| 11/24/2025 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| The rather dry fall continues, currently running ~4" below avg since the start of fall (9/1).
MTD is 1.15" below avg, the Water YTD is 3.0" below avg & the Calendar YTD is 5.87" below avg.
Ground conditions are simply rather dry.
Hoping for some improvement with an upcoming wet spell post Thanksgiving. |
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| 11/24/2025 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Closing out the fall with some soil moisture but not a lot. Most farmers have their fall tillage and inputs completed which says a lot for the weather we have had this past month as there hasn't been any snow accumulation or hard freezes to the soil. The deer seem to know it's a dangerous time to be on the move as not seeing many since hunting season began. The pheasants are plentiful but hunkered down in crp acres. Many mornings begin with dense fog as is this morning again. |
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| 11/24/2025 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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| Trace of snow over past week, trace of new snow this morning. |
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| 11/24/2025 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| garden beds are very dry, will need a lot of moisture before the spring growing season |
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| 11/24/2025 | MN-IT-38 | MN | Itasca |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire
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| Very little rain over the last week as our dry November continues. |
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| 11/24/2025 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Partly Cloudy and 37 Hi 50 Wind SW 4 mph. A wonderful day cool but with light wind. |
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| 11/24/2025 | MO-JF-21 | MO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Had almost an inch of rain several days ago but ground is still pretty dry below the surface |
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| 11/24/2025 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| General Awareness
The soil and vegetation are continuing to dry out with only 0.25 inch of rain this week. This light rain temporarily helped the grass to green slightly but everything else is dry. The ground is cracking and getting hard in sunny areas. Much of the vegetation is turning brown. Trees are continuing to show signs of stress. Temperatures were near normal on November 10, but have since averaged 17 degrees above normal most of the week except Friday November 22 when the temperature reached 64 degrees (17 degrees above normal). We have only received 0.40 inch of rain in November, which is 0.66 inch below normal (38 percent of normal). Total precipitation for the year here is 99 percent of normal (0.35 inch below normal). Precipitation for the water year is 72 percent of normal.
Plants and wildlife.
Soil is hard and dry at the surface and cracking open in many areas. Generally, soil is slightly moist to a depth of 2 inches, then dry to a depth of 6 inches. Grass and other vegetation are a mix of green and brown depending upon sun exposure and water needs. Bird visits to the bird bath have remained steady this week, with approximately 20 species of birds (about 90 to 100 birds each day).
Water Supply
Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is about 1 foot below normal. Area creeks and ponds are also below normal.
Society and Public health
Canadian and western U.S. “wildfire” smoke or haze has been less this week this week with improving air quality. Skies have been blue to slightly milky light blue with diffuse sunlight when clear or partly cloudy.
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| 11/24/2025 | NY-ES-6 | NY | Essex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire
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| Streams are running nicely. 2 1/2” of snow is on the ground |
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| 11/24/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cool with gusty winds and rain, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds clearing off before dawn. The high temperature was around forty two degrees and the low around twenty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every 2 to 3 days. Only a few of the leaves still have color, mainly Oaks and Sugar Maples. 75%-80% of leaves have fallen, most woods are bare. Canadian Geese have flocks of 100-200 birds. Small flocks of sparrows are still around. The nearby trout stream is flowing but low. Intermittent streams are flowing. A few more of the remaining corn fields are cut. |
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| 11/24/2025 | NC-CW-59 | NC | Chowan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Another .11" of rain this week over 3 days. This brings the monthly total to 2.13", 1.11" below normal for November. RH recover has improved with dew most mornings. Pond levels are still low. Crop harvesting has continued and should be completed in the next week or 2. Currently planted crops are doing OK. Kale and garlic in the garden look really good. Leaf fall is continuing, with approximately 2/3 of leaves down. No killing freeze in areas around the Sound, but there has been one up the county. However, evapotranspiration has essentially stopped. Leaf piles burned early in the week had full consumption. Fire danger has dropped this past week. |
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| 11/24/2025 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| We had some good rain last week totaling 2.16 inches. Our water quality and supply is good and the risk of fire is lower. Local burn permits by the NCFS are being approved following their protocols. |
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| 11/24/2025 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still watering the veg garden daily or close to it- we have
lots of fallen leaves everywhere, probably need an estate lawn vacuum to be safe from fire danger. County government giving no suggestion of a burn ban, and conflicting directions for residential burning. |
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| 11/24/2025 | TN-MT-105 | TN | Montgomery |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions have remained near normal with some precipitation recorded this week. Otherwise, trees have changed and most have dropped leaves with the understory dying back. Clover is still growing, while grasses are browning. Soil moisture is improved following rain this week. Rainfall for the month of November has remained below normal. Year to date at this location remains above average. Solar production on site remains seasonal, with some drop due to some days of rain and the shorter fall days. Production for the week ending Nov 22nd is 130 kWh |
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| 11/24/2025 | TX-GM-12 | TX | Grimes |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| Without watering, we would have nothing growing in our vegetable garden. What little dew we are getting is helping the pasture, however the wind soon carries it away. The cattle on our property is having to be fed every three days. It's frustrating having to use the winter hay for drought feeding. Our ponds continue to shrink. They had looked so much better this spring and now they seem to be even lower as before. Burn bans are in effect for multiple counties, including Grimes. Several fires have occurred. Thankfully, they were quickly contained. |
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| 11/24/2025 | WA-ST-11 | WA | Stevens |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.20 inches of rain this past week with mostly overcast skies and high humidity has kept the soil moist.
Winter wheat new growth is in excellent condition.
Small creeks in the area continue to have below normal flow volumes.
Precipitation Normals Comparison: Month-to-Date: 1.90 inches with 0.11 inches normal or 105% of normal. Year-to-Date: 12.34 inches with normal 17.56 inches or 70% of normal. Water Year-to-Date: 3.40 inches with normal 3.46 inches or 98% of normal. |
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| 11/24/2025 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| No measurable rain during the week again made the wildfire danger stay in the moderate range. Mornings with frost made the dry leaves and grasses wet. Farmers that did fall tillage moved some plant stubble into the ground and helped to keep the danger level from going to high. Little fieldwork or yardwork was left to do in this area. A few geese were still around, likely the "residents", the ones that stop here in spring and don't go farther north. Some turkeys were seen in flocks of 10 to 20 usually, they were gleaning fields. Few deer were seen during the day, many were seen after dark-with headlights. It seemed to be that the bucks were still in rut. The creek had ice on the edges of slow moving areas and stagnant pools most mornings. The ponds also had some thin ice near the banks most mornings. A few days the ice melted during the day. Rivers didn't have any ice. Some days geese were on the open waters of ponds and rivers. |
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