| 12/14/2025 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| A dry and quiet week with sunny days and no precipitation falling or even threatening. Winds were mostly calm all week with high temperatures in the mid 50's to low 60's though it did get up to 66° on Saturday which was the high of the week. Lows were in the 20's all week with a low of 21° on Monday. No change in plant life in the surrounding open areas with everything dormant. The Christmas rose (Hellebores) has flower buds and one garlic is sprouting in the garden. Dark-eyed juncos and other birds, a gray color and similar in size, were observed in the yard foraging for food and drinking water out of the pond. Heard some geese flying overhead and saw a raven. |
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| 12/14/2025 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We had only a trace of rain this week and the two week total is 0.07”. Conditions are still normal for this time of year. Temperatures have been average with highs in the 40s and 50s most of the week but it was well above normal on Friday when the high was in the upper 60s. Soil moisture and water body levels seem to be as expected. Plant/crop growth is good with the average weather for this time of year. Annual ryegrass is growing now in many local pastures and I still have some cool season plants producing in my garden which is unusual. Ranchers are feeding some hay but not a lot. There is low/medium fire danger that is increasing, especially on windy days. |
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| 12/14/2025 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain has been sporadic for months now. Soil is dry inches down. Most trees have dropped their leaves. Squirrels are burying acorns everywhere. Relatively few birds are seen at my feeders. Temps have been unseasonably cold. |
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| 12/14/2025 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Almost half way through December and still no rain. it is supposed to rain next week finally. Frogs are still around, we are watering plants in pots. |
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| 12/14/2025 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week with no rain and we had days of unseasonable warm weather. The lack of normal rainfall can be seen in a few shrubs now - our Rhodies are showing leaf curl, which means they are not getting the water they need. Rain is in the forecast for most of next week, but we've been disappointed before. Fingers crossed that the systems drop south this time and the poor folks in Oregon and Washington catch a break. Not as many tourists around, which is typical of mid-December. Things will pick up as Christmas gets closer. |
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| 12/14/2025 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Most snow is gone. Normal dry conditions prevail. All deciduous trees have fully dropped. |
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| 12/14/2025 | CT-TL-27 | CT | Tolland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Business & Industry Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Liquid precipitation since the last report a week and a half ago totaled about 1/2 inch; more than an inch of it fell as snow. The current snowpack exceeds an inch, leaving overall conditions about normal for mid-December here. A nearby field's low spot now has a small amount of ice. Before the current snowfall, grass on local lawns had become predominantly yellow as the temperature has twice fallen into single digits since the last report. Animal activity has slackened as well. Local business activity has increased as Christmas shopping became a factor. Forest fire danger is now low, nearby water reservoir level remains high. |
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| 12/14/2025 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Mildly Dry
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| 12/7-12/13 saw just a trace. Morris Branch is steadily dropping. |
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| 12/14/2025 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain early in the period brought things into the near normal range, but little precip in the remainder of the time has dried things a bit and landscape irrigation will be needed in a day or two without more rain soon. Temps are very moderate with little to no AC use and no heat required. |
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| 12/14/2025 | FL-SW-1 | FL | Suwannee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Though we had an appreciable amount of soaking rain recently, it has only made the severely dry just a bit less severe. The ground is still cracking. Bodies of water are still quite low, or vanished completely.Oeople are posting videos of how far the rivers are from boat ramps now, or how the rocks in the shoals in the Suwannee River at Big Shoals look like dry dragon teeth instead of the class 4 rapids they usually are. Air quality alerts are being issued for this area as the rain is not here to wash the air clean. This is a risk for public health & tourism. Wildfires are common. |
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| 12/14/2025 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Dust settled only. |
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| 12/14/2025 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Rain ------ no rain ------ rain ------ no rain --- this pattern in December lacks consistrency ... lowering temps are welcomed but more rain w/o flooding conditions would be nice! |
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| 12/14/2025 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| General: We are definitely low on snow so far this year. We've received a total of 8.08" of snow, and our 5 year calibrated average is 39.79" for the same time period. I've attached a chart showing snowfall and gauge catch for this site since 1998. Note that before 2021 the measurements were uncalibrated, and after that represent the CoCoRaHS Protocol. The trendline indicates a gradual increase in snowfall over time.
Agriculture: Winter wheat is looking okay at this point.
Energy: We're into the low production phase, but with yesterday's clear skies and sun we still produce a little more than we used (40.89 kWHR vs 38.95 kWHR). It's worth note that this is in the face of the fact that we are awaiting a part for our heat pumps that has been delayed in delivery, and we are using space heaters for most of the house.
Fire: little risk
Plants/Wildlife: Strangely, we still have flocks of American Robins. Chickadees are back, and we are watching a herd of deer on our neighbor's farmland on Buckskin.
