| 6/6/2026 | AK-MS-22 | AK | Matanuska-Susitna |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Hot weather (highs 72-79F) caused snow-fed creeks to rise dramatically this week. Virtually no change in water level from May 27 to June 2, then rapid rise as hot weather began June 2. Photos of the Matanuska River at Glenn Highway MP 71. Also a hydrograph of water levels on Moose Creek (Sutton) showing discharge flow in early June this year and the median for this time period as well as water temperature. However, the warm weather still hasn't thawed very deep into the ground - maybe a foot or two of the upper layer. My water line is still frozen. |
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| 6/6/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Moderate D1 drought condition around Lake Havasu City and upstream along the Colorado River. Very dry with increasing summer temps reaching 108F.......expected thru this coming week! |
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| 6/6/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Saw some mountain showers and VIRGA this week. No effect on local soil moisture. Daily relative humidity minimums below 10% and 100 degree heat are slowing the growing season. Summer in the desert. Early. |
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| 6/6/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Calendar YTD 53% of normal. Water YTD 49% of normal. State has declared Phase 3 of Drought Response Plan. Also, I have noticed a large number of convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) larvae in my garden this spring, perhaps due to the mild winter and unusually warm spring.
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| 6/6/2026 | CO-BO-623 | CO | Boulder |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| May finally offered some relief from the area’s drought, delivering 3.52 inches of rain and snow, 0.60 inches more than normal. Until that we had experienced 10 of 12 months of below-normal precipitation. What made it worse was heat! Between October and April, monthly mean temperatures ranged up to 12 degrees above normal. During the same period, we were short more than 5 inches of moisture. As result, pastures dried up. Several of our cool-season plantings failed, mainly due to extreme temperature swings but made worse by the dry conditions and difficulty delivering adequate irrigation. Three attempts to plant peas yielded 5% germination, spinach failed first and second seedings, and beets failed the first attempt and only 20% germinated the second. Pastures usually start greening up in March and certainly April, but they were dry and brown in April. Elk and deer desperate for forage visited often.
May’s snow and rain transformed the landscape. The timing of the precipitation was perfectly in line with emerging grasses. We had seeded 8 acres of native grasses last Spring. Much germinated but then went dormant in the dry summer and fall. Some individual blades of grass sometimes braved our dry Spring, but by the end of May much of the seeded area looked very happy. Success also depended on soil type, but absolutely required the water.
Some invasive forbs and grasses, which emerged early because of the warm temperatures into a punishing dry spell, failed, and did not recover after May’s moisture. Large areas of cheatgrass and pale alyssum emerged but then turned to dust. The bindweed was (unfortunately) unaffected.
Have we returned to normal? Not quite. The last significant precipitation we reported fell on May 20. Most soils are dry. Exurban water provider Left Hand Water District has declared a Stage 1 (mild) water shortage. Right now I’d classify conditions as “mildly dry” as result. Things can change quickly!
Photos: May 24th view of the north pasture with older and newly seeded (2025) grasses. Views near the rain gauge looking SW, on April 29 (dry) and June 1 (moist and green).
I used the closest climgrid 30-year precipitation normals, and temperatures from Longmont 2 ESE. I have only been reporting daily precipitation since mid-May, but I’ve been observing and recording it since May 2025. |
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| 6/6/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Temperatures higher than normal. Some strong winds and hail make gardening difficult. |
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| 6/6/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.02" rain this week.
Aspen trees are all leaked out, pollen from pine trees began this week noticing yellow pollen on deck surface.
Turkey are very active. Hummers and song birds active at the hummer feeders and water baths.
Rhubarb stalks are thickening, and garlic is about 3 feet tall.
