| 5/18/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Soil moisure levels are near normal, lawns, trees and vegetation are healthy and nearby rivers and reservoirs are at normal levels. |
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| 5/18/2026 | IA-MA-16 | IA | Marion |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Tourism & Recreation
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| Soil is very wet right now. Low lying areas have or are starting to pool with standing water. Rain has made planted soybean and corn fields pop up very quickly. Some activities, such as baseball, were canceled due to water on the fields. |
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| 5/18/2026 | KS-RL-95 | KS | Riley |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Small 1-2" cracks in the heavily clay-based soils have started to form. Birds quickly congregate around sprinklers and even the smallest puddles of water. Only the native buffalo grasses seem to be doing fine while the lawn fescues are struggling without irrigation. Young trees with new leaf growth are starting to show signs of stress, including downturned leaves which are limp and wilting. Pollinators have limited selection as many of the flowers have stalled, waiting for rain. The 6/100the we had last night did little to ease the dry conditions. Today, the warm wind further evaporated any moisture left over in the soil. They are forecasting 2-4" of rain over the next 36 hours which is much needed, so long as it doesn't all come down in 2 hours' time! |
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| 5/18/2026 | KY-KN-15 | KY | Kenton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Plants continue to thrive with regular rainfall and moist soil. Birds are active, singing, and young birds are taking flight. |
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| 5/18/2026 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Weekly precip = 0.75 inches. Weekly min/max temp = 52/89. A heavy thunderstorm last Sunday night brought anywhere from 3/4 to 2 plus inches on all our farmland (gauge location was near the least amount we saw). Some of our beans in the Rena Lara area were flooded for around 24 hours. It was a dry and warm week after that with lots of bright hot sunshine. Ground conditions are moist and rather soft now (much softer than when we planted). By Thursday it was dry enough to do some replanting of soybeans as well as spraying and plowing out middles. Corn is in rapid growth stage. Landscape is very green. Drought conditions have improved to the "mildly dry category". Since Friday a constant South wind continues to increase humidity levels. Feeling much more like summer. Lots of rain chances in the coming week. |
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| 5/18/2026 | NH-MR-70 | NH | Merrimack |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| After 2.81" of rain in the past four days, everything is greening up nicely. There are definite signs of drought still apparent, but they will hopefully disappear. Streams, brooks and rivers are running full. Ponds and the lakes are finally full. Trees are fully leaved out. Some trees that aren't fully leaved show signs of permanent drought damage. Planted crops are popping up. |
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| 5/18/2026 | OH-ST-12 | OH | Stark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.26" of rain this week, 4.08" in the last 30 days. Wheat fields are doing well in most places. Corn is up. Field work continues. No standing water is visible, although there are still some soft spots. Lawn is green and grows rapidly. Most trees are fully leafed out now except for some oaks, which are just getting started. Creeks are running at normal levels, ponds remain full. |
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| 5/18/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Out of town from midday on 6 May until late yesterday afternoon (16 May). Driving home, the Congaree River at I-77 south of Columbia was very low with lots of shoreline showing. Same with the Wateree River crossing US 76/378 between Sumter and Columbia. Neither river had any boats visible, especially for a Saturday. While out of town, there was 0.34” accumulated in the CoCoRHaS gage for the entire period. Local non irrigated lawns now showing dirt through the dead spots. Still calling it Moderately Dry, as we’re still not under any Mandatory or Voluntary water conservation measures. The US Drought Monitor has our area in a “D2 - Severe Drought” category. Roadside grass brown and dry. SC Forestry app showing 51 wildfires across the state. Weather turning quite a bit warmer with more mosquitos about. Birds and squirrels really draining the feeders. From Data Explorer: May Precip: 0.60” (-1.35”/31% of NOAA normal). For the year: 6.71” (-8.91”/43% of NOAA normal). Last 30 Days: 0.67”; NOAA normal: 6.71”. Last 90 days: 3.68”; NOAA normal 13.62”. |
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| 5/18/2026 | VA-IW-27 | VA | Isle Of Wight |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Despite some rain last week, just over 1", conditions contine to trend toward dry and vegetation in sunny areas is stressed. |
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