| 6/1/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain for the week at this location as of this mornings report was 0.10 in. but we have had off and on showers through out the day of much needed rain. Grass had slowed down and cracks were in the ground in many places. This will give a boost to newly planted and existing crops. Spraying was done this week and more rock pickup. Seeing more types of birds this week. Possible they are closer to the buildings for water availability. Saw a mature deer at the entry to the corn field at dusk a couple of nights ago. It may be enjoying the young corn plants already. |
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| 6/1/2026 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| The small dug pond in our pasture is almost dry. It is usually full all spring. The grass on our septic mound is getting dry enough to need watering.
The South Fork of the Crow River where County Rd 2 crosses it between Glencoe and Silver Lake is getting lower slowly every time I drive by. Soon I expect to see sand bars.
Crops are growing nicely, however, and the little sprinkle we had today will help settle the dust on the gravel road for a day or two.
On the other hand, our neighbor got all his first cutting of hay baled without getting any rain on it. |
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| 6/1/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| High and low temperatures were above normal this week. I received 1.19 inches of rain this week. The soil was dry early in the week but is now moist from rain yesterday. The trees and grass are doing okay. Conditions are near normal. May precipitation is still below normal with only 4.27 inches of rain (0.57 inch below normal, 88 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 11.36 inches, which is 0.32 inch below normal (97 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 1.82 inch below normal (89 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath are still numerous. Approximately 20 species of birds (about 100 to 120 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is approximately 1.5 feet below normal. Area creeks and ponds are also below normal. |
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| 6/1/2026 | NY-CQ-22 | NY | Chautauqua |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| We had excessive amount of rainfall, but the last week of no rainfall and cooler than expected temperatures have started to help dry things out |
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| 6/1/2026 | OH-ST-12 | OH | Stark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Just 0.49" of rain this week, 5.71" in the past 30 days. The latter half of the week was exceptionally nice weather with sunny days, light breezes, and comfortable temperatures. Wheat and Barley are doing well, as are the peas, carrots, onions, and potatoes in the garden. Lawn is green and growing. Local creeks have returned to normal flow levels and most of the standing water in neighboring fields is gone. Wetland areas still have normal amounts of water. |
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| 6/1/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Less than 3/4” of precipitation this week. Less than I was hoping for but better than nothing. Vegetation is still green and lush and the pond is high. The ephemeral creek is no longer flowing but still has pools of water. When I pull up weeds in the garden, the soil around their roots is damp. |
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| 6/1/2026 | OR-KL-28 | OR | Klamath |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Total precip over these last 2 months was approx 2.90” (not including several days with “trace” readings): April precip totaled approx 0.62” and May’s total 2.21 inches. The weather was milder and less volatile than normal for April and May – until May 27th. Prior to that, precip continued the below-normal pattern that has marked this water-year so far, and a neighbor and I discussed our “luck” here compared to so many areas where extreme and catastrophic weather events have been highlighted in the news.
Wed 5/27, winds with a thunderstorm downed a few trees in the neighborhood (and beyond, where the storm tracked). NWS predicted “severe” t-storms for Thu 5/28. Thu and Fri, 1.84 inches of May’s total precip fell within a 27-hour period. Of that amount, 1.17" fell Thu 5/28 between 4:35PM and 7:10PM - a 23-year record rain event that took place during a severe thunderstorm and included a few minutes of [non-damaging] hail. Internet (only available via satellite) and cellular service was lost during this period due to the weather conditions! Areas at this site developed standing water. My 24-hour CoCoRaHS rain gauge precip reading on Fri 5/28 at 7:30 AM was 1.72” – a station record. The bare soil is drying relatively quickly since the heavy rains.
Prescribed burns within a 50-mile radius of this site affected air quality at this site a couple times and resulted in the issuance of reduced Air Quality warning once in April. Wildfire season is here – with various agencies initiating public restrictions and the wildfire risk signs indicating “moderate” fire danger. So far, no news of notable wildfire starts from the recent t-storms.
Springtime wildlife activity was observed at least 2 weeks earlier than normal in April: chipmunks; flies, moths, native bees and swarming carpenter ants; and bird chicks. Yellow jackets swarmers came out about mid-May. I am seeing 2 lodgepole trees on this lot with what appears to be insect damage.
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| 6/1/2026 | OR-MN-16 | OR | Marion |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| It's that time of year, wet one day, dry the next. This past week we had more dry than wet although we did have 0.45" over several days. Enough rain and sun to keep things growing like mad, especially the weeds. Mowing the lawn twice a week and our pasture is over knee high. One way I can tell our creek is very low is when I can no longer hear the waterfalls just below our house. I love watching the turkeys take a dust bath in a bare ground area in our back yard. I don't know if the babies know what is going on but if mamas doing it they should too,LOL. Not much work in the Christmas trees, mostly finished until fall. |
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| 6/1/2026 | VT-LM-1 | VT | Lamoille |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rainfall for May was 6.69 inches (2.77 inches or 70.6% above the average of 3.92 inches). YTD precipitation total is 17.99 inches (1.83 inches or 11.3% above the average of 16.16 inches). The WY precipitation total to-date is 32.90 inches (5.12 inches or 18.4% above the average of 27.78 inches). A final snow note: The total snowfall for the 25-26 season was 112.8 inches vs. an average of 101.5 inches (the average over 17 years at my station). |
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