| 7/5/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Dry
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| Despite recent rainfall of 1.7 inches this week and 0.03 inches yesterday, high evaporation rates have left the soil mildly dry with topsoil moisture near 33%. Fire risk is low, plants are healthy and growing, streams and lakes are near normal to slightly above average, and dust activity is normal. Conditions are variable in the surrounding area due to the scattered nature of summer storms. |
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| 7/5/2026 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| 0.00 precip last week with one trace day. Moving the scale bar down to Moderately Dry. |
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| 7/5/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Still waiting for the monsoon especially after talk of a wet one this year. Still early but nothing looks promising in the near future. Due to the extremely dry conditions, decided to lower the Condition Scale Bar down one notch to the lowest level, "Severely Dry". Another very dry week with no precipitation. It was windy most of the week with a very high fire danger. High temperatures were warm with highs in the 80's. The high of the week was 88° on Friday. Lows started off mild but cooled as the week progressed. The low of the week was 45° on Thursday. The wildland areas are very dry with brown grasses and some green plants with flowers. Saw a robin, hummingbirds, finches, and black birds. Also, saw a garter snake in the pond. |
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| 7/5/2026 | AR-BX-38 | AR | Baxter |
Moderately Dry
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| We have a new Drought intensity for this area as D1 (Moderate Drought). Things have improved somewhat although we still are behind on precipitation. Fire danger is moderate. |
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| 7/5/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are near normal for the time of year. We received 0.35” of rainfall this week and 1.11” in the last two weeks. Temperatures have been in the mid to upper 80s most days and mainly sunny. Plants and crops are growing well and many local farmers were able to cut and bale their hay this week. The vegetables are doing great and producing many tomatoes cucumbers and beans. Soil moisture is still adequate but declining from the wetness of a couple weeks ago. The nearby stream is flowing still but levels have fallen this week. There is no fire danger at this time. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CA-AL-67 | CA | Alameda |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| For the week of June 28 - July 4, no precipitation, maximum high temperature 75.7 deg F, minimum low temperature 53.8 deg F, evapotranspiration by ET gage = 0.93 in. A marine layer was present in the mornings and evenings all week. However, it receded by mid-morning giving way to sunny conditions for the rest of each day. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Dry
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| Warm and dry week with morning marine layer burning off quickly. Average high 70.0f, low 52.8f; ETo, season high so far, 0.62". Ruth Lake Reservoir on 7/2 94%. Rivers continue to drop, but warming to low 70s now. Lots of tourists, and 4th of July celebrations. The bike tour business is doing well, as my son is doing tours 6 days out of 7, sometimes 12 days straight. Prescribed burns continue, and the Six Rivers National Forest issued new fire regulations on the 1st of July pertaining to fires, smoking and internal combustion engines in wilderness areas. And late June saw the 4th Annual Cultural Fire Symposium with Tribal and Cal Fire representatives at the Blue Lake Rancheria. (Short note on why I like CoCoRaHS--my sister is a retired NOAA/NWS meteorologist/scientist and my brother-in-law is Director of NOAA's Western Region Climate Center in Reno, and he and Nolan Doesken were college roommates.) |
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| 7/5/2026 | CA-HM-6 | CA | Humboldt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| June is the onset of the dry season, with no or little precipitation. 1.51 fell in June, which includes 0.07" of fog drizzle, and is normal. The plants, including grass, are green and healthy. Our well is still producing water (which it does all of most summers). |
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| 7/5/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| we ended June above normal but since normal is only 1/2 an inch, it didn't make much of a dent in the ytd deficit. Deficit still at 89% of water year normal. Watering a lot. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Business & Industry
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Tourism & Recreation
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| Mostly cool days with marine layer clouds and wind in the afternoons. Some heavy dew overnight kept the landscape a bit moist. The area filled up over the week for the annual 4th events. The campgrounds and RV parks are full. Still seeing lots of young birds in the gardens--yesterday there was a juvenile Spotted Towhee, which is good to see since that species is under pressure. The three young Ravens that have been hanging around our place are growing up quickly and will soon be on their own and we hope will leave the area for a youngsters flock. They're noisy and tend to play with things like roof vents! |
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| 7/5/2026 | CO-GN-18 | CO | Gunnison |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| rained on ly 3 days in June (lightly) and so far nothing in July after a record-breaking dry winter. Plants are weeks ahead and most are very weak |
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| 7/5/2026 | CO-JK-36 | CO | Jackson |
Severely Dry
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Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
