| 5/12/2026 | AR-SH-17 | AR | Sharp |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Creek is very low and ground is dry. Garden is dry several inches deep |
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| 5/12/2026 | CO-AR-85 | CO | Arapahoe |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| An unbelievably warm and dry “winter” and spring. Many dead lawns from lack of water. Significant uptick in rabbit population, probably due to warm temperatures through traditional cold months. Watering restrictions throughout announced for the Denver metro area for this spring and summer. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CT-NH-72 | CT | New Haven |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have had some rain but still are in a abnormally dry condition on the drought monitor |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-DS-7 | FL | Desoto |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| All rivers abd ponds are very low. Last summer was dry compared to usual summers abd we've had very little rain since. Soil is like powder. Water restrictions and burn notices have been in place for months |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-FL-49 | FL | Flagler |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| We are just now getting some afternoon rain, but so many plants, trees and shrubs have died. Several trees and shrubs were damaged during the frost, then it was/is just dry killing more of them. When I rake the leaves and sticks, I get a lot of dirt and dust. |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-PS-65 | FL | Pasco |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Still very little rain for months. The lakes are very low and the grasses are suffering. |
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| 5/12/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Our dry spell continues—last week our Wrst Central Florida area received only 0.80” of rainfall. Severe water use restrictions remain in effect with lawn watering restricted to only one day per week. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IL-DP-178 | IL | Du Page |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Lawns and trees are green and lush. Have to mow about every 5 days. Salt creek at Elmhurst is at normal level. Trails are dry. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IN-AL-106 | IN | Allen |
Moderately Wet
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| Ephemeral ponds in the woods still have water. Soils have enough moisture to support young plants without the need to water daily. |
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| 5/12/2026 | IN-JH-47 | IN | Johnson |
Mildly Wet
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| Certain parts to mow are avoided due to saturated spots |
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| 5/12/2026 | KS-DC-9 | KS | Decatur |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| Very dry. Pastures are suffering as well as the wheat crop. No rain and/or subsoil moisture is a problem for planting corn and feed. |
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| 5/12/2026 | KY-JS-17 | KY | Jessamine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Gardening is in full swing. The soil is neither dry nor wet. Lawns are growing well. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-BN-24 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| I was in the garden yesterday, getting the ground ready to plant. After all the rain we had in April, I felt the ground was dry. I Had to go down about 1 inch to get some moisture. in the soil. The dust was obvious has I used the hoe for weed control. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-KN-78 | MI | Kent |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| There was above normal rain and flooding earlier this spring. But since the rains abated, it has very rapidly begun to go back into a very dry pattern with very little rain. Our drought seemed to have been broken, but if we don't get significant rain soon we will be right back into drought. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-MQ-44 | MI | Marquette |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| water in ditches from winter's snow melt
Higher areas becoming very dry.
Flooded rivers are receding.
Most farmers/gardeners are able to work up fields. Becoming fairly dusty.
