| 4/4/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Abnormally Dry D0 drought status along the lower Colorado River valley. Dried up desert floor vegetation. Paloverde trees in full yellow bloom. |
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| 4/4/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still warm and dry. Some brief showers earlier in the week made little difference to soil conditions. Established foliage continues flowering and looks unstressed. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Calendar YTD 39% of normal. Water YTD 37% of normal. Stage 1 drought restrictions in place. Record warm temperatures and lowest
snowpack in decades. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .15 inches of rain but high winds and a few warm days. Flowers continue to bloom early and dry quickly. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CO-EP-482 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| It is difficult to know how dry the soil is as we recently had a mild shower. The vegetations in the yard are responding to the mild and warm winter we have had this year. Forsythias, which had never flowered since I first planted them, suddenly flowered this year. Some of the chokecherry trees not only have leafed out completely but also forming flower buds. The turkey vultures which return to our yard some time in the summer have been seen roosting in the trees in our backyard. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We had 0.11" of rain this week, no snow. Wind was up again several days of the week drying out everything after the little rainfall.
Aspens on my property still have tight catkins, the neighbor 2 doors to east has catkins slightly open. Where there is grass it is green coming up through soil. Garlic is 6" high, daylillie's are 8" high in spots. Female cones on pine trees have not developed.
Plenty of turkey calling and browsing through the property, many songbirds coming to water baths. No hummers noticed yet at feeders. Mule deer are plentiful browsing the property. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CO-LR-623 | CO | Larimer |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| The month of March was 46% of normal, year to date - 44% of normal and Water Year is 49% of normal. Red Flag warnings are a regular part of the forecast as it has been so windy. Spring flowers are dwarfed and the blooms last a day or two. |
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| 4/4/2026 | CT-MD-21 | CT | Middlesex |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| All water courses are at slightly above normal seasonal levels |
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| 4/4/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 0.43" of rain fell in the past week. Conditions are normal for early spring. Water in vernal pools, runing in rills, damp soil. |
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| 4/4/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Mildly Wet
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| Ground saturated. Springs flowing above normal. |
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| 4/4/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds are quite low. Lawn not only doesn’t need mowing, but most of the grass is brown. Azaleas are wilting. Annuals need regular watering by hand. |
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| 4/4/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| 2" of rain brought conditions into the near normal range. Temps are warming a bit and AC use is increasing accordingly. Veg appears to be doing well. No landscape irrigation needed in the period. |
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| 4/4/2026 | FL-CR-80 | FL | Collier |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We had a little rain this week, which was welcome. Things green up quickly. Saw a couple of mosquitoes as I was checking my rain guage early in the morning. Dragonflies were out today, so the number of mosquitoes must be increasing. |
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| 4/4/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - Great improvement locally. Last week we had one day with 1.37in of precipitation reported. This certainly saturated the soil and trees and bushes around our neighborhood. However, this was very localized precipitation.
ENERGY - Last week, again, the latter days were above average temperatures - 6 to 10° above. While keeping blinds and shades closed, we saved some energy as the AC was not running as much as anticipated.