Noticing more wildflowers popping up in the forest. |
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| 6/6/2026 | CO-PW-49 | CO | Prowers |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Well has gone dry. Winter wheat has died with out heading out so no harvest. What little moisture has fallen has evaporated quickly and left no moisture to plant a spring crop on. Irrigation canal had one run of water and is dry now. Garden was watered to get plants to come up but no rain and high water cost will probably cause abandonment. |
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| 6/6/2026 | 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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| 6/6/2026 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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| .1" rain this week did not help the dry situation. Plants are blooming later than last year. Birds are nesting, and baby bunnies are cavorting amid my clover. Tourists are flocking to Mystic, gertting out on the river on the 80F days. Beautiful summer weather, with a few cold days. |
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| 6/6/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Tourism & Recreation
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| Only 0.05" of rain this week. Watering of new plantings is required. Great beach sweather. |
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| 6/6/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Moderately Dry
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| Ground dusty. Lawns turning dormant. |
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| 6/6/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 5/31-6/6 provided plenty of wind and sun, deepening the drought, stressing the plant life and drying out Morris Branch. Delaware is under a Drought Watch by order of the Governor. |
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| 6/6/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| While it hasn’t rained much recently, the rain of last month has put Lake Alice and golf course pond levels at normal levels. Annuals again need daily watering. Lawn/turf needs mowing. |
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| 6/6/2026 | FL-HB-177 | FL | Hillsborough |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Our area started receiving some rains but then it stopped. Grass starting to green up but now, things are drying out again. Ponds and lakes are still WELL below average and normal for this time of year. |
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| 6/6/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - With no rail fall for the past 7 days, we have returned to our Extreme D-3 Drought condition.
ENERGY - Normal temperatures have prevailed last week with daytime temps just slightly above normal. Close to summer conditions, with showers & thunderstorms forecast3ed daily, but nothing materializes in the afternoons. Just dissipates.
GENERAL - Just two words for us here: NEED RAIN! |
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| 6/6/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Back to normal. |
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| 6/6/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Well, after an almost record dry May, the month of June started out just as dry until Friday when 0.71" of rain fell, followed by a very local downpour of 1.48" early this morning. Soil conditions were approaching severely dry but are currently mildly wet thanks to the rains we received yesterday and overnight. Area waterways were decidedly on the low side and dropping but should be looking better today. Trees now look a lot better after this soaking. Area lawns were looking pretty dismal and a dust devil reminiscent of desert climates was working its way across a bare and dry field the other day, really giving our dry condition a sobering appearance. My lawn and garden had been surviving due to regular watering but the soaking rains definitely made a welcome difference. I discovered a bird song app that seems quite accurate and it has been "hearing" birds at dawn and dusk that I didn't even know were around here. And our peewee/flycatchers finally got around to finishing their nest in the same exact spot as last year. Hopefully they will have another successful hatch this year, in about a month. |
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| 6/6/2026 | IL-MD-37 | IL | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The crops are doing well. The first plant, corn, is already Hip high. The Bean crops are doing well. The Winter Wheat crops are ready for harvesting. There are no vegetation issues; any wildland fires will not be supported. The creeks and streams are running just under normal. Ponds and lakes are at normal ponding. |
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| 6/6/2026 | IL-ME-15 | IL | Menard |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| May 25th was the last measurable rain we've had. Garden soil mid May was loamy and nice. Now it is hard to get a shovel through and hard clods come up. I'm watering my plants. Weekly mowing has slowed to over a week. We have a small overflow pond/creek that goes through our farm from the neighborhood. Pond is mud now where earlier creek and pond were with water. Raccoons are into water buckets in the barn knocking them over or muddying them. Doe and fawn plus last season's twin yearlings are seen in alfalfa field, sheep pasture and even our fenced yard. First cutting alfalfa at end of May was good (15 big bales) but we need rain. Wild black raspberries are fruiting. |
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| 6/6/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I have recorded 0.82 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. Grass was begining to turn slightly brown due to moisture shortage. |
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| 6/6/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| June off to a good start (1.68") after a dry May. Creek up some with a trickle of flow. Birds and flies remain busy as are wasps now. Grass growing fast again. |
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| 6/6/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| recent rains, ground moist |
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| 6/6/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We began the week with an inch and a half of rain. The rest of the week was warm in the 80s and sunny. All plants look quite healthy. |
