| 8/16/2026 | AL-CN-21 | AL | Calhoun |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Even though we have had good amounts of rain this month, this past week, temperatures have been high in the 90s, along with high humidity as well.
soil is soft and grasses and tree are very green and thriving. |
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| 8/16/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Dry
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| Conditions are mildly dry thanks to little to no rain combined with high temperatures and evaporation rates. Dust activity has increased, but plants remain healthy and the overall fire risk is normal. Streams and lakes are also still fine, but the risk of rapid onset drought will increase if rain doesn’t occur in the next week. |
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| 8/16/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.12 inches precip plus 2 trace days this week. Moving bar up to Near Normal. Lots of puddles on road. Box turles and dragon flies seen. Looking green - for the desert. |
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| 8/16/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| An increase in monsoon moisture with several days of rain but nothing significant. In fact, it has been drier than normal for August. There have been areas with much better rainfall totals but not here. A total of .28 inches fell last week and .76 for the month. Being that August on average receives 3+ inches, we desperately need more. This comes after July was above normal but not by a great deal. The longer range forecast for the rest of the month indicates above normal rainfall. So there is still a chance to catch up. It started off hot but highs cooled some with the increase in moisture. The high of the week was 92° last Sunday. High temperatures did cool into the upper 70's towards the end of the week. Lows were in the 50's and 60's. The low of the week was 54° on Saturday. Breezy when storms were nearby but otherwise, no strong winds. No change in plant life in the surrounding open/wildland areas with green plants mixed in with older, dry plants. Pictures included and show the surrounding area. Harvesting a lot of yellow squash in the vegetable garden and tomatoes are ripening. The pumpkins are really starting to take off now, so there is some hope of pumpkins for Halloween. A lot of finches visiting the garden and saw a bullfrog by the pond and garter snakes. |
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| 8/16/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Very dry. No rain in last week and 0.50 inches earlier this month.
Temps have been record high. Grass drying out and ponds low.
Fire danger is high with burn bans in effect. |
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| 8/16/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Drought conditions have worsened this week due to no rainfall and high temperatures. The 4 week rain total is 0.4”. Temperatures have been in the upper 90s each day with lots of sunshine and wind. Plants and crops are suffering and most grasses are brown now with other plants severely wilting. Trees are changing color and dropping leaves. Local pastures and farms are suffering due to the drought. I am trying to keep the bedding plants around the house watered to keep everything from dying but have given up on the vegetable garden. Soil moisture is extremely low and temperatures are so high that trying to water is nearly pointless at this stage. Wildfire danger is high and there is a county wide burn ban in effect. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| For the week of August 9 - August 15, 0.02 in precipitation due to fog drizzle, maximum high temperature 72.2 deg F, minimum low temperature 56.2 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.50 in. Moderate to thick overnight marine layer all week, clearing late morning. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
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Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| A persistent marine layer for most of the week held temperatures lower with a correspondingly low evapotranspiration amount of 0.38". Average high 67.1 degrees, low 55.6 degrees, with 0.02" drizzle.Ruth Lake Reservoir at 86% on 8/10, and no change in Drought Map. Inland rivers continue warm with slight drops in flow. The Mile Post 18 fire in Hoopa continues to expand in steep terrain, now over 5200 acres and 14% contained. Evacuations have happened and air quality is poor. This weekend saw several annual events happening including Reggae on the River in Southern Humboldt, the county fair and the 62nd Salmon Festival in Klamath. A week from Monday Cal Poly Humboldt's fall semester begins, so Arcata will be coming back to life. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| August is surprisingly damp. We've had a tenth inch so far this month, 133% of normal! Not enough to have much of an impact on anything except lower ET. Still watering, still keeping our fingers crossed that we get early fall rains. So far no reports of water shortages in our local area. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Business & Industry
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Foggy, drizzly nights and limited sun during the day for most of the week. This morning is clearer, so we might have a nicer day. The fog and drizzle did help keep the landscape moist, but there are already signs of fall coming. Trees are beginning to drop leaves and our wild grape wine has some red leaves, which is pretty early. A few of our plants and shrubs were nibbled by deer this week, so the does and fawns are on the move. The two young raccoons in our gardens are now about half the size of their mother. Local wells are still supplying water, but that will likely change next month as ground water levels continue to drop. The number of tourists in the area seems to be starting to decrease, but the RV parks are still full. Ocean conditions were favorable for fishing and water sports this week. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CO-CS-35 | CO | Costilla |
Severely Dry
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Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Little to any rainfall and warm windy days have kept us very dry. Humidity levels are higher keeping fire risk down |
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| 8/16/2026 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Since last reported on 08/09/2026, recorded a total of 0.57" of precipitation after the seasonal monsoon returned. Topsoil sample taken today reveals consistently moist soil down to the 4.0" level. I can now pack soil in my hands, whereas, last week, the soil was powder dry. No need to provide trees supplemental water if we continue to receive precipitation the next few days as forecasted. There are some stations around here that have received significantly more precipitation than ours as thunderstorms continue to move and develop around our property instead of over it.
