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| 9/23/2026 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sept 17 - 23, 2026: a total of a little more than 0.1 " of rain during this period--Sept. 17th and 18th with a trace of rain and 0.1" measured on Sept. 19th, then dry for 5 days. Drought continues. Leaves are beginning to turn on ash and a few maple trees. In general, days and overnight temperatures are beginning to drop to normal ranges....40's or low 50's overnight; 60's during the day. A couple of warm days (upper 80's) forecast for this week then dropping back down to normal ranges. Plants and animals are reacting to shorter days and cooler temperatures. Birds are beginning to gather at seed feeders. Anna's hummingbirds are very active at the feeders also. Only a few daisy blooms remain, but seed heads are being left on the plants for fall and winter bird food. Corn is ripe on the stalks. Squirrels are busy eating ripe corn and apples. Oaks have nearly stopped dropping acorns---a couple months earlier than normal. Horse chestnut burrs are beginning to drop more often. Bears are moving to lower elevations in search of food and water. Their berry food sources at higher elevations have dried up in this summer's drought conditions. Other wildlife are also moving to lower elevations earlier than normal to find plants to eat. This winter will probably be very hard on wildlife who are caught between sparse food at elevations due to drought and wildland fires this summer and human development of lower elevations where winter forage used to be available. |
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| 9/23/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Slightly dry in my area and moderately dry at NKU. The lawns are slightly brown in our area with a lot of green. Pond level below normal. At NKU the grass still is brown with some tree drought stress. D0 - ABNORMAL DRY - BEGINNING OF A DROUGHT at NKU and no drought in my area. The trees are normal in our area about 1/2 mile away from this university. Most of Kenton County below 39 D 02 M latitude and most of Boone and Campbell County I-275 and south is D0 - ABNORMALLY DRY. North of I-275 conditions are slightly dry to near normal in Campbell County and mildly dry north of I-275 in Boone and Kenton County. The rain last week helped my very local area; but NKU did not receive that much rain and was already in D0 for several days. |
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| 9/23/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with light to calm winds. The high temperature was around sixty two degrees, and the low around forty two degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Chickory, Mugwort and Jerusalem Artichoke flowers are in full bloom. Apples are ripening, walnuts are 2" big. All corn have cobs from 8" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. A few Black Cherry trees, Walnut leaves and sparse other trees leaves are beginning to change color. The local intermittent stream is dry and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/23/2026 | TX-DN-148 | TX | Denton |
Severely Dry
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Our well pump is drawing air and will have to be lowered to continue to supply our water. It had been adequate for our conservative needs at the current depth since the well was drilled in 2001. |
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| 9/23/2026 | VA-VBC-21 | VA | Virginia Beach (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| Conditions continue to worsen. Deeper and deeper in rainfall deficit. Fortunately the heat seems to have broken for the season. Impoundments at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge are the lowest levels in memory. Bodies of water are now dry land. |
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