GENERAL - With precipitation now being forecasted each day, I.E., afternoon scattered and isolated showers and thunderstorms, we have started to recover the water levels in our ponds and lakes. Future 10 day forecast is encouraging. |
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| 4/4/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| No precip. since March 17. Is today the day? |
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| 4/4/2026 | GA-FT-74 | GA | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Highs in 80s. Well above normal for early April. Soil is dry. No rain for over three weeks. Had to water container grown plants. Local Ponds and lakes beginning to show signs of lack of rain. Have put off planting as soil is so dry. Rain predicted for tomorrow. Hoping it arrives. |
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| 4/4/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| With a total of 3.00" of precip over the week it seems safe to say that the soil has reached a moderately wet condition. Area waterways are bank full and on the rise. Luckily most of the rain was gradual enough to limit runoff, so deeper soil should be pretty well saturated. Trees are budding out a lot more and area lawns are greener by the day. Birds are singing quite a bit and geese are getting ready to nest from the looks of it. So far it appears that we're off to a good start for the planting season. Only time will tell. |
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| 4/4/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I have recorded 2.98 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. All of the precipitation has fallen during the past 4-days. The Tippecanoe river 1-mile north of my location is out of its' banks due to high water. Grass has now turned green from winter appearance and bushes are now leafing out. |
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| 4/4/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 1.93 of rainfall last week Lawsa and pastures are now green, and some trees and bushes are budding and beginning to leaf out. |
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| 4/4/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We've had a week of spring after two plus weeks of summer. |
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| 4/4/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| One overnight rain event this week. .05 inches |
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| 4/4/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The beginning of the week continued the abnormally dry weather pattern for this area. Irrigation is taking up more time in the mornings than usual. Some areas of the landscape are on automatic watering cycles, but the mixed-sized flower pots are easier watered by hand as some would get overwatered. By the end of the week, we received a good shower to refresh the dry landscape. The roadside of the recent construction zone on the highway has just about turned solid green with the hydra-seeded clover and Bermuda grass seedlings spread everywhere. The area received two timely rains after seeding which promoted germination. The lawn is growing well and weekly mowing has begun. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MD-WR-31 | MD | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| March 2026 summary from eastern Worcester County, MD (using midnight to midnight data) - Temperatures in March were above average with an average daily maximum of 58.0 degrees and an average daily minimum of 39.2. The highest daily maximum was 75.6 on the 10th and the lowest daily maximum was 39.2 on the 2nd. The lowest daily minimum was 29.8 on the 13th and 18th. The highest daily minimum was 56.5 on the 11th. The minimum temperature was 32 or lower on 4 days. The average daily humidity was 78.9%. Rainfall was below average with 1.22 inches observed, which is about 30% of average. Measurable rain was observed on 9 days. Total snowfall was 0.1 inches. Snow was observed on 2 days, with 1 day being a measurable amount. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Water Supply & Quality
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| plenty of rain this week |
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| 4/4/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| A few rainy days this past week provided a 1.89" total. The soil is very workable though somewhat wet in lower areas of my yard. The rivers and streams are running higher than the past week. Birds are busy nesting, insects are active in the gardens, and bees have found the opened Crocus. The lawns are noticeably greener over this past week and buds are present on shrubs and trees. Spring Peepers noted on the 1st, right on schedule! |
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| 4/4/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| .93 inches of rain in the last week but still in drought conditions. Some daffodils in blossom and crocuses. Trees haven't leafed out yet. Walking trails are a bit muddy but mostly dry. Water flowing over the dam at the reervoir. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Weekly total rainfall of 0.61 inch. Had Elevated Fire Weather potential posted on Sunday and Monday, but then had rain daily to the end of the week. Area rivers are running a bit high. Appears as if the last junco has been seen until fall/winter.
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| 4/4/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| For the week 3/29-4/4 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 23, 32, 34, 27, 29, 32, 31 ------- Kingsford: 23, 32, 34, 27, 29, 32, 31------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora - .09, 1.70 & .59 = 2.38" & Kingsford - .09, 1.69, .59 = 2.37" SNOWFALL: on 4/3 both Aurora & Kingsford received 2.75" of pure sleet ------ SNOW DEPTH AVERAGES MEASURED: Aurora: 11.5, 11.9, 10.05, 4.91, 4.72, 9.95, 9.8--------- Kingsford: 10.7, 10.7, 8.9, 4.55, 4.01, 7.825, 7.80 ------ Natural wildfire risk is low as everything is saturated in ice and frozen snow ----- US Drought monitor has both Aurora & Kingsford as NORMAL. ----- lots of bird activity this week and deer have been on the move choosing streets and low level snow areas to travel ----- the 2 swans are back up river where they normally hang out in the summer above the Ford Dam as my river neighbor text me this a.m. and more will settle there ----- Also have watched as more geese are also making their way up river to where they settle for the summer and the ducks settle here at the Aurora Bridge ----- Our Actual spring is just a week or two away and no more snow on an average basis. After the 2nd week in April, kinda rare to have snow fall and stick as it is usually in the melting process. ----- photos are in Aurora on 4/3/26 at 7:00am |
