th featured no rain. About 2.80” has fallen here since then. Another ~ +2” fell just to my SW to NW a couple days ago. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Calendar YTD 57% of normal, Water YTD 51% of normal. Recent rains have helped all plants. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CO-EL-96 | CO | Elbert |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Recent precipitation has put a dent in the impact of the ongoing drought. We've had 3.90 inches of measurable water in the past 30 days. 2.80 inches in May, and 1.52 inches in just the last 7 days. Natural grass is rebounding nicely. It's a deep green and nearly 12 inches tall. Cow ponds are showing some signs of water retention. Watering restrictions remain in effect. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Consistent RN or RNSH over the last 4-5 days have everything green and the ground well watered. Box elders have put out 4-6" of growth. Silver maple is well leafed. Apple tree has bloomed. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CO-RT-79 | CO | Routt |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
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| Soil is generallly wet due to recent precip so I've only watered our trees/shrubs once so far this spring, and the wildfire fire threats have been nonexistent. Also cool conditions have delayed weed growth thus far. Photo below shows unirrigated rangeland out the front door of our house; only the small area in the lower left portion is irrigated. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| With 1.60" of rain this week, conditions appear to be normal. |
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| 5/23/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 5/23/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 5/17-23 brought .07" of rain during one event. Morris Branch near my location is down to shrinking puddles at the pipe. The grass is barely growing. Garden is being sustained by hand watering. |
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| 5/23/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds low. Turf crispy. Hand watering many plants |
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| 5/23/2026 | FL-HB-177 | FL | Hillsborough |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
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| We got only half an inch of rain this week. While grass is a little bit greener, the dry conditions still abound. Lakes, ponds and local bodies of water didn't receive enough rain to put any water in them. Water restrictions are still in play along with burn bans. I have heard stories from other locals in Plant City that wells have gone dry. We Need Rain!!! |
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| 5/23/2026 | FL-VL-60 | FL | Volusia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No rain recently, however humidity is up slightly so the ground is not drying out as quickly, however, the general area is still in a drought. |
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| 5/23/2026 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We remain in d3 drought. We have had rain over the past two weeks, but with the high temperatures I can see heat stress on my flower beds. Unfortunately the racoon has found my bird feeders and I have to take them in at night. The fescue lawn is not growing very quickly. We are having gentle rains the past 24 hours, so maybe this will help. |
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| 5/23/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A total of 0.15" of precip was measured over the week as heavier precip skirted our area several different times. Suffice it to say our drought like pattern has taken hold and currently has this immediate area in its grip. That said, waterways are holding up surprisingly well as their levels remain about normal and are slowly dropping. Area lawns are showing signs of stress and watering the driest spots is necessary to prevent damage. Trees are beginning to look stressed and could use a good soaking. Wildlife is busy enough with a couple of rabbits and a turkey spending too much time near my garden. And last but not least those two geese that I thought had abandoned their efforts to camp out on the shoulder of our busy road, changed their bird brain minds and are right back, poking their heads above the tall grass next to the road. I'm pretty sure that the local predators think that those geese made the right decision. |
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| 5/23/2026 | IN-AL-129 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| The ground in my yard has been saturated to the point that it could flood if there is more than just 2 inches of rain or so, because there has been (probably) 3 to 5 times more precipitation than last years rain. Additional note: It also makes me really mad when it randomly rains on the weekend LOL! (Like today) In any case, I do assume that it is because of the El Niño effect in the weather, which makes the weather shift around to be more moist, rainy, and even snowy if it was winter as of this report. Either way, this is concerning because Indiana was in a considerable drought last year, which the El Niño has probably already cleared that up! |
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| 5/23/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| I have recorded 0.54 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. |
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| 5/23/2026 | IN-MN-34 | IN | Monroe |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| I live on top of a small ridge so standing water is minimal with some puddles on the gravel driveway. |
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| 5/23/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Nearly 1.5in of rain this past week has lawns, pastures and crops growing nicely and ahead of average. No flooding in the area.
