| 2/28/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No drought status "near normal" along the lower Colorado River valley area! Desert floor vegetation drying up after several days of record warming temperatures for the month of February! |
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| 2/28/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Drying continues this week. And, there is the heat. |
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| 2/28/2026 | AR-LW-2 | AR | Lawrence |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| We received only 1.75 inches of rain in Feb. which is about 1.80 inches short for the month we have move into extreme drought at this time. and are saving every drop of rainwater we can to be use on the gardens beds. |
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| 2/28/2026 | CA-SA-45 | CA | Sacramento |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Ground continues to show moisture from most recent precipitation. I expect it will evaporate fairly soon with the warm temperatures. |
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| 2/28/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Calendar YTD 16% of normal, Water YTD 29% of normal.
Still “mildly dry” according to the guidelines and examples. If the lack of moisture persists that will change before long. |
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| 2/28/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Above normal temperatures. Wild fires. Daffodils blooming |
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| 2/28/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| We had 0.2" of snow this week. Very windy conditions most of the week. We were under a Red Flag Warning 2 days during the week.
Winter birds, mule deer are very active. |
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| 2/28/2026 | CO-LR-623 | CO | Larimer |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| A total of 0.06 inches of precipitation in February. It's been a very dry winter with Red Flag Warnings most of this past week due to the wind and lack of water |
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| 2/28/2026 | CT-MD-21 | CT | Middlesex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| All water courses are at normal seasonal levels |
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| 2/28/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| A total of 2.64" of melt from snow and rain fell during February. The snow depth has compacted and melted considerably with about afoot remianing on the ground. Warm weather has led to considerably muddy conditions. |
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| 2/28/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Mildly Wet
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| Springs flowing slightly higher than normal. |
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| 2/28/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 2 days ago it would still have been Moderately Dry, but yesterday we had some rain, so now it is only mildly dry. Some flooding in parking lots, but retention ponds and Lake Alice won’t be refilling this weekend. Lawn may start reviving and the azaleas will perk up. |
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| 2/28/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - With the Quarter Inch + of precipitation overnight, this has helped lessen the Fire Hazard we are in. More.Precipitation towards the middle of next week will help.
ENERGY - Last week’s temperatures were highs and lows. 4 days above average and 3 days below average. So, energy wise, AC was working more and then the Furnace was working more.
GENERAL - We are looking for up and down temperatures with NORMAL not being in the mix. |
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| 2/28/2026 | FL-ST-42 | FL | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire
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| Report for the week of February 21 through February 28, 2026. We had 1 day of significant rain on February 27th with 0.70”. The grass is still mainly brown with some green patches. The temperatures varied widely. 90°F to 58°F daytime and 65°F to 27°F at night. There was 2 days with frost. We had a few windy day with low humidity. There is still a high fire risk and a burn ban in place. Ponds are still low in the area. The AQI has been in the good range with only ozone levels reported by Florida DEP. |
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| 2/28/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Over the week we received a grand total of a trace of precip. The ground has pretty much thawed and is slowly drying out so, mildly dry conditions seem to have arrived. Also, area waterways are dropping and are mostly ice free. Trees are still a drab gray but signs of spring have sprung as I noticed numerous maple trees have started dripping sap on my driveway and warmer days are on tap as our NWS is predicting warmer and wetter days next week. Time will tell. Wildlife is coming out of it's winter slumber as roadkill is more evident and migratory birds are beginning to arrive. Our two resident geese returned to our front yard already and I was relieved to see that they made it through the winter. They started honking at me so I reminded them to stay away from the busy road. Something tells me that they are going to do whatever they want. |
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| 2/28/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Feb ending precip numbers were dismal with only 9% of the NOAA avg measured for the month.
YTD and Water YTD numbers hovering at the top end of the below normal range.
