| 3/28/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Abnormally Dry D0 drought status along the entire lower Colorado River valley for the first time this season. No moisture for over a month w/ record-breaking high temps all week for the month of March. Ten straight days of temps in the 100s! Dry conditions w/ desert floor vegetation dried up. Paloverde trees in full yellow bloom. |
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| 3/28/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| The record warm high temperatures for March continued with highs in the upper 70's to low 80's. The high of the week was 84° on Wednesday. Lows were in the upper 30's to low 40's. The low of the week was 37° on Tuesday and Friday. The very dry conditions continued with no precipitation falling last week. It was breezy at times but no strong wind events. Plant life continues to grow and turn green with the warm temperatures . The Honey Locust is now budding out and harvesting a lot of asparagus now. One of the clematis plants has a bloom bud. Saw the first skunk of the year and smelled one on several other occasions. Also, saw the first hummingbird this year. Yellow finches, robins, and other birds continue to frequent the garden. |
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| 3/28/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Calendar YTD 44% of normal. Water YTD 40% of normal. Stage 1 drought restrictions enacted this past week. |
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| 3/28/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Bulb flowers are blooming early and flowers often dying early in heat. Cold front brought no moisture just smoke and dust clouds. Ground cracked |
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| 3/28/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Tourism & Recreation
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| 1.68" of rain fell during the past week, This lead to muddy hiking trails in low spots , and some flooded trails near swampy areas. This is typical for early spring. Despite the rasin, forest fire danger remains high. |
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| 3/28/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Mildly Wet
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| Ground very moist. |
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| 3/28/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Retention ponds and Lake Alice are well below average, some are dry. No need to mow the lawn. With the above average heat, azaleas are drooping. |
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| 3/28/2026 | FL-CR-80 | FL | Collier |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Still dry. There was a few minutes of light mist yesterday but nothing measurable. Too bad. The grass is dry with yellow patches. I shouldn't have trimmed my cocoplums, they're turning brown too. |
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| 3/28/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE - Moderate. Some precipitation helped dampen the soil and remain damp from the rains the prior week.
ENERGY - Normal daytime termperatures allowed the interior of the house to stay cool. Nighttime temperatures were slightly below normal, resulting in the interior of the house to stay cooler into daylight hours.
GNEERAL - Still need significant precipitation. SWIFTMUD has placed us in Phase III drought conditions effective 03/26 through 07/01. Once per week watering of the lawn, no power washing allowed, and other restrictions. The Herald-Tribune’s article stated our “AREA” is 13.XX” below normal. Aquifers/lakes/ponds have not recovered. |
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| 3/28/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We finally got a rain over a half an inch! A few days ago we got .57 inches of rain yay. And in March we got a couple little rainfalls less than that. And yet nothing looks any different. I've been watching a plant in my landscape that was severely affected by the cold snap we had in January and early February. Well it has a few buds for me it has had them for a month or so there's no growth. Is that the drought, or cold damage? |
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| 3/28/2026 | FL-ST-42 | FL | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of March 21 through March 28, 2026. We didn’t get any rain this past week. Water restrictions are in place. Pollen levels are high. Temperatures have been above average |
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| 3/28/2026 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| d2 drought. Gravel road is dry and dusty making it difficult to walk due to loose gravel. Cars, polaris do not stay dust free. Yellow pollen is evident. Chickadee gathering loose pet hair for nest material. Moles are very active underground... Tunneling everywhere. High fire danger posted a few times this week. |
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| 3/28/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A total of 0.09" of rain fell Thursday, otherwise it was a bone dry week, with temps warm enough to dry the soil to a near normal condition. Area waterways are still a bit on the high side of normal for the time being. Our NWS is predicting a wet week ahead so soil conditions may improve. A nearby pond has come up lately but still remains much below its normal level, so clearly rain is needed. More trees are budding and area lawns are slowly getting greener. Daffodils and ramps have grown quite a bit and I expect the ever invasive and tenacious Morrow's Honeysuckle to start greening up pretty soon. There was a tom turkey fanning its tail recently, trying to impress a hen in the woods. And the "gone but not forgotten" insects have returned. A few ladybugs and a couple black ants have shown up inside the house. And numerous boxelder bugs have come out of the woodwork and somehow one found its way onto my hand. I lent it a helping hand and promptly showed it outside where it had more room to roam. |
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| 3/28/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I have measured 1.10 inches of precipitation at my location during the past 7-days. |
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| 3/28/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No precipitation last week. Conditions are continuing to trend drier . With mostly above normal temperatures, lawns and pastures are continuing to to green and some trees are already budding. |
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| 3/28/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Above normal rainfall for the month (3.00" received, 2.44 normal), but things are dry. Especially dormant grass. Creek level continues to drop. Wildlife still quiet although wasps are out now and aggressive. Cracks in bare soil. |
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| 3/28/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A couple more dry weeks with temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s this past week. Grass is beginning to recover from the hard freeze we had earlier this month. |
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| 3/28/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| No moisture this week and only .02 inches of moisture in March and 1 inch in 2026 so far. Big temperature swings as well 98 degrees on Thursday and 39 degrees this morning. Fire danger has been high and the winds have been high with low humidity (34% this morning). Trees, grass and weeds are all greening up early. |
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| 3/28/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| No rain during this week. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| good rain |