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| 5/23/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.95 in last week gets us closer to normal, but still below (by 3.81 inches). Creek still quite low and a few cracks in bare soil. Birds remain busy and squirrels have returned. |
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| 5/23/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| recent rains; ground moist |
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| 5/23/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| All plants look healthy. We had over an inch and a half of rain this week, so we're good on ground moisture. |
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| 5/23/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Conditions are moderately to severely wet. The lawn is very mushy. There are problems with the roadway. The soil is supersaturated. Travel is impacted somewhat due to the torrential rains. 2.33 inches of rain had fallen on 5/22/2026. |
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| 5/23/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
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| 2.53 inches of rain this week. Rained four days this period. |
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| 5/23/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Saturday was warm and dry. The soil surface has dried out, and there are no signs of the 6” of rain from last week. Although this area was predicted to have rain during the day on Sunday, no rain arrived, but strong southerly breezes and plenty of sunshine prevailed. Containerized tomato plants are full of tomatoes and get watered twice daily. Even the gladiolus planted along the driveway with zinnias get drip irrigation twice weekly. Just as roadwork finished adding turn lanes to the highway in front of my house, across the street there’s a new land development taking place. The school board in our area is dividing the K through 8 public school into two separate levels: primary and middle school buildings. They have started deforestation work across the street from me in preparation to add the new school buildings. Two large track hoes are removing trees and stacking logs. The soil seems to be in good shape. The tracks on the equipment are clean considering we had over 6” of rain a few days ago. The tall pines and other hardwood trees must have soaked up the rain, leaving the soil workable. After predicting rain for two days, finally on Monday afternoon, we received a tiny shower, hardly wet the driveway. Rain is falling; it just stays to our north and west as this pattern is expected to continue. Overnight Wednesday through midday Thursday, this area received a little over an inch of rain. Not much runoff. Friday saw a trace of rain early morning, and drops fell that afternoon, but a line of showers overnight dropped less than a quarter inch of rain with more of the same in the upcoming week. The front yard drains well after the renovation work last summer to level out the soil from decades of ruts from mowing. |
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| 5/23/2026 | ME-WL-27 | ME | Waldo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Streams 1-3 feet wide, moderate flow and levels.
Streams 3-5 feet wide, moderate flow and levels.
Streams >5 feet wide, less than moderate flow and a bit low levels.
Ponds <1 ac., close to full
Ponds 1-3 ac., close to full
Ponds >3ac., 1-2 feet below full
Wild apple trees in full bloom
Rhododendren in full bloom and wild lilacs are starting to blossom.
Great crop of dandelions the last 10 days, fading now. Same with wild daffodils. At the moment,everything is very verdant.
Ruby throated humming birds returned about on time, ~May 5th
Usual bunch of spring birds: gold finches, Red-breasted grosbeaks.
Wildfire danger is moderate.
