| 11/10/2025 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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| Since last reported on 11/03/2025, received zero precipitation in gauge catch. The only moisture we receive is occasional condensation in the form of frost overnight. The last time I reported at least a tenth of an inch of gauge catch was 10/15/2025. The time before that was 09/18/2025. Our ground is really dry and has hardened. Last Monday, a construction crew was working on a water main probably to connect the new water storage tank recently built. The water main broke late morning and sent a deluge of water towards our property. Thankfully, our landscaping water diversions worked well. I had to take my soil sample where this water did not reach as that soil remains moist. Soil sample taken this evening down to 3.0" shows dry and dusty topsoil. We are keeping the water feature flowing and the birds are enjoying that. Had a flock of pigeons join in the fun this morning. We had a low temperature this morning of 20F and that mostly froze the water feature except where the water is flowing rapidly. Cottontails are still foraging especially with the grass I water from time to time. We are kind of on the fence with wildfire risk. NWS Pueblo has been raising fire awareness in our area. However, the wind speed isn't high enough to issue Red Flag Warnings. I trimmed back the perennials for the winter. Had a beautiful full moon this week. It looked like daylight one night it was so bright. With the continued zero precipitation and dry soil, I will maintain Moderately Dry Condition Scale. |
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| 11/10/2025 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Moderately Dry
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| Temps rising to near 60F and only .45" rain this week kept tourists and locals out and about. Strong gusty winds have blanketed the ground with leaves, tho some color remains - partiularly oaks and vivid red shrubs. Two frosts so far, but my grass is still growing, my stella d'oro lily has a hardy blossom and I'm still picking raspberries! Squirrels scamper everywhere, burying nuts. |
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| 11/10/2025 | FL-LN-47 | FL | Leon |
Severely Dry
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| The rains of august are a distant memory. Upper Lake Lafayette has disappeared into the sinkhole, becoming a prairie lake once again. Other lakes very low. Small animals seeking water at birdbaths. Ground is dry and very hard, plants dying without irrigation. Driest two and a half months since I moved back to Tallahassee in 2010. |
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| 11/10/2025 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Mildly Dry
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| Moisture for the week at this location was 0.38 in. This from a lite misty rain on and off on Saturday and just a bit of snow flurries. It appears harvest is pretty much completed in this area. Quite a bit of field work done also. Grass was still green but with the more seasonal temps the last of the week and in the forecast for the coming week it is probably done for the season. Tree's finally got some color this past week but with the temps, rain and wind, some of them have lost most of their leaves, the last 24 hours. First day of melting the ice in the big tube for the daily readings for the season. |
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| 11/10/2025 | KY-JF-99 | KY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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| Reporting condition for Week: Sunday - Saturday: 11/2 - 11/8
Rainfall for month: 0.26”,
Rainfall for this week 11/2 -11-8 0.22+01+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.03 = 0.26” total
Daily Temperatures at 8:00 AM: Avg. 43.6F; Range 37F - 55F (3F cooler than last week)
Watered foundation plants: watering discontinued for year
Watered DayLillies: watering discontinued for year, cut back this week.
Weeding: End of week roots removed with most weeds when pulling
Phillips screwdriver plunge test into lawn test area, 11/8: 5.0”.
General comments: Last 81 days; 54 with no rain.
Lawn growing well with the cooler temperatures, but thinned out some.