Water: So far, not a great year. As you can see from the chart, this is our third year in decline for snowfall. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| Pretty much all the snow from the Thanksgiving weekend snow storm had melted away this past week. Then new snow with Cold ZERO degree temps arrived. The past 2 snows this week came out of the North as clippers with a narrow band over the region. This coming week we are to see springlike temps in the 50s |
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| 12/14/2025 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| About a half inch of precip this week, all of it snow (7.8"). No real changes in conditions and impacts this week. Interesting to see the dry north section of Homer Lake with snow on it. Currently 1°F, so nothing is moving into the soil. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| There was a little bit of everything this week. Had a little rain, some warmer temps to melt off the snowpack and more snow to replenish what had melted. Contrary to what I stated last week, the ground had not frozen so the snowpack that melted did soak in fortunately. We are starting the week off with subzero temps this morning with a bit of a nippy windchill, but the forecast is calling for warmer temps by the end of the week which should help melt off the snow and hopefully more moisture will make it into the soil. Area rivers remain low with some ice coverage. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| Ponds still dry,well is still pumping abnormal water.Snow that we have is gradually soaking in to the topsoil as ground is now just starting to freeze. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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| Conditions are normal for this time of year. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Snow and ice have caused cancelation of activities and mad travel difficult at times. Stream water is replenishing. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| With the exception of a six day stretch (12/03 - 12/09) that had no precipitation, there's been a near-continuous amount of rain and snow over the past two weeks, totaling 1.19 inches of water equivalency. Multiple freeze-thaw cycles has kept the soil damp and there's been a consistent amount of moisture on pavement, roof, etc. Birds (mainly cardinals and blue jays), squirrels, feral cats have been quite active prior to today. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 12/14/2025 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| snow over past week cold breezy |
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| 12/14/2025 | IA-BT-24 | IA | Benton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Temp: -5°F
Humidity:74%
Wet Bulb: -6°F
Dew Point: -11°F
Barometer: 30.64 in Hg
Wind: 1-2 mph NNW
AQI: 0 without wood smoke adjustment
0 with wood smoke adjustment
The Mount Auburn has pretty much stayed the same as the water levels have not increased. The Cedar River does have blocks of ice in the river. The temperatures dropped in to the negatives this weekend, and we received .5 in of snowfall on Saturday. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Measurable moisture for the week at this location was 0.03 with several traces from snow flurries. There was some shrinking of snow cover this week, but fields are still snow covered with just a few spots of dirt showing through. Some manure was seen being hauled during the week. Looked like the new neighbors were moving in yesterday. What a cold job this time of year. Did that myself once many years ago, Christmas eve day. Warmer temps forecast for the first of the week with possible rain Wednesday night and then back in the cooler. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Not much change from last week. Did pick some moisture in the form snow, continues dry. Some were able but on dry fertilizer this week. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Yep, winter is definitely here with around four and half inches of snow the past week as temperatures averaged a little over 8 degrees below normal. Melted snowfall only amounted to 0.17 inches. Pond is frozen over with this morning's low of -5F, but most likely not thick enough yet to walk on. Not much if any animal activity this past week with a dearth of birds as well. Sure is pretty outside though. |
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| 12/14/2025 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Received about 13in snow during the week. Snow pack of about 19in at this time. Below average temperatures most of the week with several night below zero. No change to soil moisture or to river/creek levels.
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| 12/14/2025 | KS-LV-4 | KS | Leavenworth |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Low and subfreezing temperatures this week has retained the surface moisture in crop root zones. Ponds are low and streams are barely moving. |
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| 12/14/2025 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| 2.3” snow, 0.29” gauge catch this week. Warm ups twice during the week melted it all. Chilly, 8F, this morning. Ponds iced over. Harriers and red-shouldered hawks hunting during the day; barred owls calling at night. Lots of birds in the yard and woods. At sunrise and sundown deer putting in appearances. Didn't get out to see if more beans came down. |
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| 12/14/2025 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| No moisture again this week. Ground is still dry and frozen.Little snow on the ground and what there is has little water content. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.03” in the preceding week (not counting this morning’s catch). 1.29” MTD total (PRISM average is 5.15”, so we’ve got a ways to go to hit average for the month). Everything appears pretty normal for this time of year – pond level, vegetation, wildlife. Still a more robust population of ducks on the pond than usual. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Only about four tenths of an inch of water equivalent precipitation this week leaves us well below average for the month. But the land is frozen and vegetation dormant so there are few observable signs of the deficiency. It's been colder than normal, so we have a snowpack of around 6 inches. Another night of sub-zero temperatures on Tuesday added ice to the rivers and streams. Tracks in the snow show activity by squirrels, rabbits, porcupine, fox, coyote and deer. There was also a lot of bear activity early in the week. Greylock trails remain snow and ice covered. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| Only .04" of rain this week but because of a wet start to the month we're at 81% of PRISM normal. It's been a very cold start to December. Any standing water is ice and the ground is already frozen.It definitely looks and feels like winter. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.26 precipitation during the past week, 1.39 so far this month, ground frozen covered with three-quarters of an inch of snow this morning, local ponds frozen and local streams at normal levels are caked with ice, conditions pretty normal for mid-December. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Winter weather has settled in mostly with cold temps. Just 0.15" of snow fell this week here, but temperatures have been colder than average for this time of year. Most of the week (night and day) temps have been below freezing, dropping to single digits or teens. Dew point reached below zero one morning, and winds have been strong. A few days included windchill temps below zero, even during daylight.