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Tourism & Recreation
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| On July 1st the town of Walden's only water source, the Michigan river, was flowing at 46 CFS. Today July 5th it's plummeted to just 19.5 CFS. A 57.6% decrease over just a five day period. We are now in water shortage level 2 with a call on the Michigan River being required if we dip down below 10 cubic feet per second there's no yard watering whatsoever only household water use. That said at this stage in our water restrictions they've now shut off the RV dump station for tourists. Keeping in mind that tourism is one of the primary economic sources for Jackson County. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CO-LR-1272 | CO | Larimer |
Moderately Dry
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| Still very dry. Might go to Severely Dry next week if we don't get moisture. Grasses are still growing and forbs continue to bloom and set seed, though it seems they are much shorter this year than in years past. Lots of visitors to the birdbaths in the yard. River gauges are well below average flow for this time of year. I am concerned for the long-term survive-ability and health of the fishery up here. Very little snow showing on the high peaks now. The Estes Valley Fire Protection District and Rocky Mountain National Park have both instituted burn bans (no outside burning, period). The county is still under Stage 1 restrictions, however. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Up until last night we were dry and all plants we wanted to keep required supplemental watering. Last night we got 1.7” of rain, so that’ll help. ANd it will help recharge surface waters. |
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| 7/5/2026 | CT-TL-27 | CT | Tolland |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
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Tourism & Recreation
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| Total precipitation since last week's report here: 1.10 inches, including more than half an inch since yesterday afternoon. That has kept conditions just mildly dry, despite four days of the week with hot sun and temperatures of 90 or more for several hours. After being High for several days, danger of forest fires in this area is now Moderate. Neighborhood lawns continue to have large patches of yellow, and low-lying areas of a nearby open field continue dry. Hot-weather crops like tomatoes and corn are flourishing, while much lettuce has bolted. Animal activity continues noticeable. Light road traffic this weekend indicates little tourism, except for trips away from here by residents late last week. Many local restaurants closed for the weekend, and activity at groceries and other local businesses was very light. Water level at a nearby reservoir continues to be good. |
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| 7/5/2026 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Daily afternoon scattered TS, some strong. Continued very hot. |
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| 7/5/2026 | FL-SW-1 | FL | Suwannee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Energy
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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Water Supply & Quality
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| Back to where we were a month ago. Hot, few clouds, no rain, plants dieing from heat and lack of rain, ground cracking. Hazy skies due to heat and Sarahan dust. Energy prices through the roof by hundreds of dollars and people loudly complaining. Folks documenting and lamenting how low the rivers and springs are. We are in Phase 2 of water restrictions. Don't understand how people with wells think water restrictions don't apply to them. |
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| 7/5/2026 | GA-DG-9 | GA | Dodge |
Near Normal
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| Even though June ended with 7.63" (169% normal), abnormally hot, dry weather has persisted since our last rainfall day on the 27th of June. Local authorities have advised extreme caution for Independence Day fireworks users due to fire concerns. Still, lots of normal wildlife activity and grass and vegetation remains green despite drying conditions. Have noticed increased irrigation in corn fields. |
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| 7/5/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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| No Improvement. |
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| 7/5/2026 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Very light rainfall the past week, slightly lowering temps, summer is ramping up to be a scorcher.....! |
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| 7/5/2026 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| June 30-July 5, 2026: no precipitation, low humidity, sunny and warm to hot (near 100°F), soils are dry and need daily watering for plants. Grass and wildland fires are beginning to pop up in valley and higher elevations; still some snow on highest mountain peaks but that is rapidly melting. Anderson Ranch and Lucky Peak reservoirs are still at 99% full but Arrowrock has been drawn down to only 57% full. Refilling hummingbird feeders every other day--black chinned hummingbirds are busy at the feeders and the sugar water needs to be dumped/renewed when it's hot (rapid mold growth). City of Boise has recently adopted water conservation action plans to be used when municipal water supplies are stressed later in the summer. Private wells and water from ditches are not included in the plan. |
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| 7/5/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Water Supply & Quality
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| General: It's pretty normal heat right now, and normal precipitation for July. We expect almost 1/2", and we're already at .04" in these early days of July.
