| 7/6/2026 | CO-JF-72 | CO | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Lawn is fairly green, ponderosa pine doing fine, thistle crop actually looking a little healthier this week. |
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| 7/6/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| With rainfall rate at least an inch a week over the past two weeks soil moisture remains near normal. |
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| 7/6/2026 | IA-BH-29 | IA | Black Hawk |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| 4.51" rainfall between 7/2/26 and 7/4/26. Standing water in ditches, farm fields, depressions. Several local rivers have flood watches/warnings. |
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| 7/6/2026 | ME-LN-30 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Only 0.02 inches of rain for the week. Sunny and hot. |
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| 7/6/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Zero rain over past week. Sumac, white sweet clover, star lily all beginning bloom. No plant stress noted to date |
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| 7/6/2026 | MA-WR-28 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Recent heat has compounded drought |
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| 7/6/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| While the surface is muddy, six inches down, the earth is still hard from the lack of winter moisture |
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| 7/6/2026 | MN-MR-20 | MN | Morrison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We received 1:87 inch of rain yesterday. The rain fall varied greatly by area. The ground moisture level in garden is up. Have not needed to water for several weeks. Lake level is near normal for this time of year. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Temperatures were above normal this week. I received 0.61 inches of rain this week. The soil is drying out at the surface, but still moist at a depth of 3 inches. The trees and grass are mostly green with some areas turning brown and showing some stress. Conditions are near normal. June precipitation was slightly above normal with 4.99 inches of rain (0.03 inch above normal, 101 percent of normal). So far, precipitation for July is 0.61 inch, 0.02 inch above normal (104 percent of normal). Precipitation here for the year is now 16.96 inches, which is 0.27 inch below normal (98 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 1.77 inches below normal (92 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath are about the same as last week. Approximately 20 species of birds (about 100 to 120 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is approximately normal. Area creeks and ponds are also near normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields look moist and are growing well. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NH-ST-40 | NH | Strafford |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Although this area is technically still in a drought because of groundwater levels, up here on the surface conditions appear quite normal for the beginning of July. Lakes, ponds, streams and rivers are pretty much at normal levels. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NY-BM-14 | NY | Broome |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| A quarter inch of rain fell in the last 2 weeks. The majority of the thunderstorms missed my station. Rainfall in June was also below normal by about half an inch. Most of last week was above 90 which started turning the grass brown. Farm fields are dry enough so that the local dairy farm is spreading manure. My apple trees are dropping apples. |
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| 7/6/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy and warm with early morning fog and light winds, then cloudy and warm overnight with light winds becoming calm. The high temperature was around seventy seven degrees, and the low around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Prunella vulgaris, wild daisies, Avens, Soapwort flowers, aqualegia, and Valerian flowers are in full bloom. Blackberries and Red Raspberries are ripening. Early corn is 24" - 44" tall, late corn is 12" tall. The second cutting of hay is occurring. The local intermittent stream is still flowing but drying up in places downstream and the nearby trout stream is flowing at early summer levels. |
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| 7/6/2026 | OH-AL-15 | OH | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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| We have had 0.46 inch in the last 3 days, which is the total for July, after 6 days of scorching dry weather. We have had over 20.90 inches for the calendar year of rain only. We are about 5 inches above the amount we got last year since April 1 and well above the 30 year average. We have been under a heat warning for several days with heat indices above 100 degrees and low temperatures staying above 70 at night until yesterday when we were only under a heat advisory. The last few days the humidity has risen and the temperature has gradually lowered. The ground finally got dried out after a fairly wet June. I have noticed several older trees that are dying in the area, maybe from the drought late last year and the cold winter we had. Some wheat fields were harvested last week. The corn and soy beans are growing, but I don't think the corn is as tall as usual because much of it was planted later than normal because of the wet spring. The birds and animals are active, with a bird in our yard this year we haven't seen before. The news is still reporting areas of flooding and wildfires around parts of the country. Some 4th of July celebrations were cancelled around the country because of excessive heat or storms. We didn't see as many fireworks from our yard this year as we did last year. |