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| 6/6/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| We received 3.67 inches of rain this week in 3 rains. All of the vegetation has really perked up and looks good. Wheat harvest has started in this area but is on hold for a few days. It is a big relief to get enough rain to really get the grass growing for the cattle. |
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| 6/6/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Only .02 inches of rain followed by six dry days this week. |
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| 6/6/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The weekend started out hot and humid, and it was tough working in the yard. After a week of rain and clouds, many plants and I are wilting in the heat and humidity. Feels like 101°F! But I was able to spray herbicides on the lawn since we finally had conditions that were consistent for spraying. Many neighbors tried to rush into cutting the grass, but in some cases, the mowers left ruts and muddy trails behind since the ground was still wet from last week’s rains. My front yard was still wet even though I worked on the drainage all last summer. There was no standing water. It was still too wet to mow. By Monday afternoon, the soil dried out enough so as not to cause ruts when I cut the grass. But I only cut half of the normal height to avoid clumping grass clippings and sun scalding. It rained all around this area during the day on Tuesday, and some areas had thunderstorms. I needed at least a half inch of rain to get the herbicide I spray on Saturday to reach the soil. Late Tuesday evening, a popup shower provided 0.53”, go figure! The rest of the week was mostly uneventful as passing clouds provided some relief from the sun and even added a few drops of rain, but only a trace fell. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MD-GR-15 | MD | Garrett |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| My personal gauge is how often do I need to mow the lawn — not once since last rains even though they were extensive. I have seen hay harvesting, so at least one cutting. Lakes are full for now. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| May 2026 summary from eastern Worcester County, MD (Using midnight to midnight data) - Temperatures were near average with the average daily maximum of 71.1 degrees and the average daily minimum of 56.1. The highest daily maximum was 91.4 on the 18th and the lowest daily maximum was 58.1 on the 23rd. The lowest daily minimum was 44.2 on the 12th and the highest daily minimum was 71.6 on the 20th. The temperature was 90 or above on 1 day. The average daily humidity was 78.4%. The dew point was 70 or above on 6 days. Rainfall was below average with a total of 2.79 inches, which is about 75% of average. Measurable rain was observed on 11 days. |
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| 6/6/2026 | 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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| no rain 5 days |
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| 6/6/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Not much rain over the past week, 0.17" total. Perennials and shrubs are having a "stellar" season so far. Soil is not overly dry, and is very workable. Steams and rivers seem to be running a bit lower. Lawns are nice and green. Groundhog activity continues to be high, along with skunk and squirrels. Bees are more abundant in the gardens this week. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .79 inches of rain in the last week but conditions are still quite dry. No water over the dam at the reservoir. Soil dry in the vegetable garden. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Total weekly rainfall of 0.21 inch. Conditions remain dry. Temperatures increased by the end of the week. Watering our vegetable garden and 2 new maple trees by hand given the water restrictions. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.73" of rain last night was the first rain since May 25th. This will help but the ground is still dry. Watering the garden every other day. Creek level below normal. Much of the field corn is 4" high; soybeans look healthy. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MI-KZ-41 | MI | Kalamazoo |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 1.47 inches of rain in the past 24 hours boosted us well into "normal" range, after trending into "mildly dry" all week. The one spot in the neighborhood with bad drainage still has about half an inch of standing water, but all the rest has soaked in or gone to storm drains. Birds, crickets, and frogs are singing merrily. There are buds on both the common and butterfly milkweed and the yarrow. Serviceberries are ripening quickly. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Finally got some rain, the first in two weeks. Grass is browning in sunny places, we can use a lot more. Trees fully leafed out, even the oaks and walnuts. Summer flowers appearing. Lots of bird song but am not filling feeders so they aren't in yard. Temps have been warm, lots of 80's and they will continue. It's summer. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MN-HN-285 | MN | Hennepin |
Near Normal
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| Plants are green and growing |
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| 6/6/2026 | MN-IT-57 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Recent rains have helped green things up! |
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| 6/6/2026 | MN-YM-18 | MN | Yellow Medicine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Crops are in good condition and not stressed. Lakes and streams are near normal levels. Recreational activities are normal. Only health concern is high pollen. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| We have had a lot of rain this past month but we needed it just not 5”-8” at a time. This week we has been in a more normal summer time weather with warm temperatures and afternoon showers other than this weekend with the morning rain training out of the gulf. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 31 May 26 to 6 June 26. There were 3 days of precipitation for the week, for 1.77 inches. The total precipitation for May is 4.66. The historical average for May is 4.70 inches. The total precipitation for June is 0.65. The historical average for June is 4.70 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Mostly dry this week but normal conditions for the first of June. Wild life is very active with deer plentiful and other animals around. Fields are growing well and some hay cuttings will begin soon. Shoal Creek is still running bank full. Fire danger is in the normal range. |