Wildlife is centered around the bird feeder with a rabbit darting out from under the bushes a couple of times when I go out to collect snowpack samples. These include the usual sparrows and less often seen cardinals, and some Juncoes as well. Crows continue to visit a couple times a day too.
The local ski spot (Ward Hill) has been making snow, combined with what has fallen and the colder temps have brought in a good showing of skiers when I drove by a few times.
Soon enough, the planets will align and put us squarely into winter. Weather conditions certainly put us there. It's all good... |
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| 12/14/2025 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Energy Tourism & Recreation
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| Wintery conditions continued throughout the week with brief thawing mid-week that included rain mixing with snow in the rain gauge, which explains the wide discrepancy between gauge catch and SWE measured from the snowboard. Undisturbed ground remains 100% snow covered except a few spots of bare ground briefly appeared during the mid-week rain/thaw but was quickly recovered by late week snow. Cold winds are a constant companion. Winter recreation opportunities continue. Unseasonably low temperatures on both ends of the week (+5 Monday morning) are taxing the power grid. Our winter bird community is very active in the bird feeders. The rain gauge caught 0.58 inches of precipitation, again, a mixture of snow and rain; a total of 3.3 inches of snow was measured off the snowboard which is probably understated due to windy conditions. SWE from the snowboard was 0.23 inches. The snowpack averaged about 3.5 inches with dissimilar layers of old icy snow and fresh powder. Overall, conditions are mildly wet. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Business & Industry Energy Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation
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| Winter came barreling through this past week to show what season is boss. While not a major storm for Minnesota, it was the first blast dumping 5” of snow through Wednesday afternoon and into the evening ending with a total of 7.6” including the lighter Snow and Flurries on the surrounding days. It was a heavier wet Snow and even with plowing and clearing there is patchy ICE that remains. A rapid Temperature drop followed as low as -15°, and Winds dropped the Wind Chill into the low -20’s. The absence of Sunshine has kept an average 11” Snowpack. Area lakes are completely iced over, but the actual thickness is unknown. Forecast: A warming trend with Temps reaching above Freezing and a chance for low 40’s bringing a chance of Light RAIN and/or a Snow Shower mid-week. Mostly Cloudy skies and Light Winds. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| A total of 3.0"+ of snow (0.22"+ of meltwater) was recorded during 5 days this past week. Today's report= -10°, 76% humidity, clear with an air quality index of 17 at the 5:30 a.m. observation time. Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/ume4xf62 Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/yc37fyb7 USA Drought Monitor Map= https://tinyurl.com/mu3feytm NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 SE MN Road Conditions= https://tinyurl.com/rrtr2xyk NWS-issued Cold Weather Advisory= https://tinyurl.com/pt24shvt YTD Precipitation in this area= 33.65" which is 0.39" less than average. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MN-WG-47 | MN | Washington |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Precipitation in the gauge for the past week was 0.5", since December 1st it is 0.69", since January 1st it is 33.08"; precipitation in the Twin Cities area since December 1st is 0.73" (average is 0.53"), since January 1st it is 28.83" (average is 30.98"); snowfall at this station for the past week was 4.93" ( water content of 0.52"), since December 1st snowfall at this station is 5.93" (water content of 0.66"); snowfall for the Twin Cities area since December 1st is 7.8" (average is 4.9"); snowfall at this station for the 2025 season is 12.43" ( water content of 1.18"); snowfall for the Twin Cities area for the 2025 season is 15.6" (average is 12.5"); the St Croix River is mostly frozen over, but not enough to allow ice fishing. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Weekly precipitation was 0.07 inches. All the weekly reported rain came last Sunday (Dec 7th, 2025) in a fine mist during the day that turned into a very light rain after dark for a couple hours. Cloudy Monday. Cloudy Tuesday for half the day then some sunshine on the last half. Mostly sunny Wednesday with a big warm up. Sunny to mostly sunny Thursday and Friday with a very mild and nice afternoon on Friday that actually sent me seeking shade a few times while working outdoors. Cooler yesterday (Sat. Dec. 13, 2025) with sunny conditions becoming cloudy with the approach of an arctic air mass in the afternoon. We have dried pretty well again on the surface. We are below normal for the month, year, and water year right now (55%,92% and 81% of normal for those 3-time frames respectively). Winter rains have not been excessive as of yet. More leaves are tumbling down each day with a few trees in the yard reaching peak color this past week. Here were the lows for each day last week starting with last Sunday:38,36,35,40,36,39,36 (normal is 35). The highs:50,45,43,60,52,65,56 (normal is 53). Overall, things are a little on the dry side with normal weather conditions for the time of year. