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| 9/28/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Moderately Wet
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| I received 1.72 inches of rain this week. The soil is saturated to 6 inches. I cannot walk on the lawn without sinking in. The trees and grass are still mostly green, but the leaf color change is starting. Conditions are moderately wet. Temperatures were below normal this week with the cloud cover. The monthly precipitation total is 7.60 inches (4.79 inches above normal), which is 271 percent of normal. Precipitation here for the year is now 34.24 inches, which is 7.18 inches above normal (127 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 37.83 inches, which is 5.18 inches above normal (118 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath have remained steady. Approximately 15 species of birds (about 70 to 80 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is above normal. Area creeks and ponds are also above normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields (dryland farming) still look good and are growing well. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Near Normal
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| Only 0.06 inch of rain in the past 6 days but 4.73 inches of rain in September. The September total is well above normal. Lawns are lush and green. Very little fall color is noted at this point. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OK-CV-160 | OK | Cleveland |
Severely Dry
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| Another hot mostly dry week with only 0.05" of rain. We have only had 0.10" for the month so far. Gardens continue to require frequent watering and the level of the reference pond is clearly below full capacity. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OR-YM-32 | OR | Yamhill |
Mildly Dry
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| Had some rain during the week, enough to soak soil. Soil is now damp moist, does not stick to boots or Vehicle tires. All birds that fly south are no longer in area. Just local birds, drinking out of bird bath. Deer showing winter fur colors Dark brown. Raccoons fur appears thicker. Tree's are starting to shed canopy lot faster. Lawn is back to green and growing fast. Clear sky, warm temps calm outside. Not much for future Rain showers. |
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| 9/28/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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| Still “Moderately Dry” here. While we’ve had 0.71” rain this week (NOAA Normal: 4.16” for the same time period), it only fell on 2 days - 0.15” on 23 Sept and 0.56” on 25 Sept (with a TRACE on 24 Sept). US Drought Monitor now has this area back in a “D2 - Severe Drought” status, with a “D1 - Moderate Drought” immediately to our West. SC Forestry app showing 15 wildfires across SC. Local roadside ditches and swamps dry. Local non irrigated lawns dry, brown and crunchy with bare spots showing. Mosquito population seems to be rebounding here at home even with the little rain we’ve had this past week. Birds and squirrels still busy at the feeders, especially the hummingbirds. They’ve emptied one of the 8 oz feeders from full to empty in the last 3-4 days. This could be partly due to the recent cooler temperatures (the cooler temps were really nice for us). We’ve started having the “helicopter seeds” dropping from our pine trees the last couple days. Our river birch trees have really started dropping more leaves now. Local retention ponds are either dry or getting a bit low. On a Poinsett State Park hike this past Wednesday the waterfall was flowing (see photo) and the main spillway was barely trickling. The lake drain valve is now closed; it had been open in recent weeks due to expected heavy rain that never materialized. Surprisingly, there were NO mosquitos on the trails, but our heavier rain this week didn’t occur until later. The lack of mosquitos may explain the fewer spider webs this trip compared to the last few visits. The park’s maple, poplar, sourwood, dogwood and wild grape leaves are now turning color and falling. Hate to see the final grapes falling, they make a nice snack on these hikes. In the last couple years the wild grapes have been bearing even into November. There were quite fewer squirrels this hike compared to the last few weeks. The park’s smaller creeks are either dry or barely trickling (see photos). The forest floor’s leaf litter was wet from the previous night’s rain, but the soil underneath was either dry or barely damp. Hart Creek that mostly originates in the park, and feeds Shanks Creek, was running, but at a quite reduced flow (see photo - winding light colored sand through darker mud). Shanks Creek, the main creek flowing through the park that feeds the park lake, was flowing well, but down quite a bit from earlier this year. Shanks Creek runs into the park from Christmas Mill Pond immediately outside the park, which itself is spring fed. As for local water levels, SC DES Groundwater Monitoring Wells are down 2-10 feet from earlier in the year. From Data Explorer: September rain: 1.23” (-2.51" : 33% of NOAA Normal). Yearly rain: 20.88” (-15.23" : 58% of NOAA Normal). Last 30 days: 1.41”/NOAA Normal: 9.31”. Last 90 days: 7.98”/NOAA Normal: 19.30”. |
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| 9/28/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Mildly Dry
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| I've been teetering on the edge of mildy dry and near normal for several weeks. What pushed me into the mildly dry camp is a recent hike where several small streams had either minimal or no water. However, the local small river still seems to have a normal water level, and you wouldn't know it was dry to look at conditions in my yard and forest. Still, rainfall has been minimal. As I write this late Sunday, light rain has been falling intermittently today (and continues), but in the past 8 days it still amounts only to 0.26". Not great, on top of a series of not-great weeks. |
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