Bird activity has normalized since the rain returned with Robins feasting in our yard. Continue to observe three Hummingbirds working our flower beds. Also observed another Dragonfly flying around our water feature. Forgot to mention in previous report that we observed a Pronghorn buck grazing in our neighbor's front yard. The herd must have been in the empty space to our north. Saw a Falcon perched on our fence post a couple of days ago. We have plenty of Voles for it to feast on.
Grass is starting to show signs of life again with new green sprouts. Maybe I will mow one more time after all. Time will tell. No more wildfire smoke as we had last week. With soil moisture returning, I am revising the Condition Scale from Severely Dry to Mildly Dry. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Wet from several days of RNSHs and TSTMs. Plant's and shrubs are drought resistant and doing well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| We've picked up accumulating rain 4 days in a row, amounting to 0.87". Nothing intense just light-moderate rain showers. Some fields are already looking a bit greener. This is only a small dent in the major rainfall deficits this summer. With that I will remain at Moderately Dry conditions. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.34" of very welcomed rain this week.the temps are cooler this week.
Have seen young deer following mom's through the woods, very active songbirds and hummers in water baths. Saw 2 adult and 1 young moose down below our property they have been very active there this summer.
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| 8/16/2026 | CT-NH-72 | CT | New Haven |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
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| It’s been very wet the ground it saturated we have had heavy rain events almost every day or week |
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| 8/16/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Had a little rain this week, which helped the carrots germinate without as much irrigation. The wet summer also keeps the early-Fall leaves from looking quite so brown and haggard. |
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| 8/16/2026 | CT-TL-27 | CT | Tolland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Total rainfall here since the last report 3 weeks ago has amounted to 3.92 inches, improving overall conditions to Near Normal. While a nearby field still shows no ponding in its low spots, water level at a nearby reservoir is within the normal range and the present fire danger rating is Low. Lawns in this neighborhood that formerly were predominantly yellow or brown are now predominantly green. Farm stands continue to offer a wide range of summer produce, and animal activity continues at normal levels. |
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| 8/16/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Continued very hot and dry with scattered to isolated TS each afternoon into evening. |
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| 8/16/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Static. Surface ok. Pond and water table remain low. |
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| 8/16/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Light rainfall this past week but today will receive semi-effects from TS Lala as it skirts by our island to the south ... rain is expected, although not as much as other islands received - at best, several inches with moderate wind gusts ... hoping damages will be minimal ... |
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| 8/16/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| General awareness: We've been having rain the past few days, with blessedly lower temperatures. We're still low for August, following a higher-than-normal July. I'm putting it as mildly dry based on the past month or two, not on the year (which is drought).
Agriculture: Harvest is in swing, paused because of rain. The wheat fields we see have been harvested, and mustard harvest is beginning.
Energy: Still strong production, with 63.24 kWHR created yesterday by our solar panels, and only using 22.4 kWHR. The rest goes to Idaho Power. We'll retrieve some of that as we move into cloudy fall and early winter, and then it all goes to Idaho Power as we reset. This is a net gain for Idaho Power.
Fire: Danger is still high.
Plants/wildlife: Birds are starting to flock for migrations; we have about 15 hummingbirds at our feeders, and there are some significant flocks of crows gathering.