Road restrictions are coming off. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MI-SW-13 | MI | Shiawassee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No noted issues. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-MW-8 | MN | Mower |
Near Normal
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| Water bodies at typical spring levels. Lawns lush. Wildlife and birds active. Trees have leafed out, except for our dozens of diseased ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer infestation that crept in over the past couple of years. Our small city removed 1500 ash trees last year. |
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| 5/12/2026 | MN-SC-81 | MN | Scott |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| With no rain measured so far for May the ground is dry for gardens, spring planting, and lawns |
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| 5/12/2026 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Moderately Dry
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| It's been 13 days since we've had any precip, and that was scant. Temps have been consistently 10+ degrees above normal. Streams are high as the last of the snow melts out at high elevations. Sadly, we've put away our skis for the summer. Soil is dry and the garden needs watering every couple days. Nary a mushroom to be found. This is historically our wettest time of year. In the short term it is severely dry; in the long term perhaps mildly dry. So, splitting the difference with moderately dry. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NE-HL-4 | NE | Hall |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Abnormally high number of pivots already running. Some farmers are delaying planting until we get some rain. Platte River running very low for early May. Cool season grasses still susceptible to large wildfire growth. This is normally the wettest time of the year, so not receiving rain at this time and sheet being very dry for the last 6 months is very worrisome. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NH-MR-70 | NH | Merrimack |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Lawns and trees are greening up nicely. Rivers, streams and brooks are running at normal levels. Moisture in the ground is a little over 1 inch deep. Planting seeds and starter packs reveals dry soil below 1 inch. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NM-SF-237 | NM | Santa Fe |
Severely Dry
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Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| we have rainwater catchment only and water in our cisterns is getting low |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-CM-21 | NY | Chemung |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Ground is really saturated. I was at the NASCAR race in Watkins glen all weekend and people were getting stuck in the dirt parking lots even pick up trucks were sinking in. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-ES-6 | NY | Essex |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire
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| This past week, parts of my lawn were “squishy,” and the sump pump was occasionally running. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-ST-54 | NY | Steuben |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Still getting a fair amount of rain but also dry days. Temps have been running below average slowing down some of the blooming and leafing out. Grass hasn't really accelerated yet. |
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| 5/12/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cool becoming sunny with light winds, then mostly clear and cold overnight with light winds and frost. The high temperature was around fifty degrees, and the low around thirty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Barn Swallows are trying to nest. Sugar Maple leaves, White Ash tree buds, Hackberrry tree buds, Apple Tree flowers, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Marsh Marigold flowers, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, and Bush Honeysuckle leaves are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 5/12/2026 | OH-CY-89 | OH | Cuyahoga |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rain from the past week, coupled with colder temperatures, have made the ground saturated and the standing water not evaporate. |
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| 5/12/2026 | OK-RG-14 | OK | Rogers |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| things are green... ground is covered in beginning to turn leaves that were knocked off trees during hail storm on the 8th of May... lots of photosynthesis processors on the ground...found dead birds in the woods behind the hius... suspect from hail... most garden plants leafless.. |
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| 5/12/2026 | SC-GV-152 | SC | Greenville |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Had good rain last week which was first in months. Still many inches below normal. No rain for the foreseeable future. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-BT-39 | TN | Blount |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Was able to till the garden this past Sunday. Not muddy or too dry. Lawns looking lush green. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-BR-24 | TN | Bradley |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 7" below normal for the year in rainfall not counting what 2025 was below normal |
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| 5/12/2026 | TN-PK-2 | TN | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| Creeks low. Gardens must be watered. |
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| 5/12/2026 | TX-TV-397 | TX | Travis |
Moderately Wet
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| We’re slowly crawling out of drought in central Texas. In recent years we’ve been abnormally dry and hot by May, but things are currently lush and green with wildflowers blooming. |
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| 5/12/2026 | VT-OG-10 | VT | Orange |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Garden soil is moist, as per usual for this time of yesr. Field is well greened up. |
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| 5/12/2026 | WI-DN-15 | WI | Dunn |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| till garden soil is very dry. watering will be required immediately after planting. |
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| 5/12/2026 | WI-MW-143 | WI | Milwaukee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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We had record rainfall the week of April 14th but little rain since. When gardening the soil is very crumbly dry and the air is also very dry. I’ve needed to water plants daily. We’ve had a buildup of pollen on our vehicles and everyone has been sneezing. However perennials and trees are green and growth is typical for this time of year. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CAN-NS-278 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
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| In Marshville NS we just received 15 mm of rain. Nova Scotia usually has cool damp weather in May, so mildly wet is typical. The soil is too wet to till and there are pockets of standing water. Our ponds are full. If we get more rain they could breach. In a regular year we expect to get the tractor on the fields by May 24, so again there is nothing unusual so far. |
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| 5/12/2026 | CAN-QC-120 | CAN | Quebec |
Near Normal
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| The soil is normal with traces or a few millimeters of rain every day in May. The plants are growing and the leaves have started to open in the trees and the bushes. It is a bit late this year.
There are still Canada geese arriving in big groups.
The cold temperature at night is preventing us in my area from planting flowers.
At least, we can enjoy the sun and longer days. |
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