| 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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| 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. |
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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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| 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 | 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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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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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| 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 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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-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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| 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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| 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 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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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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Agriculture
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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-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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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-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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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 | PA-CH-72 | PA | Chester |
Near Normal
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| STeady rain is keeping lawns, woods, green. |
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| 5/23/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Near Normal
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| .13 inches of rain this past week. |
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| 5/23/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Mildly Dry
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| With only 0.08” of rain the week, conditions remain mildly dry but are trending toward moderately dry. The Pascoag Reservoir remains at 8’6”, but should be at least 9’ and overflowing the spillway. The lake is deep enough for water sports and fishing but is what would be considered “late summer” level. We need a big rain storm to fill it up. Baltimore Orioles, various swallows, sparrows, wrens and other song bird are very busy and we saw our first family of Canadian geese swimming around this week. This week’s heat also made the bearded iris and rhododendrons pop. Our blueberry bushes are just about finished flowering and have a bumper crop of small berries getting started. Hiking trails at Sprague Farm are “end of summer” dry with all of the usual wet spots being bone dry and the streams flowing at a slow trickle. We need rain. Fire danger at George Washington state park continues to be posted as Medium. |
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| 5/23/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Moderately Dry
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| After recording 14 straight zeros, we finally measured 0.28" this morning. We watered the lawn and the vegetable garden once during this time. |
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| 5/23/2026 | TX-KF-20 | TX | Kaufman |
Near Normal
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| Things are green and growing. Pond has not completely recovered from dry weather, but is doing ok. We just had our first cutting of hay, so these showers we have had will help the field. |
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| 5/23/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Near Normal
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| We had rain! Almost 3" this week, putting us above normal for the month, but barely average for the year. Everything is green and growing fast right now, and fire is not a concern; plus the next week is expected to continue stormy. Lake levels are pretty well full (except Travis) and so supply is good. My garden is producing beans and peppers and tomatoes -- and flowers generally are thriving. It's a change from earlier this year! (I do want to mention that nearby areas --within ten miles -- have gotten probably double my rainfall this week, but no flooding has been reported here.) |
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| 5/23/2026 | WI-FL-6 | WI | Florence |
Near Normal
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| For the week 5/17 - 5/23 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora & Kingsford : 44, 51 for Kingsford & 50 for Aurora, 59, 37, 32, 42, 51 -----
WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE: .37 Aurora & .36 Kingsford -----
SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford : nothing no snow -----MENOMINEE RIVER: Water levels all week at the normal summer water flow height ----- US Drought Monitor has All of Michigan and most of Wisconsin at Normal range (less 3 counties in NW WI)-----Natural Wildfire risk is High in 2/3 of the UP of MI right now and with the strong wind gusts no burning presently allowed in NE WI or the U.P. of MI same as last week ----- WILDLIFE: Baltimore Orioles are all over this week in and out of my yard. They don't like the American Goldfinches and watched the Orioles chase them away this week while working on the shoreline. The young eagle has a hunting / fishing partner with actual white on it's head (could be a parent) and saw 3 together as I took my 1st cruise on the river. Plenty of deer. What are missing this week are now rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks, none in sight and wondering if the eagles are getting them-----PLANTS: perennials continue flourish and some starting to bud flowers and they are on the verge of opening. Leaves this week on bushes and trees----- TOURISM: The RV's are out and traveling along Highway N and saw just 2 I noticed just this week while working outside. Boats around 5.----- BUSINESS: Construction, utility, logging, HVAC, Cement trucks but No farming machinery moving through. Road busy again this week. ----- Overall a cooler than "normal" week, dry too with wind, wind and wind ----- That's all I have. Have a great week everyone. |
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| 5/23/2026 | WI-PP-15 | WI | Pepin |
Mildly Dry
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| Even with 2 days of showers this week, the dry pattern is continuing. Still over 2" below normal for the month and with only 1-2 periods of rain expected during the coming week, May could end with a significant precipitation deficit.
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| 5/23/2026 | CAN-BC-50 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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| Fields are green and grass it growing well. Trails are dry but not dusty and lake level is normal for this time of year. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CAN-MB-43 | CAN | Manitoba |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| 0.87 inch precip this week, no change in water table level, water table is 8.2 inches above 14 year average. Windy with a couple of frosty mornings, crop seeding slowed by rains, fields have water laying in low spots. Trees are slow leafing out. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CAN-NS-182 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Near Normal
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| For week of 17-23 May: (All Zeroes--NO precip), Near Normal. High's: +16C to +31C; Low's: +13C to +1C; Wind: Calm to V 23km/hr, mostly calm. This week was much drier. No precip at all. No fog, no mist. Mostly clear sky to high cloud. We had one very hot day, reached +31C. Seemed to come out of nowhere. Otherwise, nice days. Black Flies have appeared, mostly at dusk. They are plentiful. The grass in growing rapidly. Bulb flowers are fully in bloom. Trees are in full bud. Creeks and streams have steady flow. Deer have shed most of their winter coats. Pheasants are getting noisy. Have not seen Mr. Red Fox or the Porcupine yet. Tourism has begun to pick up. So have road repairs. They seem never-ending on Peggy's Cove Rd (heavily used). Due to a week of no precip, the NS Burn Ban map is now all Yellow. |
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| 5/23/2026 | CAN-ON-210 | CAN | Ontario |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| some rain this week not much planting this week. |
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