| 9/12/2026 | AL-CN-8 | AL | Calhoun |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Dry conditions still continue after 2 weeks of no rain and high temps in upper 90s we finally got some rain yesterday of 1.36" which did help ! |
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| 9/12/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Moderate Drought D1 status along the lower Colorado River valley. Observed locally recent palo verde trees limbs breaking off and blue agave plants wilting/dead. |
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| 9/12/2026 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Prior to yesterday's rain our soil was bone dry. Trees are dropping their leaves. Many of our trees have brown leaves. Creeks and lake levels are way below normal. Boneset is blooming but not much else. Watering my trees, shrubs & flowers daily to try to keep them alive. Birds are migrating. An armadillo showed up in my yard, destroying my heavily mulched beds, looking for grubs in my composted soil |
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| 9/12/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| CY 61% of normal. WY 57% of normal. |
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| 9/12/2026 | CO-CS-31 | CO | Costilla |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Tress are loosing leaves earlier than normal. Wells in surrounding areas are drying up. Streams are dry or barely running. |
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| 9/12/2026 | CO-DN-333 | CO | Denver |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Barely any rain over the past couple weeks. Very dusty ground conditions. Some plants have withered. |
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| 9/12/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Temperatures remain hot during the day. Ground is cracked. Maple leaves are browned at the edges and losing color. |
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| 9/12/2026 | CT-NL-21 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Since my last report on 8/23/26 there has been a total of 3.27" of precipitation. Hopeville Pond is back to about normal. Water supply quality and quantity are good for human consumption. There are fewer animal prints and various birds. The farmers' fields have started to yield crops and gone to market. The grass has returned to green and is growing. The campers are hanging out at their camp sites at the campground across the pond. There are also few people fishing or on the water. |
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| 9/12/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Only 0.04" of rain over the past week. Conditions are normal. A few maple trees are just beginning to turn red.
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| 9/12/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 9/12/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and golf course pond are near average. Plants and lawns are thriving with small near daily rain. |
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| 9/12/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Regular, nearly daily thunderstorms have kept condtions a tad wet with vegetation positive responding to the damp conditions. Temps continue to moderate with highs in the upper 80's and lows in the upper 70's and low 80's. AC use has slowed somewhat from summer peak usage. |
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| 9/12/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - Checking on the US Drought Map for our area, as of 09/08, we remained in Category D-3 Extreme Condition. However, I am reporting close to normal at this time as we have received 2.89” of precipitation between 09/08 and 09/12.
ENERGY - Close to normal with several days just above and several nights just above our normal temperatures. However, our precipitation has come during the early afternoon hours into the evening hours, which has provided us ample cloud cover to reduce the intensity of the Sun’s rays during these times.
GENERAL - Fairly close to normal Florida weather with an abundance of Thunderstorms around in the afternoon hours. There has not been a day this week when we have not heard thunder rolling around and observed lightening in the distance. Sometimes,, very nearby. |
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| 9/12/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had quite a bit of rain in the past month so I feel like it's getting wet. However we're in another dry stretch. |
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| 9/12/2026 | FL-SR-52 | FL | Santa Rosa |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| After the months long drought here, water from recent rains is still draining and soaking into our swampy sandy loam soil. It is not yet leaving persistent ponds and full ditches. The ground is wet and spongy in the low spots. Yards look great and do not require supplemental watering. Grasses and weeds along our roads look well watered. As yet, no standing water on or around our lot. Few birds find it necessary to visit our birdbath. |
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| 9/12/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Some rain recently, but not enough to change conditions. |
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| 9/12/2026 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The gravel road is extremely dusty. The fescue lawn is brown in many areas. I am watering my flower beds regularly. The temps have been in upper 80's to low 90's with the dew point below 70 for the first time in weeks. I've seen a squirrel visiting my dry bird baths looking for water. The hummingbirds are emptying the feeder every few days. |
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| 9/12/2026 | GA-MW-9 | GA | Meriwether |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The lake behind my house is slightly lower than normal this time of year, with the creek that runs into it showing many dry areas. The grass and flowers around my house are wilted and brown. Rain for 3 consecutive days counting today has helped some superficially. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Well, the rains were light for the 7 days past as only 0.26" was recorded locally. And with the area waterways dropping to below their normal levels, mildly dry soil conditions appear to be warranted. On the other hand, the Drought Monitor did remove this area from any drought category, going on a couple weeks now. And with more rain predicted by our NWS, starting tomorrow, maybe mildly wet conditions will be met. Anyhow, the trees and underbrush look lush and green and area lawns look about as green as possible. Mowing is still too frequent but with the shorter days coming on, the grass should start growing more slowly. Area crops are just beginning to finish with most bean fields turning yellow. I did notice a sweet Autumn scent again this year, after mowing recently, but it was brief and minimal. I think it's from sweet grass but whatever that scent is, for me, getting too much of that essence is highly unlikely. Wildlife is starting to get more active as more roadkill is happening and sadly an oven bird flew into our window and was unable to recover. And the squirrels are up to their usual habit of chewing up my pumpkins. So I sprayed them with some diluted peppermint oil mixed with some soap products and so far, so good. Otherwise maybe some mouse traps around those pumpkins will teach those sneaky squirrels a lesson.