We are still collecting rainwater for non-potable uses. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MD-AA-99 | MD | Anne Arundel |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Over the last 72 hours steady light to moderate rain at the station .. the collection pond near my house has standing water. Ground is moist. Over 1.5” rain has fallen |
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| 5/23/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| rain was very light this week |
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| 5/23/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil conditions remain good yet only a Trace of rain fell over the past week. Rivers and streams are at fairly normal levels. An increase in variety of birds this week. Perennials and shrubs are a bit behind compared to normal but seem to be catching up after the few warm days this week. Squirrel activity has increased. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Only had a trace of rainfall on 3 days. Soil is quite dry, had an Air Quality Alert on Monday, had Heat Advisories for Tuesday and Wednesday, and our city has mandatory water restrictions in place. Many visitors to the birdbath including different types of birds and even sighted a squirrel one day and a chipmunk another day. Changing this station's rating to "Moderately Dry". |
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| 5/23/2026 | MI-KZ-41 | MI | Kalamazoo |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Signs were trending toward "mildly dry" by the end of last weekend (some dust, stressed plants flowering early, empty rain catchment system), but a half inch of rain Monday/Tuesday perked everything back up. Salad greens are producing lushly. Flowers on the blackberries and spiderwort (Tradescantia canadensis). Something is eating the leaves on both my viburnum varieties to lace. I would suspect tent caterpillars, which are abundant around my workplace, but I see no evidence of tents on the viburnum. Seems too early for Japanese beetles and I have seen none. High winds Monday afternoon brought down a few trees in the neighborhood and knocked out power for about six hours. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Lots of rain this week. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain recently plants are growing, lawns are green |
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| 5/23/2026 | MN-MW-8 | MN | Mower |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| While we are enjoying the multiple vivid greens of May, unwatered lawns are not lush as you would expect. This isn't typical. Enhanced activity at birdbath by squirrels and deer, not just birds. Turtle Creek has a good amount of bank showing. We felled three dead ash trees in the yard (emerald ash borer rampant) and have five more to cut. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MN-SL-450 | MN | St. Louis |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Soil seems dry, trees and brush are flowering or budding, temperature seems cold, but supposed to have some unseasonable warm weather the next could days. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MN-YM-18 | MN | Yellow Medicine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Last seven days have been cool temperatures with 1.8 inches of much needed rain. Rain at this station does not reflect surrounding area as this station experienced two isolated rain events. The amount of rain left some standing water in feilds. Nearby Curtis Lake is at normal levels for this time of year. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| We’re getting rounds of rain every day some days we get 3+ inches. The garden is still growing but it’s beat up bad |
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| 5/23/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 17 May 26 to 23 May 26. There were 5 days of precipitation for the week, for 2.27 inches. The total precipitation for May is 2.47. The historical average for May is 4.70 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 5/23/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Moisture levels have returned to normal with some precipitation nearly every day this week. Shoal Creek is bank full after the rains this week. Plenty of wildlife activity in the yards and fields. Fire danger is low. Some storms have been in the severe range with strong winds but no hail or violent storms at this location. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Amazing how quickly it dries up again. Watering early cold weather plants daily. Lake level dropping, river flow way down, streams no longer flowing. Starting to see brush fires again throughtout the State. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NJ-AT-63 | NJ | Atlantic |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain is happening now, finally. Cedars, arborvitae, pines--all very dry and browning from the tips of needles in some cases, and also at the base near the trunks. Slow flower growth, many plants such as lavender, rosemary, heather still recovering from damage from the snow/ice storm--drought not helping. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Little change. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Pretty typical for May. Fire danger elevated. Livestock requiring supplemental feed. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of May 16 through May 23, 2026. This week was fairly dry with only 0.24” of rain. Temperatures have been fairly warm most of the time. We had one morning with a frost warning but there was no frost. We have started to plant the vegetable garden. We have planted seeds and some plants. The grass is lush and the trees are green. St. Lawrence River level is 246.51 feet, 42” Above Low Water Datum, and 54°F water temperature today at 08:12. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Energy