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| 7/6/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Only 0.35” this week. Most of the standing water from last week’s rains are gone. The creek isn’t flowing anymore but there are lots of pools of water. All the ponds are full. Quite a few folks started baling hay this week in the area. Notice all the dead tree branches on the ground in the pond picture. Super high winds came through Saturday, July 4th, about 8:00pm. Very gusty and didn’t last long but knocked a ton of branches off trees and knocked some trees down. Then we got our 0.35” of rain. |
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| 7/6/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| A storm with reported downpours steered right around us last night. Grass is turning yellow. Watering garden vegetables
deeper after discovering that what I was doing didn't go down very far. |
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| 7/6/2026 | SC-RC-88 | SC | Richland |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| .12” for the week from a stray shower. Lots of close by scattered thunderstorms in the area but none at my location. High heat warnings have been the norm and I’m watering the plants early and late. Birds are watching the water evaporating out of the bird baths so they are quick to wash as soon as I fill them. Ponds are down about a foot now with the dry conditions. The resident heat dome from Mother Nature has sure kept things interesting as you have to pick your times to get out to do things. Hopefully this will abate and we’ll see some more weather conditions that are typical for us at this time of the year. Really has been the “dog days “ of summer for sure. Well all for not, stay safe, get out when it’s safe and be sure to mind the weather. |
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| 7/6/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Near Normal
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| Conditions in my area are comfortably moist. I've measure 1.50" of rain in the past seven days, but it's been spread out such that it hasn't been soggy. Now that we're getting heat and sun, outdoor potted plants are requiring watering, but not plants rooted in the ground. There are no signs of drought, and the La Platte river is at a moderate level. Forest understory is lush, and trees are green and healthy, so I am not concerned about fire. |
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| 7/6/2026 | VA-HG-8 | VA | Highland |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Perennial flowers, plants and weeds are wilting. Not irrigating due to concerns about well water. Last seven days only 0.35". Seldom irrigating garden and then only giving 1" a week. Crops needs at least 1-2" per week. Pasture grass not thriving. More than usual birds and insects at bird bath. |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-CB-4 | WI | Columbia |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| My neighborhood had gotten much needed rain and had nice rains totaling 2.25". There was some minor ponding in low spots and small frog ponds, marshes and distiches had water in them. This was great for farm crops, pastures as well as lawns and gardens. The Baraboo River is up slightly. |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-KN-6 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil condition is near normal to 6". |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-KN-21 | WI | Kenosha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| This week’s precipitation is 0.68 inches. I was able to drive around the county of Kenosha, Wisconsin, to see what was growing. The fields are green with crops. Corn fields are taller than knee high. The cabbage has a bluish-green tinge in straight rows for as far as the eye can see, and finally, soy beans are a forest green.
My favorite field was not plowed this spring. I am hoping the farmer is giving it a rest and is not readying it for selling.
The neighborhood’s flower gardens are in full bloom with hollyhocks, Monarda, lamb’s ear, daisies, cosmos, Joe Pye weed, and evergreens, and a variety of flowering shrubs.
Looking fresh.
An unusal accurance happen after a heavy downpour. A female mallaard duck laid one egg under our locust tree. She wandered around our yard, eating what pleased her as she tended to her egg.
The Des Plaines River is full to its bank while the river grass has grown to the bottom of the bird house. |
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| 7/6/2026 | WI-RC-62 | WI | Racine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Everything seemed to balance out as far as moisture. Mosquito seems to be normal. Ground normal. |
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| 7/6/2026 | CAN-BC-37 | CAN | British Columbia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The week of June 29th to July 5th was often cool and cloudy. There was a total of 4.6mm of precipitation observed during the week. The highest temperature was 24.4c on the 4th, and the coolest was 5.3c on the 5th. Average temperature for the week was a cool 14.7c.
June was a month of contrasts. The month started out cool and wet, turning warm and dry in mid-month, and then cooler and cloudy at month end. There was a total of 18.5mm of precipitation in June. The highest temperature was 34.5c on the 15th, and a low of 2.2c on the 1st. Average for the month was 16.3c. Victoria Airport recorded 21.9mm of precipitation, compared to the 30-year average of 29.2mm. Average temperature for the month was 16.7c, compared to the 30-year average of 15.2c
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| 7/6/2026 | CAN-NS-53 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Water levels dropped but a bit of rain last week helped some. |
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