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| 9/12/2026 | IL-LG-2 | IL | Logan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Another mostly dry week continues to put stress on lawns and plants not manually watered. Less than 0.25" of rain occurred in the local area on 9/10, with no rain the remainder of the week. Large yellow & brown spots are on lawns with hard ground. Plants that are not manually watered have dried up. Maple trees are stressed and starting to lose a few leaves. There is a potential for around an inch of rain the latter part of the upcoming week. If this does not come to fruition, then we'll definitely be in the Moderately Dry category for conditions. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Energy Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Corn has been harvested north of us around Greenview. Corn here is drying. Soybeans are sporting yellow leaves. Our alfalfa is 18-24" high but our farmer probably won't do 4th cutting. We received 0.47" of rain this week in three days with short sprinkles or light rains. Grass responded immediately. We had been heading into mildly dry conditions until these rains occurred. Will see what next week brings. Temperatures 80s and low 90s are much nicer. We have not had power outages this week.
Our overflow pond's mud is darker since the rains. Weeding isn't as easy as it was. We were beginning to have cracks show in exposed places. My sweet potatoes still are in bloom and lush but the potatoes are pushing up out of the ground. I haven't seen that happen before. Maybe I won't have to dig as deep. We still see the lone yearling buck daily. One day his mom and sister came to visit but didn't stay long. Saw a groundhog in the front alfalfa field. Our dog has killed several this year when they venture into his fenced yard. Dumb! Monarchs flit through our farm often heading west. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IL-MG-14 | IL | Morgan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Spring rainfall is surprisingly caring the load as corn and soybeans are looking good and harvest is progressing. Lawns have been mowed the entire summer so lawns are hanging in there. Tall fescue is the main lawn grass in these parts and some of us mow at the four inch level. Recent rains are light but appreciated. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IN-AL-42 | IN | Allen |
Near Normal
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| Turf grasses in direct sunlit areas are going dormant. Creek out back is down to a trickle. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| I have received 0.08 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Grass in lawn is green and lush. Corn crop is begining to get dry stalks. |
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| 9/12/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| hot humid little rain |
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| 9/12/2026 | IN-PT-180 | IN | Porter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Grass is drying up and the lawns are turning yellow from lack of water |
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| 9/12/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| After two and a half weeks without precipitation, rain has returned and the afternoon temperatures have moderated from the mid 90s to the upper 80s. |
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| 9/12/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.46 inches of rain this week is a blessing. The vegetation is trying to perk up but the heat and dryness has either killed the plants or made them go dormant. The rain was enough to put the moisture together in our fields so I can plant triticale and alfalfa next week. Harvest of the fall crops is underway in this area. The farmers I have talked to are disappointed with the yields. |
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| 9/12/2026 | KS-SG-174 | KS | Sedgwick |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Leaves are drying up on trees and bushes. Large 2inch cracks in pastures. grass is drying up for cattle. Many Soybean farmers are contemplating, or have already baled their beans. |
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| 9/12/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| 1.31 inches of rain this week-rained 3 days |
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| 9/12/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Back to a dry pattern as rain showers skirt this location. Afternoon thunderstorms threatened on Monday but didn’t amount to much. More thunderstorms could be heard in the distance with dark clouds forming and then dissipating after 30 minutes as they approached. A little drizzle on Tuesday afternoon barely wet the ground, and Wednesday had dry southerly breezes all day long. I have not planted a fall garden yet because the weather is just too unpredictable as far as the weather is concerned, especially consistent rainfall. Strong thunderstorms were again all around this area on Thursday with promising conditions for some much-needed soaking rain.