Tree foliage: 11/8, Peak color is near with some leaves falling |
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| 11/10/2025 | ME-LN-30 | ME | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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| 0.56 inches of rain for the week. Surface soil is somewhat moist, but dry further done. Small stream on property now has standing water with minimal flow. No problem with well. |
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| 11/10/2025 | MA-NF-1 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
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| Little change over the past week. Frequent rainfall and the lowering sun angle has kept short term dryness in check. Lawns are still green and showing some growth despite cooler temperatures and the top layer of soil seems somewhat moist. About half of the trees have lost their leaves for the season. Levels on ponds and lakes remain high. No watering restrictions are in place for Norwood but Dedham and Westwood are restricting all non-essential outdoor watering to one a day a week. |
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| 11/10/2025 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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| no significant change in ground moisture; intermittent snow all day yesterday, although most melted |
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| 11/10/2025 | NJ-MS-59 | NJ | Morris |
Mildly Dry
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| Thus far for my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;
There were two days with measurable precipitation and one day with trace precipitation for a total of 0.15”, the past seven days [Sunday-Sat]. River and stream volume the past week of the CMR increased rates of flow over small lake dams west of this station. As of Sunday morning, 11/2; one decreased its flow to 10% the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station moving at a slow volume and with no turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west, also decreased its flow over its fall, now covering 10% of its respective fall and moving at a similar, volume with no turbidity. The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station had observable play again this past week on all days with daily watering of greens and fairways. The ground around this station is moist and soft. Grass and weeds did not require maintenance the past week. A few new Winged Euonymus or Burning Bush’s that are new this year on and around this station, turned entirely RED the past week, and began to drop their leaves. Maple trees are looking well with fall color past peak the past ten days. Also, the Juvenal Oak’s and two Ginkgo Trees, are doing well. FALL color on and around this station, now 95% of leaves have turned a color with 80% of leaves fallen. Yellow Jacket Bees were also observed, but becoming more scarce. House Finch were very active, along with Blue Jays, crows and one very loud Ravin. Neighborhood squirrels were observed along with a Chipmunk all rapidly adding to their winter cashes. Also; the neighborhood Ginkgo trees that dropped their stinky fruits the past two weeks, are still holding their stink. The first Frost observation for this station, this season, was reported on October 10th. Since then; I have observed and reported a total of 6 days with frost, 1 additional the past week.
Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 4.39 inches of precipitation. There has been 113 days of precipitation the previous 303 days of CY2025 [1/1/2025 to 11/08/2025] for a “Calendar Year” [CY] total of
40.80”, compared to (again) 113 Precipitation Days” and a [CY] total of (still) 47.41” the same [year to date] in CY2024. So far, compared to last year, this station has received 6.61” less precipitation than a year ago. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2023- 46.12”
YTD2022- 37.97”
YTD2021- 51.69”
YTD2020- 42.74”
YTD2019- 52.16”
YTD2018- 58.20”
YTD2017- 40.64”
YTD2016- 36.47”
YTD2015- 34.04” (First full Year.)
The running ELEVEN year average reported precipitation for THIS station is: 44.41” inches, placing this station at a deficit of 3.61” less then the 11 year average and making this year to date, (still again) the fifth driest year monitoring this station. Considering the eleven year annual comparable total for this station, is why I believe that it is appropriate to continue this week’s report to the “Mildly Dry” side of the Condition Scale Bar.
Q’s: emails me at: JasonJLeffler@aol.com. |
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| 11/10/2025 | NM-LN-36 | NM | Lincoln |
Near Normal
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| General Awareness: This is the first Condition Report I have submitted in 3 weeks, thanks to significant IT problems over the last 2 weekends. That said, there’s not much new to report. We received a total of 0.26 inch of precip on 23-24 Oct, the only precip received in the last 3 weeks. We closed out October with a total precip of 0.80 inch, which is 45% below the NOAA 30 year normal. No precip has been received since 24 Oct, making our YTD precip -1.19 inches and 8% below the NOAA 30 year normal. The soil moisture was normally dry throughout the past three weeks, with no soil cracking observed. Therefore, I continue to classify our condition as NEAR NORMAL, with the caveat of the pinion trees noted below, as I have been reporting for the last several months. Also as previously reported, BLM continues to post the Fire Hazard as LOW at the Fort Stanton Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (closest border approx 2.6 miles ENE of my location).