Agriculture: The mustard and grain crops are doing fine. The little dab of rain we got last week was welcome, for sure.
Energy: This is a high production period. Yesterday we produced 96.42 kWHR and only used 27.14 kWHR. As we look at our electric bill, for this all-electric house, we realize that we only have to pay for utilities 3 months out of the year. A true secondary benefit is that, right now, the utilities around the country are instituting rolling brown-outs because of heat and fire risk due to global warming, and having solar means that during the day we'll have access to energy.
Fire: risk is high.
Plants/wildlife: Birds are still nesting, though some have finished. We still have some butterflies, and the bees are having a field day on our milk weed. We're seeing a lot of plant drying now (normal) increasing fire risk, of course. We have a couple of deer who have taken up summer residence down in our scab region.
Water: We're, of course, dry for the year. Many farmers in the Snake River plain are not planting due to lack of access to irrigation water. Fortunately, our neighbors use dry land farming techniques so aren't susceptible to ground water restrictions. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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| It was a HOT, HUMID and DRY week. Turf grass looks to be getting steam cooked and has the looks in possibly going dormant unless we get some rain to wake it up. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| It was a hot, humid, but mostly dry week until yesterday. 1.52" rain yesterday afternoon from a torrential downpour. About an inch fell in 25 minutes. Prior to that the river had dropped to near normal level, but soils were still wet. Corn is up high enough where you can't tell if there is standing water, but I imagine there is considering the rain rate. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-HN-7 | IL | Hancock |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| After a dry spring , we are getting rains, and even with the heat , the lawns are green and the corn looks fantastic |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| After the start to a hot and humid week with Extreme Heat Warnings, the week ended with lots of heavy rainfall with some severe weather. The last three days have seen 2.12" of rainfall, which replenished the moisture that was evaporated by the extreme heat. All To-Date readings are on the plus side of NOAA Norm. There is some standing water in some fields that are low and prone to that. Nearby corn loved the hot and humid conditions and has continued to get tall but does not appear to be tasseling out yet. Beans look good and my garden is flourishing with tomatoes turning and a plentiful crop of green beans to pick. Also cut a couple nice heads of broccoli. Area rivers are on the rise with the rainfall but are not expected to flood. There is a slight chance of rain today, otherwise the rest of the week looks mostly dry with summerlike heat which will allow wet areas to dry out. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-KD-110 | IL | Kendall |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| ground is satuated/soggy. grass is growing like early spring. all very unusual for this time o year |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Pond is full. Heat index in the 100s for most of the week. Dew point in the 70s. Bright full moon. Abundant frogs. Tomato plants are producing. Roses are blooming again. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-MD-53 | IL | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 6/28/26 to 7/5/26: Conditions were near normal over this period which was hot (100 F) and humid (80-90%) over most of the week. Turf is slightly firm underfoot and does not release water. Minimal surface puddling remains in low and shaded areas. Drain tiles 12 to 18 inches deep are not flowing. Man made and sink hole ponds are at 90 to 95% of capacity which is down slightly since last report. Total precipitation over the reporting period was 1.94 inches while ETo turf was 1.26 inches resulting is a surplus of 0.68 inches. Tensiometer at 18 inches of depth in heavy clay soil provided readings that ranged from a minimum of 57cb at the start of the period to a maximum of 71 cb on 7/4 which dropped to 67 cb after 0.36 inches of rain yesterday PM. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-MR-11 | IL | Mercer |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We had a total of 1.92" of rain in the past week, almost all of which fell on the evening of 07/03/26 into the early hours of 07/04/26. The water level in the ranch lake is still at 100% capacity and gently discharging excess water through the overflow. The result of that sudden and heavy rainfall on the ranch was minor field flooding and a little erosion on some recently completed earth work on hillsides and ranch roads. Pastures, crops, lawns, and gardens are all doing well. Could use a little relief from the heat and humidity, but overall it's going pretty well. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-WL-131 | IL | Will |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| A very hot & humid week that almost flipped the scale to mildly dry. Then three days of good rain total flipped conditions to mildly wet.