Water: We're still dry, of course, and wondering what this Godzilla El Nino is going to do. We're on a cusp for El Nino, such that we never know if we'll see more or less rain/snow. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Started the week out on the Dry side and then an active weather pattern moved over us mid to late week and began a cycle of some welcome rains for us but for some others north and east of us were getting way way more than anyone ever needs. If we continue to get some nice weekly rains it will be a great transition to fall. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain on 5 of 7 days this week totaling 5.77 inches, with 3.13" on 8/14. Total for the month is 7.21". Ground is saturated, the Salt Fork is in flood. I'm sure there is standing water in the corn and soybeans, but it's impossible to tell with the crops well established. No flooding here, but ditches are full. Water is pouring over the Homer Lake spilling. Only a month or so ago it was several inches below the spillway. River is out of it's banks in a few locations. The Salt Form hit its fourth highest crest early this morning north of St. Joseph, where the river gauge is located. It will be days before I can mow my lawn because of standing water. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-CP-179 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| The rain won't quit! I recorded 6.49" since Tuesday. Crazy weather: too wet in June, too dry in July, now too wet in August. No inbetween. Things went from mildry dry to moderately wet. Some fields have standing water. Most ditches have been turned into rivers. Aside from the rain crops are looking good. Ears of corn are growing nicely. Most bean fields look like thick bushes. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Wet
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| Warm, humid, stormy week. This station has received 3.05" of rain the past 7 days, which is a lot less than some locations around the area. Conditions are mildly wet, with some water standing in the ditches. All To-Dates remain on the plus side. Area river levels basically unchanged. Most of the excess rain has been to the south. Crops continue to look good. Grass needing mowed every couple of days. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| Have gotten some rain, top soil is moist.Ponds are still going down with no tile or spring water flow. The well is still abnormal.Crops look good as we have missed the wind damage. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| All plants and lawns are green, lush, and growing. There are a few small standing puddles. Everything is wet. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rainfall of 2.50 to 3.00 inches the past four days has helped the ground and local vegetation considerably. Since the rain in Lincoln occurred more gradually than all at once, it beneficially soaked into the soil. Grasses have greened up quickly and many plants have recovered well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Moderately Wet
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| 1.77 inches of rain fell this week, and MTD is 282% of the NOAA 30-year norm. Every day this week has been gloomy and humid, even when it was’t raining, Daytime Dew Points in the 70’s. Can’t remember grass ever this green and lush at any point in the growing season. Rain has meant I was spared from hours of watering. The many dry hours meant that we could release newly emerged Monarch butterflies into the garden. Hummingbirds are flocking to the feeders and zinnias, fueling up for migration to Mexico. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is overflowing.
The ground was dry and cracked until heavy storms started Friday through Sunday. The ground is now saturated and has standing water.
A lot of lightning and thunder. Tree limbs are down.
Turkey vultures are active, enjoying the updrafts.
Young skunks are exploring and getting into things. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-MD-53 | IL | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 8-9-26 to 8-16-26: Turf is firm underfoot and does not release water. No surface puddles in low or sheltered areas. Drain tiles 12 to 18 inches deep are not flowing. Man made and sinkhole ponds are estimated at approximately 90% capacity and falling. ETo turf for the period was 1.00 inches. Total precipitation for the period was 0.03 inches resulting in a deficit of 0.97 inches. Tensiometer at 18 inches deep in heavy clay soil had readings for the period that ranged from 82 cb to 92 cb with the reading today being 92 cb. River birch continue to drop leaves in response to conditions becoming dryer. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Ground is saturated and growth has picked up in the lawn and pasture. Tree growth is surprisingly robust, one consistent feature through this very inconsistent summer. Ground here was dry enough and rain came slow enough that we didn't have huge amounts of runoff and creeks are up only moderately. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-JY-28 | IN | Jay |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| "ring of fire" pattern has brought unusual rainy weather for this time of year. A heat dome is camped out to our west. multiple rounds of storms have came around the periphery. The normal places that flood are flooded. I haven't had to water the garden in two weeks or more. Most lawns are very tall because its too wet to mow. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-MD-38 | IN | Madison |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
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| Local rivers and streams are out of their banks and we've been dealing with several local roads and fields flooding all week. The ground, including fields, appears to be totally saturated and unable to absorb even the slightest rain at this point. The state has been declared in a state of emergency due to heavy rains and areas of wind damage. Crops appear to be very healthy but flooding and standing water may have negative effects. Local construction projects have been slowed with all the rain and standing water. We've had a few short power outages this past week also. Our lawn and trees are very healthy. Unable to mow the lawn this week due to the continual rain and wet conditions. Flowers and plants are healthy and growing very well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Historically high precipitation, particularly over the past week (5.24 inches). Ground is saturated, with standing water in some areas. A nearby waterfront park has shut down and local rivers have reached record high levels. State and county disaster emergencies have been declared for this location. Vegetation is lush and insect activity is normal. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| heavy rain and strong winds over the week hot and humid |