Top soil and the dog ruts in the yard are on the dry side. Other sections still damp. |
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| 2/28/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I have recorded 0.13 inches of precipitation at my location during the past 7-days. |
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| 2/28/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| A trace of sleet and freezing rain last week. Seven inch snow pack has melted except for piles and drifts. |
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| 2/28/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Two weeks have passed without measurable precipitation. |
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| 2/28/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| No moisture this week and above normal temperatures has been good for the heifers that are calving. The wheat is growing and looks good but will need moisture in the next month to keep from being stressed. |
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| 2/28/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Near Normal
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| One day of rain, .71 inches |
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| 2/28/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| FIRE ADVISORY starting off the week with strong dry winds from the north and frost on Tuesday. Cherry bark oak trees are leafing out as are some water oaks. Live oak trees haven’t dropped any leaves yet. Soil moisture is good other than tilled beds, which are dry. After several months of road construction, finishing touches to the roadside slope, drainage, and debris removal are in full swing. The soil, mostly clay on the finished slopes, is bone dry and cracked on the surface, but broken up enough to support hydro seeding. It’s late in the season here, but I still wanted to try to establish a poppy flower area alongside the roadway similar to what existed prior to the road construction. Flower beds needed irrigation this week. Spring has sprung! Many ornamental plants are waking up and sprouting fresh green leaves and flower buds. Repeating daffodils are blooming. Still too early to plant merliton outside, since we can still get a hard freeze for a couple more weeks. Predictions for rain next week are nonexistent and temperatures will be in the mid
80° F. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions have become much wetter over the past 5 weeks, with 6.06 inches of rain being observed. 4.17 inches were observed in the past 13 days. There is a moderate amount of standing water in the fields and woods. This weekend should be dry, but more rain is expected next week. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| still snow melting on the ground |
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| 2/28/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
NA
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Snow on and off throughout the past week with a SWE of 0.65". Snow pack is currently averaging 14.0". Rivers and streams are running at normal levels and have, ice on smaller streams. Bird activity and variety is ramping up and skunks are active. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 9 inches of snow in the last week with some melting taking place with the warm temps. English sparrows were looking at the bird houses. Good XC skiing and snowshoeing. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Total precipitation of 0.88 inch with most snow received early in the week. The snowpack increased, but is now decreasing given the sunshine and some warmer temperatures. Still seeing birds of prey close to the yard. With February ending and snow covering the soil, the monthly and water year precipitation amounts remain below average. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Mildly Dry
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| For the week 2/22-2/28 -----
EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 19, 12, 11, 13, 2, 17, 18 ------- Kingsford: 19, 13, 11, 13, 2, 17, 19 -------
WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora : .12, .05, .12 for a total of .29" and a few trace days Kingsford: .11, .05, .10 for a total of .26" and trace days as well ------- SNOWFALL: Aurora 1.4, .5, 1.2, for a total of 3.1" & Kingsford : 1.3, .5, 1.0, for a total of 2.8" ------ SNOW AVERAGES MEASURED: Aurora: 19.05, 19.85, 19.425, 20.225, 19.80, 19.125, 17.1 --------- Kingsford: 19.20, 19.725, 19.45, 20.125, 19.55, 19.675, 17.375 ------ US Drought Monitor has both Aurora, WI & Kingsford, MI as abnormally dry ------ We had one 52 degree afternoon high temperature on Friday ----- Birds I have seen this week: white swans, mallards and hens, crows, blue jays, osprey, red cardinals, woodpeckers, mourning doves. ----Lots of deer and they look healthy----Natural wildfire risk is low ------ snowmobiles earlier in the week and local traffic ---- Almost Forgot--
November 6.1
December 16.5
January '26 15.75
February '26 14.95
Total is 53.3" so far
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| About 2.5" of snow this week, which has all melted off with temps in the 40s and 50s, but dry conditions. Creek level still about average. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-IH-60 | MI | Ingham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We have a somewhat normal winter .There is a good amount of frost in the ground.The past few winters have been much warmer. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-SH-4 | MI | Schoolcraft |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| February precip was well above normal, but much was rain in second half of month. Snowfall of 11.9" was only 60% of monthly normal and end of month snowpack depth was slightly below normal despite seasonal snowfall being above normal. Deer are absent in my local area. Foxes very active, must be breeding season. No nomadic finches etc. just chickadees, nuthatches, blue jays, woodpeckers. Logging truck traffic high, spring road closures looming. Road is a mess on thaw days. Lots of interior construction traffic. Conditions have been less than ideal for ice fishing. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week of little precipitation. Warm temps and sun yesterday melted all but piles from shoveling. Seeing more early spring blossoms, and birds are very active at feeders. Just a few early shrubs are starting to bloom, most remain dormant. There were storms in the area but all went north and mostly missed us. Precipitation for February barely one inch, we need a good snow storm to get us up to normal. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Near normal conditions. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The area remains dry, no snow on the ground as fluctuating temperatures suggest a spring like atmosphere. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Having to water the fruit trees as they’re budding out and the fog and little rain doesn’t look like it will be enough |
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| 2/28/2026 | MS-WR-7 | MS | Warren |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| Low water levels in ponds and lakes. Wild fires. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Report for 22 February 26 to 28 February 26. There were no days of precipitation for the week, for 0.0 inches. The total precipitation for February is 0.64 inches. The historical average for February is 0.90 inches. The current condition is Mildly Dry. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Continued Drought conditions with Elevated high fire danger with the gusty winds this week. Deer and turkeys are very active and small animals are moving about. Spring seems to be approaching rapidly with the first bouquets of Jonquils and yards are showing green grass. Shoal Creek is very low although still flowing well. Creek bedding is exposed in many areas |
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| 2/28/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Very dry for this time of the year. I saw someone operating a Bobcat in the woods yesterday. They were making dust while traveling at a moderate speed. No precipitation this week. Looks like we are going to have a poor hay and pasture year. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MT-LC-19 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions have improved over the past few weeks, even though it is still brown. Since everything is dormant no surface greenness is showing, but that is ok. I have had 180% of my prism normal for Feb and am at 120% prism normal since Jan 1 and Oct 1. Thus things are going ok. There is no snow on the ground, it melted out earlier this week. However, we are going into spring time now, thus conditions look near normal to me as we start spring. |
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| 2/28/2026 | MT-MS-33 | MT | Missoula |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Soil moisture is typical, but ground has been unfrozen for several days and grass has started to grow/green-up in yard and around city. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NE-CS-5 | NE | Chase |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Windshield report between ogallala and goodland and limon. Dryland winter looks poor except for about a 10 mile radius around goodland.