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MS-HD-25 | MS | Hinds |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Some ry days but recent rain relieved dry October. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MT-GN-11 | MT | Gallatin |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Different! Near-record high temperatures. Mountain snowpack is ok, but valley floors are bare. Golfed yesterday - a rarity for mid-December. I was told that a neighbor mowed their lawn yesterday! A back-door cold front hammered areas only tens of miles to the east and north, but gave us only a little rain. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MT-LC-14 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Very warm temperatures and light rain showers occurred early in the week following by cooling temperatures and 2 inches of snow late Thursday and early Friday. The storm started with freezing rain. Mountain snowpacks are way below normal. |
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| 12/14/2025 | MT-RV-18 | MT | Ravalli |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| With a 10-day storm total of 3.4", we are finally making a dent in the long term drought. US Drought Monitor now has us only in moderate drought. We were at the very eastern edge of the precipitation, though. Unfortunately, all precip was rain; several days had high temps of 55. Streamflows are very high for this time of year. Mosses and lichens are very green and there are still mushrooms coming up. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NH-MR-9 | NH | Merrimack |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Light snow this morning. Below normal for precipitation but unable to get to the bare ground to feel the dirt.
Using furnace only. Heat pump turned off for the cold season.
Plants buried in snow. rhododendrons leaves are shut tight. Have seen Flickers, Blue Jay, Cardinals (apair), Juncos, Doves, Chickadees, Sparrows at the feeder.
Had a squirrel make a mighty leap to the feeder. Had to chase it away. We’ve seen geese flying north. Just one flock in the V pattern.
No water restrictions or poor water quality. Skiing and winter sports are great. Packed powder on slopes. Merrimack River is frozen over. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NM-SF-101 | NM | Santa Fe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Clear, dry weather, seasonable temps with nightly freezes but warm afternoons. Little snowpack on mountains, now diminishing. River flow remains a little above average. Ground it dry in sunny open places but damp elsewhere and slushy/muddy where a little snow remains. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| No precipitation this week, little change in conditions. Drying continues. No water in the creek, still some snow high in the Black Range. Fire danger posted as "moderate" at Gila NF entrances (Hwy. 152) at mid week. Bird numbers now seeming closer to normal for the season. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NY-OG-10 | NY | Onondaga |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| 0.72 inches precipitation, 15.5 inches of snow over the past week. Still slightly below average precipitation for the month and year. Ground snow covered, streams running lower than usual. No standing water noted. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NY-SL-21 | NY | St. Lawrence |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Hard to judge this week but I'm going with Mildy Dry. There were only two observed conditions in the represented a change in past week: 1) Cold temperatures with insidious dry, low humidity and 2) we were walloped with a snowstorm of nearly 10". That was nearly 2" of liquid precipitation equivalent but because it is below freezing, most of the snow is locked in place and isn't penetrating the ground much.
It feels very January-February-ish. Folks do think this early venom from winter is out of order. On the other hand, we are rocking the White Christmas vibe just fine.
With the 10" of snow in the one storm, the school was caught out sending kids home when roads were treacherous. Reports were the buses had to crawl along country roads and avoid other cars doing spinouts. The forecast was only for 3-7" so perhaps the schools had not been adequately briefed. Still, the next day as we were all digging out, the school again went for a 2 hour delay before (rightly) cancelling the whole day. It seems as though the corridor between Route 37 and Route 11 (like the Blizzard of Christmas 2022? 23?) got walloped. I've already used that word too much.
Bird activity was suppressed during the snowstorm.
Allergies have been lower. Yay!
The rare appearance of the sun is appreciated more than ever. And so starts the week leading to solstice. |
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| 12/14/2025 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are maintaining a "Near Normal" condition with a slight bias towards the mildly dry. The sump pump is filling but is discharging only about twice a day as opposed to every hour or so. As per usual for this time of year, the birds are flocking to the feeders. |
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