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Week of (5/17/26-5/23/26) observed more precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 0.54 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was more than the last update of 0.51 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (5/10/26-5/16/26). There was 2.29 inches of precipitation so far that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of May compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 2.08 inches of precipitation. The week of 5/17/2026-5/23/2026 had measured 0 inches of snowfall. There was trace of snowfall that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 so far for the month of May compared to the normal climatology snowfall at KROC airport for the month is 0.1 inches. Conditions have remained the same since the last update from last week with the area seeing slightly more measurable precipitation in the form of liquid over this past week and the area is still remaining drought free. The area is currently considered mildly wet and conditions had have remained the same despite the ground still being very wet since the last update due to the area receiving an abundance of precipitation in the form of rain since there has been a lot of measurable rainfall last month in April and also in the month of March and this had caused the area to still be very moist and the ground still very muddy and squishy due to the abundance of moisture the area had received in the past. The sump pump has been pumping less periodically during the entire week due to the ground still moist from more soaking rain the area experienced this week and over the past couple of months. Outdoor activities have been good with warm and dry weather to begin the week despite a lot of wet and cool weather hindering walking on trails towards the weekend and local creeks and streams water levels are receding at lower levels along with some very warm air in the environment most of the week (Sunday-Wednesday) with temperatures warmer than average for most of the week with several days with below average temperatures (Thursday-Saturday), but no snow had taken place this week and 0 inches of snow depth currently on the ground. The area experienced well below average temperatures most of the week with temperatures cooling well below average by the end of the week. Furnace has been working below average for most this week and not needed to turn on and given a break and the air conditioner has been working for the first time this season on Monday and Tuesday this week to cool the house due to the warmer than average temperatures prevailing over the area most of the week due to temperatures warming well above average (as much as 19 degrees Fahrenheit above average and as much as 15 degrees below average for the remainder of the week after Wednesday. The ground still very muddy and squishy with all the rain that had fallen several weeks prior and the drainage area in the backyard is free of standing water temporary before another deluge of rain expected late Saturday morning into Sunday Morning and the area could use another break from the rain and the area could use another period of dry weather for the ground to dry up and become less muddy. Signs of spring still the same as last week with Tulip leaves and daffodils still are present with Tulips that are starting to show signs of die off for the season this week along with the grass is still remaining green and vibrant with all the moisture that had fallen over the past couple of weeks along with leaves on the trees approaching near full foliage. The front yard needed to be hand mowed once this week along with vegetation such as Dogwoods and trees in the backyard are showing signs of full leaf growth, but mowing the backyard was still a challenge due to the ground being very wet and muddy and Boxwoods needed trimming to remove dead vegetation. So far, the total precipitation at this station for the month of May is currently above average and snowfall accumulation is currently below average. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly sunny and warm with light winds, then cloudy and cool overnight with gusty winds and predawn rain. The high temperature was around sixty four degrees, and the low around forty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Butterflies are emerging. Hawthorn leaves, White Ash tree leaves, Hackberrry tree leaves, Apple Tree flowers, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, phlox flowers and Bush Honeysuckle flowers are appearing. Corn is being planted. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NC-BC-105 | NC | Buncombe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We are getting rain today, tho it is said we need 13 inches this month to relieve the extreme drought. Creek this morning was rising to a normal level. Planting yesterday, after 0.38, the ground was still dusk. Plants do look greener(it's still raining). This should help with fire danger. Water restrictions remaining in place in some communities. |
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| 5/23/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here are severely dry. We received slightly over one inch of rain this week, the most substantial rain in nearly a month. Our NC Piedmont region is still in a "drought condition" and we really need the rain. The ground is somewhat more moist and should lower the fire danger. Grass and golf fairways have " greened up." Small creeks and streams are still dry and Lake Jordon water levels are down several feet. The Haw River is flowing at a low level. |
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| 5/23/2026 | OH-CC-8 | OH | Coshocton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| standing puddles in farm fields |
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| 5/23/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Only 6 days this month with measurable precip. Heaviest rainfall measured was 0.23". Average precip for May is 3.24". This week recorded 0.13". It might be time to start irrigating the garden. |
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| 5/23/2026 | OR-MN-16 | OR | Marion |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Two week report, mostly normal weather. First week, a little rain most every day, this past week, dry. Forecast is for more of the same. Mowing the lawn twice a week and watering plants everyday. All our early flowers are spent and late flowers a coming on, roses are budding and our climber is in full bloom. The turkeys are back with lots of little ones, don't know how something so small can grow up to be so big. With the little rain we've had the ground moisture is good. Our local creeks are still flowing but very low.
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| 5/23/2026 | PA-CH-72 | PA | Chester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| STeady rain is keeping lawns, woods, green. |
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