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| 8/16/2026 | IN-TN-1 | IN | Tipton |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Extensive flooding over 8 in in past 5 days |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain for the week at this location was 1.27 in. with rain of some amount every day. Lawn grass is getting away from most in the area with it being to wet to mow and wen you can, long enough to leave wind rows that need to be picked up or swept up and lawn sweepers don't work real well with damp grass. Crops still appear good from the road. Gardens still not so much. Winds in last weekends two storms took down a tree in each one that still have to be cleaned up and removed. We are doing some of the small stuff, the professional one is very busy so we are waiting on the big parts. Heat and age, don't help with getting a lot done in a day when it isn't raining. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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Society & Public Health
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| No drought continues. Total received thus far for the month 4.78. 5 days of zeros and 11 days of precip. This puts us around half an inch above normal for the month already according to NOAA and PRISM normals. In addition, this is the most rain received for the Station in the Month of August since the period of record. AC and fans required daily. The sliding door and a few others are still difficult to open and close due to humidity. Dew points stayed on the increase as did the temps and heat indices. Glasses fogged up upon entering and exiting cool buildings. The windows in vehicles did the same. Increase in Moths. Increase in mushrooms. Severe weather events occurred, no damage at location. Just small twigs, branches, and bird nesting materials. Pretty sure they got evicted by Mother Nature. Finally able to mow today, and perhaps might even see the Sun! Overall Mood, since last CMR report most were more adapted to the steamy heat this time around. Enjoy the last days of Summer before going back to school, if you have not started already : ) : ) Continue to be Safe and WRN as the temps, humidity, dew points, heat indices, and storm chances are possible as we head into the week. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| The week came with 1.20 inches of nice easy rain spread across the week. This gave us a little relief and the crops, gardens and lawns all respond to the precipitation. Temps were in the mid to upper 80s most of the week with cool downs in the mid 60's and low 70's. The humidity stayed high in the 80% to 90% most of the time. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Crops continue to look good. We continue to get small showers. With high humidity things do not dry out very fast. Lawns and pastures still growing well. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| On the morning of the 14th, I measured 3.81 inches of rain that occurred in two events, one in the morning and then overnight. That is the most rainfall since 6/26/18 and the 4th greatest rainfall since starting Cocorahs obs in August 2007. So far nearly six and a quarter inches have fallen in August which is four inches above normal. Needless to say, the ground is wet. There are one foot deep trenches in the dirt road now since the county has not maintained anything around here since winter. The trenches are working back into the gravel road to our location. The pond is running into the spillway. Crops are amazing and I can not keep ahead of the lawn and associated weeds. Small rivers near me rose rapidly, but have already fallen. The Des Moines River just north of me jumped 8 feet, and is slowly falling now. Humidity has been relentless. |
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| 8/16/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| With 2.5in of rain this past week conditions remain status quo. Lawns and crops appear in excellent conditions. Soil moisture appears good. Water levels remain near to slightly above normal
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-BE-9 | KY | Breathitt |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are more like mid spring than mid to late summer when it begins to dry out from less rainfall. This past week we have seen a considerable amount of rain as well. The ground is saturated in places of poorer drainage and I am having to cut twice a week if I want to avoid grass clumping. Usually I’m down to a cut a week, maybe week and a half by this time of the year. |
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 0.22” rain this week. Creeks a trickle, ponds dropping. More beans and now some corn coloring up. Lots of trees starting to show a bit of color. Mowing on a 5 day cycle. Pokeweed berries are turning purple and the birds are after them. Female summer tanager on the deck rail surveying then snatching poke berries as if she was waiting for peak ripeness. Does and fawns coming up in the yard to eat pears. A bachelor party of six toms/jakes strolled past mid afternoon one day, a coyote on the same path early the next morning. Hen turkeys grazing in the yard but still no poults. We've always seen poults well before this. |
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| 8/16/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Severe thunder storms on 13 Aug, with heavy rainfall in Fayette Co.,(2-3 inches), but only recorded 0.55" here. South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana KY at 6.12 ft and flow of 927 ft3/sec (much above normal). A flock of turkeys, (three adults and 5 or 6 poults) sighted three different time around our house. |
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| 8/16/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Grass is brown and crispy, no mowing needed. Garden needs watering, unwatered areas are powder dry. |
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| 8/16/2026 | ME-WL-27 | ME | Waldo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Streams 1-3 feet wide, stagnant water with no flow.
Streams 3-5 feet wide, slight flow but well below usual banks.
Streams >5 feet wide, some flow but far below usual banks.
Ponds <1 ac. Mud puddles full of cattails
Ponds 1-3 ac. Little water visiable because of the cattails.
Ponds >3 ac., 2-3 feetbelow normal levels.
Deciduous and conifer trees seem healthy with new growth.
Wild apple trees that are common along our roads all have very small, green fruit. No signs of acorns from the oaks.
A twice daily visitation from a group of American Wild Turkeys. In addition to 4 adult hens there are two generations of small birds that seem to be thriving.
No local commerial blueberry fields have been harvested.
A local beekeeper says much of the things the bees would normally visit are too dry. No sign of any fields being cut for hay. |
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