July to date has picked up 2.22" of rain, >50% of the monthly total. The last 30 & 60 day numbers are running above the avg precip.
The Calendar & Water YTD numbers are well on the positive side of Near Normal.
Landscaping & crops are thriving. Standing wet spots are observed in fields and low spots in the yard. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Wet
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| Heavy rains continue and ground is becoming thoroughly saturated. Nearly 2 inches yesterday brought our creek nearly out of its banks yet the levels dropped very quickly as the rains ended. Lawn and pasture very green and growing more than expected for July. Crops are looking very good with only a few small spots showing effects of excess water. River levels high but river is back within its banks. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IN-MR-231 | IN | Marion |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 2.43 in of rain over two weeks, but only 0.08 in this week. Currently at 12% of normal. The past week has been so hot (multiple extreme heat advisories) and dry that it's visibly offset a wet June. Watersheds appear to be lower than normal (in one location there wasn't even any water, which I've never observed before), and corn looks stressed. Slight decrease in insect activity and rate of grass growth, but yard still looks healthy. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IN-MN-34 | IN | Monroe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Local vegetation and trees show no signs of dryness. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| very hot and humid rain and thunderstorms latter part of week |
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Moderately Wet
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Tourism & Recreation
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| Rain for the week at this location was 4.61 in. making things a little damp and hard to slot a mowing time. Also keeps the wife busy vacuuming up ground water in the basement that comes in through cracks in the cement in places in the floor. We are on higher ground, so the only flooding we see is in a waterway in the field, just South of our property line. In heavy rains it will sometimes get clear up in the pasture almost to the wife's South garden for a brief period. Gardens are doing well this year except for both of the type's of beans she has planted which has never happened before. Maybe they don't like the moisture we have had so far this year. Crops, grass and everything else are looking good at this point. Made our annual trip North about three County's yesterday to spend the 4th with a classmate and some friends that we have been doing for over 25 yrs. Crops up there are a little behind us as usual. As we were a little early we drove around a bit before arriving and went to a very nice camp ground in the area we had eaten at last year. What a crowd of people enjoying the 4th, not my idea of camping but they all looked to be enjoying themselves. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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| D0 still remains. drought.gov is not currently running at the time I finish this report. Received 1.10 of rain thus far in the first week of July. Full mowing was required. The heat from last week, as intolerable as it was, most seemed to handle it safely. AC and Fans needed. Extra hydration was required. External screen doors and internal sliding deck door difficult to close due to increase in humidity. One screen door needed repairs as it got stuck and would not close due to humid conditions. Chipmunks, squirrels, deer, rabbits, birds, mosquitoes and lightning bugs were still witnessed. Lightning bug activity is still on the increase. Ants are seemingly not to be a problem as we end the week. Key events this week were the high temps, dew points, humidity, and flash flooding events across the State. More chances for rain in the forecast, so stay Weather Aware Everyone : ) : ) 1:02PM 7/5/2026
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-PL-9 | IA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| This week brought mush needed rain to the area. A total of 3.95 inches fell over the past week, with more rain in the forecast. Lawns and gardens in the area are green again and very few brown patches in the lawns that are not being watered. The fire threat in the area is down as well. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Soil is drying out, yellow spots are disappearing, a lot of spraying has been done. Lawns and pastures doing well. Corn and beans look a lot better than two weeks ago. Ponds and creeks back to normal. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
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| The past week observed 4.33 inches of rainfall in two events within 48 hours. Some minor gravel road erosion observed with that. Extremely heavy rainfall of 8-12 inches fell 15-30 miles northwest through north of here with I-35 shutdown for a time. Crops are doing extremely well as temps were a bit cooler this past week averaging six degrees above normal. Rivers are moderately high with ongoing flooding in the Skunk River Basin. The pond is high with some flowage into the spillway. Ditches along I-80 in the Skunk Basin are full with bottom land fields flooded. |
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| 7/5/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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| Nearly 4in ot rain this past week some areas near by received nearly 12in, conditions continue near normal to slightly wetter than normal. No area flooding at this time but rivers and streams at normal levels to above normal levels, Crops, lawns and pastures are green and growing
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| 7/5/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Wet
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| 0.17” rain this weeks, creeks settled, ponds dropping slightly. Soil normal to slightly wet. Crops looking good except those inundated by floodwaters. Lots of turkeys, deer with fawns & yearlings, bobwhite scarce. Hot & humid, with only one day of porch-sitting after a storm front slid by west of us on Friday. |
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| 7/5/2026 | KY-HR-10 | KY | Harrison |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| No rainfall this week. Temperature highs in low 90s with high humidity. Low temps in 70s. South Fork Licking River near normal discharge of 206ft3/sec and depth of 5.14ft. Lots of small shagbark hickory nuts that didn't mature on the ground in woods. |
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| 7/5/2026 | ME-WL-27 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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| At 12:45pm EDT, 83F with a slight S/SE breeze and a bright Sun.