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| 3/28/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Over the past week 1.14" of rain at my location. Soil surface has thawed since last week. Many early perennials are showing signs of growth. A few flying insects also noted. Bears are active, my bird feeders are now backed away for the season. Bird activity remains high. Coyote are active also. Rivers and streams are flowing at normal levels. Trees are beginning to bud. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Total precipitation of 0.82 inch for this week. Took the birdfeeder down until fall. Still seeing some birds and squirrels. The chipmunks are definitely more out and about. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Near Normal
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| For the week 3/22-3/27 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 29, 22, 32, 32, 35, 14, 16 ------- Kingsford: 29, 22, 32, 32, 35, 14, 16 ------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora & Kingsford Both the same :3 traces and .05 & .01 total= .06"------- SNOWFALL: Aurora & Kingsford the same: 3 traces & .10 = .10" ------ SNOW DEPTH AVERAGES MEASURED: Aurora: 16.7, 16.1, 16.5, 14.4, 13.1, 12.5, 12.5--------- Kingsford: 15.4, 15.1, 14.7, 14.2, 13.1, 12.7, 12.2 ------ Natural wildfire risk is low ----- US Drought monitor has us as NORMAL . We were going at a pretty good clip as far as snow melting after Snowstorm Elsa but with these low temps, slowed to a crawl------ Not any puddling of water as the ground is absorbing the water nicely -----Slowly the snowbanks are receding and that includes along sides of the roads averaging around 2 feet |
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| 3/28/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| A week of little precipitation again. Temps have been up and down and trees and shrubs are slowly coming out of dormancy. Seeing lots of spring flowers, with daffodils replacing the snowdrops and crocuses. Birds continue active at feeders, and the gold finch males are regaining their summer color. Ground is still moist, grass is greening. Trying to be spring. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Near normal conditions - some rain this week. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MN-SC-81 | MN | Scott |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Snow pack gone and the ground appears dry for this point of the spring; perhaps foreboding dry conditions for the coming growing season. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| The sunny and windy days with little rain has dried everything up but the pond is still flowing a little water but much less then normal |
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| 3/28/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 22 March 26 to 28 March 26. There was one day of precipitation for the week, for 0.28 inches. The total precipitation for March is 1.59 inches. The historical average for March is 2.91 inches. The current condition is Near Normal. |
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| 3/28/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Dry conditions continue even with the little rain this week. Shoal Creek is lowering again and unusually warm temperatures are pushing early blooming. Dogwood trees are nearing full bloom although many spring flowers early blooms were cut off by the hard, nearly record cold temperatures. Fire danger is elevated throughout the area with high, gusty winds. Trees are budding out and grass is turning green is most areas but lack of rain is becoming an issue. Deer and other wildlife are very active. |
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| 3/28/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Not much rain or snow here, ground is bare. No springs opened up this year. |
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| 3/28/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold with moderate winds, then mostly clear and cold overnight with moderate winds. The high temperature was around thirty one degrees, and the low around sixteen degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Crocuses are blooming. Daffodils are springing up. More flocks of small song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 3/28/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| Conditions here remain moderately dry. Last night's rain has helped but we are currently far behind the 30-year average. Our region remains under a moderate drought alert and "no burn" restrictions are in place. The surface duff is dry and outdoor during is not allowed for now. Wisteria and Redbud trees are blooming and trees are turning green. Temperatures continue the roller coaster warm and cold swings, the weather seems to change everyday. Birds and deer are very active. |
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| 3/28/2026 | NC-PT-116 | NC | Pitt |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still in moderate drought. Even with 0.29" overnight in a long, slow rainfall, ground surface this morning remains dry to dusty. Lawn grasses and border plants showing stress early. YTD precipitation down 4.18" or 61% of NOAA normal. |
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| 3/28/2026 | PA-BV-34 | PA | Beaver |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Nearby Dutchman's Run appears higher than normal. Ohio River appears normal. Trees have lost a few branches with a few older trees sustaining some limb loss (2" thick). A lot of wildlife having shown up this week, notably deer and a very busy woodpecker. Grass is at grass cutting height. Only pea sized hail in this mid-weeks heavy storm. |
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| 3/28/2026 | PA-CH-72 | PA | Chester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Lower growth in woodlands is getting the "green buds" haze around them. |
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| 3/28/2026 | PA-WS-25 | PA | Washington |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| One day of just over 2" of rain this week has resulted in saturated ground & the Monongahela River running high, muddy & fast - near flood stage. Grass has begun greening up & early trees are showing swelling buds. My lilac bushes are leafing out. |
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| 3/28/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| 1.63 inches of precipitation this past week. |
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| 3/28/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| With another 1.54” of rain this week and 5.39” so far in March, conditions are now moderately wet. The Pascoag Reservoir dam is closed and the water is quickly rising. Summer birds like robins and song sparrows are back and the house finches are starting to build their nest on our porch. Spring is coming. Trails at Sprague Farm, George Washington state park and Douglas Forest are extremely wet. A lot of standing water on the trails require detours through the woods to get around. I’ve seen the trails this wet before but not too often. Fire danger is posted as Low at George Washington state park. |
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| 3/28/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS BECOME MODERATELY DRY, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RAINFALL***TWELVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO MEASUREABLE RAINFALL....MONTH-TO-DATE RAINFALL = 1.79 INCHES, WHICH IS -2.51 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...YEAR-TO-DATE RAINFALL = 8.29 INCHES, WHICH IS -3.97 INCHES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH 01APR2026....MY LAWNS AND PLANTS ARE OBSERVED STRESSED (LIGHT BROWN TO BROWN COLORS).....CSRA REGION UNDER RED FLAG WARNING AND BURN BANS….. |
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| 3/28/2026 | SC-RC-12 | SC | Richland |
Moderately Dry
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| We've measured 0.06" in the last 7 days. Our newly-planted garden might need some artificial watering shortly. |
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| 3/28/2026 | TX-FN-11 | TX | Fannin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| A week of wind, very warm temps and no measurable rain so no change. One cloudy day and a bit of mist and cooler temps perked up the garden and could only help the pastures - at least it wasn’t drying!