No changes on Friday as lightning and thunder were all around, and only a few drops fell here. |
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| 9/12/2026 | LA-NT-2 | LA | Natchitoches Parish |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Grass dying in areas due to lack of rainfall; low levels or below normal levels on nearby lake due to lack of rainfall during July, August and early September 2026; US Drought Monitor intensity D2-SEVERE DROUGHT here Sept 7th thru Sept 12, 2026. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Summer 2026 summary from eastern Worcester County, MD (using midnight to midnight data) - Temperatures were a little above average with an average daily maximum of 84.8 degrees and an average daily minimum of 69.4. The highest daily maximum was 97.3 on 04-JUL, and the lowest daily maximum was 73.8 on 01-JUN. The daily maximum was 90 or above on 17 days. The lowest daily minimum was 51.1 on 09-JUN, and the highest daily minimum was 80.6 on 04-JUL. The average daily humidity was 80.2%. The maximum dew point was 70 or above on 75 days and 80 or above on 8 days. Rainfall was above average with 15.99 inches observed, which is about 145% of average. Measurable rain was observed on 29 days. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| one decent day of rain dry again now |
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| 9/12/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Over this past week 0.83" of rain fell. Rivers and streams are running at normal levels. Lawns remain green and gardens are doing very well. Colors of the leaves are definitely beginning to change. Soil moisture is normal. A lot of crickets this year, and very few Japanese Beetles. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| About 1/2" of rain this week, added to ground that was already a bit damp from several inches of rain earlier. Grass is growing vigorously. No standing water. Creek level about average. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| A little rain this past week but nothing like what we had earlier. Soil is still quite moist from the heavy rain, grass vey green. A few leaves have started to change color, some have fallen. A few new fall flowers appearing. Birds are very vocal but things seem to be in a holding pattern. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-CG-105 | MN | Chisago |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Leaves on trees are dry and falling without turning color. Chorne in the field is dry already. Flowers and plants in my garden are dry and need water every day. Grass and unwatered areas is dry and dormant. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-CW-139 | MN | Crow Wing |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Our property borders a State wildlife refuge (Cook Wildlife) and its pond is 138 acers- the pond is almost dryed up- |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Soil is dry, grass is brown, plants are wilting |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-HN-764 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Ground is dry. Leaves falling off smaller trees and vegetation that is not receiving manual watering. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Minimal rain in the last week. Lawns look drier, bushes and trees need watering. I'm leaving water out for the deer family that is hanging around eating buckthorn, which they usually don't do till late fall. Lakes are dropping further and wetlands remain low to dry. Groundwater wells are lower, deep aquifers used for irrigation and municipal supply are so far unaffected. Fire danger is moderate. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-IT-109 | MN | Itasca |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| My immediate neighborhood continues to get just enough rain to keep grasses green and trees from appearing stressed. You don’t have to drive more than a few miles though to see stressed trees and dried out grasses where the sun hits. The river, Mississippi, is down as are ponds near us. Almost no mosquitoes all summer is a sign of very low water even if I can’t see it. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-SL-223 | MN | St. Louis |
Moderately Dry
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| Although vegetation is thriving, the lake level and adjacent river is low. Grass has not needed mowing much at all this summer. Fire bans have taken effect as well |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-SH-96 | MN | Sherburne |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Stressed trees are losing leaves, the soil is like dust, and watering the garden is required to preserve plantings. Nearby Mississippi river levels remains very low. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MN-WG-88 | MN | Washington |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The large pound nearby that migrating birds use is now mostly dry. This is a disaster. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 6 Sep 26 to 12 Sep 26. There were 5 days of precipitation during the week, for 1.09 inches. The total precipitation for September is 1.09 inches. The historical average for September is 4.00 inches. The current condition is Near Normal. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The extreme drought continues with a little break this week We had .51 this week but that doesn't make much impact other than settle the dust. High fire danger and burn bans continue. Shoal Creek is still lowering. Wild life is active, eating anything they can find. There are still a few hummingbirds on the feeders Leaves are falling from the drought. Hay fields have not produced another cutting and pastures have dried up and some farms are having to start feeding hay. |
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| 9/12/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| We received about .5” this week with plenty of hot weather. Great for harvesting crops but tough on pastures and lawns. Gardens are declining significantly unless watered. Same for potted plants. Flowering shrubs are losing leaves, too much heat in the direct sun. Even woody brush on the farm and in the woods have leaves turning or falling. |
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| 9/12/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Ground condition has shown some improvements. Some rain and cooler temperatures have helped. Black Walnut tree is dropping walnuts earlier than usual, same as last year. Lake and river still low. Streams flowing some after the rains. |
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