Streams 1-3 feet wide, stagnant water with no flow
Streams 3-5 feet wide, slight to moderate flow but levels 1-2 feet below summer normal
Streams > 5 feet wide, slight to moderate flow but levels a below 2-3 feet below summer normal
Ponds <1 ac., just mud puddles.
Ponds 1-3 ac., levels 1-2 feet below normal
Ponds > 5 ac., levels 2-3 feet below normal
Fields still mostly green but with patches of brown everywhere
with recent high temperatures, not a lot of birds or small mammals (chipmucks or red squirrels) even fewer gray squirrels. Deer, young and old, rarely seen; they have taken to the woods. No ground hogs or skunks seen in many weeks.
Offical wildfire danger for today, LOW.
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| 7/5/2026 | MD-HR-23 | MD | Harford |
Moderately Dry
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| Rain remains scarce..Some Plants, shrubs are browning and lawns are browned out and dormant..Trees are dropping a lot of leaves..Creek is dried up..Only 2 nearby farms have planted this year.
No Bog Turtles seen..
Ground is very dry and the constant windy days are not helping..Now in a Drought.
"Readings over 100 mean dangerously dry"
Soil Moisture @ 2 in: 120 Centibars
Soil Moisture @ 6 in: 99 Centibars
Soil Moisture @ 24 in: 73 Centibars |
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| 7/5/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Mildly Dry
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| A grand total of 0.01” in the preceding week, though this morning’s catch of 0.37” is definitely encouraging, especially given the forecast for early this week. Were it not for the overnight rainfall would have switched ratings to moderately dry – will hold mildly dry for now. Meantime, the area still shows improvement (particularly lawns) from the 6/23-6/24 event. That said, without drip irrigation the veggie garden would be a sorry sight. Beehives arrived on the bogs a few days ago. Pond level is normal; wildlife activity appears normal, and our one remaining cygnet continues to grow and appears to be in robust health. Currently stand at 94% of average for the water year to date. |
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| 7/5/2026 | MA-HD-38 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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| Since 06/28/26 we have had 0.93 inches of precipitation, but extreme heat over 95* for half of the week. The precip kept us from drying out! The weeds in my lawn are remaining green! The Connecticut River still remains on the full side for this time of year, due to those upstream thunderstorms. The rowing races fear no shallows! |
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| 7/5/2026 | MA-PL-15 | MA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
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| Barely one inch of rain in the past two weeks has done little to help our drought. The US Drought page isn't working today but the Massachusetts state drought page says we are in L2-significant drought. Streams and ponds are low. Most local towns have total water use bans. Lawns are in various stages of brown while other vegetation seems to be OK for now. Lots of finches have been visiting our feeder. Fox, coyote and deer are also regular visitors to the yard. We haven't heard of any significant wildfire problems. |
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| 7/5/2026 | MA-PL-22 | MA | Plymouth |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Combination of heat and lack of rain are taking their toll. Local lawns are brown now unless frequently watered. Water restrictions remain in place but still allow for outdoor use a few evenings during the week.
Haven't noticed local wildlife having issues. Local stream is not running but areas of standing water remain. |
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| 7/5/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Severely Dry
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| With only 2.12" of rain in June and just .16" thus far in July, we are looking more like mid August than the beginning of July. Lawns are turning brown and local brooks are bone-dry. |
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