Nothing new to report, plants growing out of the frost damage still, plenty of pasture here but if it doesn’t rain, I predict all of last year’s unsold hay may soon find a market. We do have rain in the forecast. |
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| 3/28/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Its been two and half weeks since we got the 1,36 inches of rain with most of it socked. We need more |
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| 3/28/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| One more rainless week, with above average temperatures...though cool front came through last night. Spring is fully here now, pecans finally putting out leaves, and pollen ramping up so allergy is widespread. Bluebonnets are showing but a bit stunted this year, roses on the other hand are doing fine! Gardens require regular irrigation to maintain growth. Fire danger is still high, and windy conditions aggravate it. |
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| 3/28/2026 | WI-FL-6 | WI | Florence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| For the week 3/22-3/27 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 29, 22, 32, 32, 35, 14, 16 ------- Kingsford: 29, 22, 32, 32, 35, 14, 16 ------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora & Kingsford Both the same :3 traces and .05 & .01 total= .06"------- SNOWFALL: Aurora & Kingsford the same: 3 traces & .10 = .10" ------ SNOW DEPTH AVERAGES MEASURED: Aurora: 16.7, 16.1, 16.5, 14.4, 13.1, 12.5, 12.5--------- Kingsford: 15.4, 15.1, 14.7, 14.2, 13.1, 12.7, 12.2 ------ Natural wildfire risk is low ----- US Drought monitor has us as NORMAL . We were going at a pretty good clip as far as snow melting after Snowstorm Elsa but with these low temps, slowed to a crawl------ Not any puddling of water as the ground is absorbing the water nicely -----Slowly the snowbanks are receding and that includes along sides of the roads averaging around 2 feet ----- River has maintained an average height and safe water level and 70-75% below the 4' rock shoreline barrier I have on my property----- Lots of birds and this week had 2 swans on the river mingling with the mallards and hens. They are on the MI side of the river ----- |
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| 3/28/2026 | WY-WH-13 | WY | Washakie |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Still no precipitation. It continues to be warm and dry. Fire danger remains high. Folks are concerned that trees and shrubs will begin budding out as its a good chance that there are overnight freezes still in our future. Tulips and daffodils are starting to bloom bringing the promise of Spring.. |
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| 3/28/2026 | CAN-MB-43 | CAN | Manitoba |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| 0.13 inch precip this week, 1.8 inch new snow, snowpack average ~4.0 inches. Water table rose 8.5 inches and is 6.5 inches above 12 year average. In spite of the cool windy weather snowmelt is collecting in ditches and ponds, has penetrated the frost and ground water is moving well. |
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| 3/28/2026 | CAN-NS-182 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| For week of 22-28 March: (34.4+ 8.2+ 2.6+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0)= 45.2mm Mildly Wet. High's: -2C to +6C; Low's: -2C to -7C; Wind: Calm to V gusts to 33km/hr; Frost: 0. This week we had 2 days of steady big flake snow flurries. Snow melted on the road, but remained on other surfaces. Then melted. Very wet. Then we got steady light rain for a day and a night. Its been wet. Our back yard is still a mucky, mush pit of saturated grass, thrashed by deer hoofs. The Does and Yearlings are coming 3-5 at a time. Male Pheasants are darting across the road, perhaps trying to evade the local Red Fox, seen darting into the woods. Local streams are running at healthy flow. So good to see them not dry. Hoping the Hammonds Plains Marsh makes a comeback after last summer's drought. In this month of March, we've had 168.0mm of SWE. Our norm is about 20mm/wk for 80mm for a mth. This total makes this March the wettest, with the most snow and rain we've had since moving here in 2021. |
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| 3/28/2026 | CAN-ON-210 | CAN | Ontario |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| some rain this week and also some very cold nights. |
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