Let it rain. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Snow Pack holding on. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NH-MR-68 | NH | Merrimack |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| We are in suspense in NH as to how the ongoing drought will affect the growing seasons. NH got only 40% of its usual precipitation in February, but because of a remarkably long cold spell, snow that fell on December 2nd is still on the ground, under a foot or two of later snows. That's given the skiing, snowmobiling and winter sports industry a welcome shot in the arm. However, NH in still in drought conditions for nearly 80% of its land mass, and 38% of in severe drought, That does not bode well for the upcoming fire season, spring agriculture nor residential water supplies, many of which are local wells. Hoping for a (gentle) spring melt and a rainy spring to bring us back in balance. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The soil is dry and dusty and plant growth has slowed. There has not been any precipitation for a few weeks. The 0.19 inch of February precipitation is below the NOAA normal of 0.51. Our water supply is adequate with a steady flow in the Rio Grande River. Snowpack in the Sandia Mountains is almost gone and the ski resort has closed for the season. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly sunny and cold with moderate winds, then partly cloudy and cold overnight with gusty winds. The high temperature was around forty three degrees, and the low around thirty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. More Robins and flocks of small birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at winter levels. Some stream crossings are difficult due to ice. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 2/28/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here are moderately dry. Our region remains classified by the State in "moderate drought". Some good news is last week's rain fall puts to about 105% of "normal" for January. Some lawns are beginning to "green up" and tress and bushes buds have appeared. Some areas around the State are still wary of outdoor burning. Lake Jordon levels have risen slightly and small streams are flowing at low levels. The Haw River was at near back full levels yesterday.. |
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| 2/28/2026 | OK-KY-30 | OK | Kay |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Top soil is very dry. Ponds are loosing water. Lake Ponca is slightly low while Kaw is near normal. Lots of blowing dust today. Wheat fields look good but could use a drink. The fire danger is still elevated with the dry dormant vegitation. Spring weeds are taking off and seem to be doing well. |
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| 2/28/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| A warmer than average and dry week occurred this week with No rainfall observed this week. This has resulted in the soil moisture to continue to dry out and I feel that we have returned to Mildly dry conditions for our soils. Next, our grass and our wildflowers continue to grow this week and it is my hope that our flowers will begin to grow in our pollinator garden. Our daffodils are also doing well, and I noticed that we have a few of our Eastern Redbud trees that are starting to grow pink flower buds on their branches. Lastly, area wildlife have been active with multiple sightings of various bird species, multiple sightings of flying insects including wasps, and we can here the frogs chirping at night along with the coyotes howling at night too. |
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| 2/28/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Fire danger is low. Backyard burning season is due to open on March 1, and do I ever have piles and piles of prunings to burn! With ~3" of rain the first part of this week, followed by 3 dry days, the creek went up over a foot, and since then has been slowly dropping, not yet down to where it was last Sunday. The hillside and wetlands are still bleeding water, and the roadside ditches have a good supply. The concern here is that the snowpack on the mountains is so light, in spite of plenty rain. The dry days were each followed by freezing nights, and Friday morning I found some hair ice. Photos below. Formation of hair ice requires some dead alder wood that is infected with a certain fungus, plus "just-so" conditions of humidity, freezing, and time. My morning chores these days are invariably accompanied by a chorus of bird songs. Our chickens are laying eggs like crazy - even the 5 1/2 year-old grandma hen has laid a few. Soil was quite muddy at midweek, but nicely workable in the garden yesterday, and I have spaded up the potato patch and laid black plastic over it to warm it, and planted a patch of peas in a sheltered spot. Pruning of trees and shrubs is underway, and buds are beginning to swell. Chickweed, dandelions, daffodils, bittercress, and some little ornamental in the borage family are all in bloom. The hellebores (Lenten roses) are just loaded with blossoms. The lawn is green and growing slowly. I mowed some of the taller stuff this week. In the forest, plenty tall dead grasses and bracken from last year are still standing. |
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