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| 6/6/2026 | MT-RT-5 | MT | Roosevelt |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| Several places 50 to 100 miles from us have gotten 1/2 to 1" moisture, but it has gone around us and we are very dry. Crop is spindly or still suffering where the wind on May 14th blew it out of the ground or took all the topsoil off the seed in the fields. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Hopefully turning a corner on our persistent drought. Lawn, gardens are growing, Lake is at a good level, streams and rivers flowing. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NJ-AT-63 | NJ | Atlantic |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Very dry conditions--pines and evergreens are showing much browning near the trunk and on needles/scales. Shrubs are wilting where not near a water/sprinkler source. Perennials are slow in drier areas to flower. With a week ahead of little to no rain and current drought conditions, I would not be surprised to see us advance to severely dry very soon. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NJ-GL-33 | NJ | Gloucester |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Society & Public Health
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| No rain |
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| 6/6/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| A couple of decent rains since last report, but still behind overall. 2 more dying pinons in backyard. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Summer is now fully established with temperatures in the 90's. The 0.78 inch of rain May 26-27 has quickly dried up and the soil is very dry and dusty. Some field plants are growing, but there is not enough plant cover to hold down the dust when the wind blows. Trees are healthy. Our water supply is adequate. The Rio Grande River flow is near zero. Fire bans and restrictions are in effect over the area. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| This report is for the week of May 30 through June 6, 2026. We received 0.30 inches of rain this week. Temperatures have been pleasant warm during the day and cool at night. We’ve got our garden planted this week. Grass is lush and the trees are green. St. Lawrence River level is 246.67 feet, 43.9 inches above low water datum and 56.5°F at 08:36 this morning. |
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| 6/6/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Week of (5/31/26-6/6/26) observed less precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 0.29 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was less than the last update of 1.86 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (5/24/26-5/30/26). There was 4.15 inches of precipitation so far that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of May compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 2.86 inches of precipitation. The week of 5/31/2026-6/6/2026 had measured 0 inches of snowfall. There was trace of snowfall that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 so far for the month of May compared to the normal climatology snowfall at KROC airport for the month is 0.1 inches. There was 0.29 inches of precipitation so far that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of June compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 0.65 inches of precipitation. Conditions gotten drier since the last update from last week with the area seeing less measurable precipitation in the form of liquid over this past week and the area is still remaining drought free. The area is currently considered near normal and conditions had gotten drier and the ground is turning drier since the last update due to the area receiving an abundance of precipitation in the form of rain since there has been a lot of measurable rainfall last month in April and also in the month of March and this had caused the area to receive an abundance of moisture the area had received in the past, but a good dry stretch of weather was needed for the area to dry out. The sump pump has been pumping couple of times during the entire week due to the ground still moist below the surface from more soaking rain the area experienced this week and over the past couple of months. Outdoor activities have been excellent with mild and dry weather lasting the entire week despite (scattered rain showers early Saturday morning) and good weather for walking on trails this week and local creeks and streams water levels are still holding at low levels along with some seasonably cooler than normal air in the environment in the beginning of the week (Sunday-Tuesday) with temperatures average to slightly warmer than average for the rest of the week (Tuesday-Saturday), but no snow had taken place this week and 0 inches of snow depth currently on the ground. The area experienced a mix bag of above and below average temperatures most of the week with temperatures warming above average by the middle of the week into the early weekend (Tuesday- Saturday). Furnace has been off and not needed for the entire this week and the air conditioner hasn’t been needed until late this week (Thursday-Saturday) to cool the house due to a mix bag of the slightly warmer and slightly cooler than average temperatures prevailing over the area earlier in the week due to temperatures warming above average (as much as 7 degrees Fahrenheit above average and as much as 11 degrees below average for the remainder of the week Sunday-Thursday. The ground has finally dried up and become more solid and not squishy this week and the drainage area in the backyard has no standing water and the area could use another break from the rain and the area could use another period of dry weather for the ground to dry up and become muddy free. The grass is still remaining green and vibrant with all the moisture that had fallen over the past couple of weeks along with leaves on the trees approaching full foliage. The front yard needed to be hand mowed once this week along with vegetation such as Dogwoods and trees in the backyard are showing signs of full leaf growth, but mowing the backyard was easier due to the ground becoming drier and less muddy and Boxwoods needed trimming to remove dead vegetation. So far, the total precipitation at this station for the month of June is currently below average. The 2025-2026 winter season at station NY-MR-89 had measured/observed a total snowfall accumulation of 100.3 inches compared to the normal climatology total snowfall for the KROC airport is 102.0 inches with NY-MR-89 station being 1.7 inches of snowfall accumulation below average for total snowfall accumulation compared to the KROC airport and 13.8 inches in total snowfall accumulation difference between station NY-MR-89 and KROC airport. |
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