| 8/9/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| No rain for the last week, which is more normal for this time of year. Carrots need irrigation to sprout. |
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| 8/9/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
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| We are rather dry where we are setting but rains that have come through the area were widely scattered. Some received good amounts of rain and some didn't. The nearly half inch we received this week was welcome but a far cry from what would have been better for all. |
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| 8/9/2026 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| .17" of rain this week brings the month's total to .24" and the year's since Jan. 1 to 3.08". Very little fruit production this year, and no summer garden produce to date. Some tomatoes have set, but no zucchini, and chili peppers haven't blossomed so far. The creek ran well locally and all the way down to the Rio Grande early this week from rain that must have fallen northwest of here, but it was dry again within 1-2 days. Grass is growing at the verge of paved roads and acacias are in bloom in the foothills, but hillsides are still brown. Still seeing a variety of birds in the yard. |
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| 8/9/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Mildly Wet
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| Streams and creeks at slightly higher levels that expected for the season. |
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| 8/9/2026 | OH-FR-111 | OH | Franklin |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 8/2/2026 - 8/8/2026
Precipitation: 1.09” of measurable gauge precipitation.
Temps: Temps ranged between lows of 56 and 67, highs between 83 and 91.
Plants/lawn: Lawns and plants healthy
Summary: Four days of spotty rain this week and very muggy, with a mix of sunny days and cloudy days all week. Would appreciate a little more rain, though…. |
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| 8/9/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Our Hot and dry weather pattern continued this week with no measurable rainfall observed. The overall lack of rainfall is starting to cause some our plants leaves to wilt including some of our local grasses, and some of our trees leaves are wilting too. Also the ground remains sandy and dry this week which I fear is just the beginning of our latest impacts from our developing drought. |
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| 8/9/2026 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
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Tourism & Recreation
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| This past week’s precipitation was 4.97”. The topsoil is moist. Rainfall this week has erased the dryness of the previous 2 weeks. Grass has greened up and is growing again. Garden has started producing tomatoes. Perennials are fading. Air temperatures have been about normal but very humid. |
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| 8/9/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| 3.13” rain this past week has put us back to Moderately Dry. US Drought Monitor showing us now in a “D1-Moderate Drought” status. SC Forestry app shows 9 wildfires, all in the S and E sectors of the state. While this past week’s rain certainly helps, we’re still at an overall deficit. Local roadside swamps and ditches have almost dried up again, even after this week’s abundant rains. Smaller bushes, and some lower limbs on larger trees, appear to have already turned brown and died along local roads (see photo). Local cornfields have patches of dead corn among the green. At Poinsett State Park (and at home in Sumter) mosquitos are swarming after the rain, even with bug spray and the Thermacell running. Poinsett’s main spillway already has dry spots again and the park’s waterfall is back to reduced flow, even after all the rain this week (see photos). Smaller streams appear to have already dried up again. From Data Explorer: August precip: +2.80" : 311% of NOAA Normal. Yearly precip: -9.83" : 66% of NOAA Normal. Last 30 days: 5.81”/NOAA normal: 10.39”. Last 90 days: 12.35”/NOAA normal: 18.70”. |
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| 8/9/2026 | TN-MC-16 | TN | Macon |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| We received 1.37 inches of rain over four days this week. Ponds, streams, and creeks are normal. Post holes still moist down twenty-four inches. Best gardens in years. Field crops look great right now. Timber looks good. Calves growing. Seeing lots of wildlife, especially does with their babies and some bucks too. No stress in our area. We are blessed and thankful. |
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| 8/9/2026 | VT-WH-29 | VT | Windham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A trace or more on 7 of the first 9 days this month totaling 1.21 inch. It has also been hot and humid the past few days. A little less humid this morning. No sign of to little water with green grass in August and garden and weeds growing well. Tomatoes have really started ripening this past week. Little break from the weekly lawn mowing. Birds have been much quieter lately but more Hummingbirds at the feeder. Most of this summer I wake to calls from Cardinals but not the past week. |
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| 8/9/2026 | WI-CK-3 | WI | Clark |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| Everything is drying up the pasture for the cattle, the lawns, the corn is getting to look really stressed. |
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