Plants & Wildlife: Several different seasonal migratory bird flocks (which I have seen during this season in previous years but have not taken the time to identify) have been dwelling around the trees on our property in the past three weeks. The growth of indigenous grasses has stopped and tall brown weeds are now widespread. The succulent type of ground cover which took over in July is now dead. Deer, elk, squirrels, and wild turkeys continue to appear healthy. Indigenous and migratory birdlife also appear healthy. Notably, I have not seen any jack or bunny rabbits on or around our property in the past 3 weeks. As has been noted for the past several months, roughly half of the pinon trees on our 10 acre property are either dead or dying from the prolonged dryness prior to the start of the monsoon season. All Juniper trees continue to look healthy, but their fruit production seems to have stopped.
Water Supply & Quality: Over the last three weeks Rio Bonito has maintained a NORMAL water level. A mildly swift and audible flow, with normally clear water clarity, was observed around 1300 MDT on Saturday 08 November at the Box Canyon Trail Bridge approx 1.25 mi NNE of my station. (Bridge location: 33.4599993 N 105.6052082 W elevation 6596 feet. Rio Bonito is a primary watershed tributary from the Sierra Blanca, Lookout and Buck Mountains, approximately 12 miles SW-WSW of my location).
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| 11/10/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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| Cloudy and cold with light winds and rain, then cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and snow. The high temperature was around thirty seven degrees and the low around twenty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every two days. Only a few of the leaves still have color. 60%-70% of leaves have fallen, some woods are bare. Canadian Geese have flocks of 100-200 birds, Blackbirds and sparrows have larger flocks. The nearby trout stream is flowing but low. 1/4 of the corn fields are uncut. |
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| 11/10/2025 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Dry
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| 0.17 inches of rain in the past week and 0.20 inches for November. This is well below normal after normal rainfall in October. With cool temperatures, evaporation rates have been low so moisture levels are below normal but no moisture stress is observed. |
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| 11/10/2025 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
Mildly Dry
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| With no rain this past week, and also a few windy, warm days, things have dried out quite a bit and the grass has become somewhat crunchy. |
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| 11/10/2025 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Near Normal
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| No precipitation this week. Pond dropped an inch, ephemeral creek has no water, fields are dry. Warm (until yesterday) temperatures and windy has made it feel dry. When I dug up one of my raised beds, 3 feet deep, the soil was moist all the way through. |
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| 11/10/2025 | OR-YM-32 | OR | Yamhill |
Near Normal
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| Good hard Rains during the early week. As of this reporting, the Loose soil is slightly sticky. Good moisture content. pretty normal for this time of year, seems more wet then normal. Most the Tree's are dropping canopy pretty fast, with each puff of wind.Geese are in flocks heading south, seeing large numbers flying over head. No rain last two days, some ground fog. Nights clear. ave temps in 45 degrees..
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| 11/10/2025 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Near Normal
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| This past week’s precipitation was 0.34”. The topsoil is moist. Average soil temperature is 47F. Lawns are really green but growth has slowed. Most leaves are down. All field corn is harvested. |
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| 11/10/2025 | TX-TN-124 | TX | Tarrant |
Mildly Dry
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| Only .01 inch this month. Still drying out from our rain in late October. My soil is now drying out and have small cracks. All plants are as normal, although Monday morning may have some frost or light freeze. Birds and wildlife are normal and doing well. All area lakes are inches below full to the lowest at 4.2 feet low. |
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| 11/10/2025 | WI-LN-2 | WI | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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| The dry week allowed corn to be combined off of the fields. Most of the corn was dry enough to go straight to storage. Very little corn needed to go through dryers. Some fall tillage was done, plowing, disc chiseling, and discing at times and in places. Very few trees had leaves left on them. Most grasses were dry and some were still standing. Wildfire danger was moderate most days but higher on the really windy days with so much dry material. With much of the corn gone the varmints had less area to hide in. Sandhill cranes flocked up. Many days several hundred were in areas of less than 10 acres. A few times I saw many more in less than 15 acres, maybe over 1000. Near the end of the week geese were seen with the cranes. The flocks of geese were often over 100. Deer were rarely seen during the day. Most of the deer were seen in the evening in the headlights. Few turkeys were seen in combined fields, often 6 to 8. The creek was low with stagnant pools of murky water. A few mornings a bit of ice formed on the edges. The ponds were open and speckled with geese and ducks some days. |
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