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| 4/4/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Nearly 2" of rain last night, and just over an inch of rain over the past few days. Lots of lakes in the fields. Creek is high but not yet flooded. Buds on the apple and peach trees; maples are starting to leaf out. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| April has been wet so far, which is good. Temps have been on the warm side, with colder temps predicted for the next week. Lots of trees and shrubs are budding out, especially the red maples. Many spring flowers appearing. Birds active at feeders, squirrels and chipmunks busy. Lots of digging in flowers beds so there must be skunks out. It's spring. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Rain most days this week. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for 29 March 26 to 4 April 26. There were 3 days of precipitation for the week, for 1.35 inches. The total precipitation for March is 1.59 inches. The historical average for March is 2.91 inches. The total precipitation for April is 1.35 inches. The historical average for April is 3.30 inches. The current condition is Mildly Wet. |
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| 4/4/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Drought conditions are improving with the rain this week although still in deficit. Trees are beginning to leaf out and the Dogwoods are in full bloom. The cherry tree is not far behind. Plenty of animal activity with the turkeys and deer. Smaller animals are very active and young ground hogs are here. The creek is beginning to rise again and will be full this week. Fire danger is lowering now but the gusting winds still make it a danger. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We did receive some much needed rain at the end of March. Springs never ran, ground is not frozen at all. Tested with a rod and no frost in ground. More rain is needed for sure. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Report for the week of March 28 through April 4, 2026. This report’s summary is only for the last 4 days of the week. It has rained a little. Temperatures have been warm during the day and cool at night. There is standing water in the low areas. The creeks and rivers are running high with flood warnings. The trees are starting to bud and the grass is starting to grow. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NY-ST-54 | NY | Steuben |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| April is starting out quite wet with nearly 2" of rain in gauge since last report. Warmer days so ground is fully thawed and drainage good. Rivers and streams are swollen; some reports of flooding in nearby areas. Jonquils and narcissi starting to bloom around town. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly sunny and warm with a brief shower and gusty winds, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds The high temperature was around seventy two degrees, and the low around thirty nine degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Garlic Mustard, Dead Nettle, Wild leeks, Serviceberry buds and Trout Lily leaves are appearing. Spring Peepers (Hyla crucifer) are singing. More flocks of small song birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring flood levels. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions here have moved to severely dry. NC is currently classified as moderate to severely dry and we are well below the 30-year average rainfall. Most of the State is under an "outside during ban" due to dryness and wind. Overall weather is pleasant people are out walking and gardening. Golf course fairways are dry and most residential lawns are mixed green and dry patches. The pollen levels have declined but this observer's hay fever continues. At this time nearby Lake Jordon water levels appear "normal" for this time of year. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NC-PT-116 | NC | Pitt |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| No/very little apparent soil moisture. Mowing or disturbing soil surface produces huge dust clouds. Lawn grasses and plants are visibly stressed. Have started running irrigation to provide supplemental water, but no way that can replace moisture given current conditions.
March precipitation was 1.58", down 2.4", 39% of NOAA normal. 2026 YTD is 6.5", down 5.06", 56% of NOAA normal. |
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| 4/4/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| More burn bans during several days last week. Long term moisture indicated by green pine needles, transition of hosta plants in yard to lush and green from brown and dormant, thriving grass seed sprouts, appear normal. Chorus frogs in wetlands are quieter, stinging bugs pose a danger, and no mushrooms have been observed yet this year. Tap water measured temperature this morning is 3 degrees C warmer than it was in January February mornings (95% confidence alpha 0.05 34 samples). Opening and closing doors for routine activities (rain, nature watching, trash removal etc.) is made on an hour to hour-day to day basis this time of year due to the gradient between indoor/outdoor/in vivo heat/moisture/air quality and the energy required to maintain steady state equilibrium & comfort level. |
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| 4/4/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| March ends on a dry note; only 4 rainy days in the last half of the month. That is offset by only 4 dry days in the first half. Measured 6.33" of moisture; 6.18" is average. Vegetation still has a healthy start. |
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| 4/4/2026 | PA-BV-34 | PA | Beaver |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife
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| Several periods of heavy rain over the past week. The ground appears saturated. Trees are beginning to sprout their leaves and the wildlife, especially in the wooded area above the house, is very active doing what the critters do. The Ohio River appears a little higher but normal river traffic has been observed. The Beaver River near here experienced higher levels with swift current. A construction barge had gotten loose and was hanging on a small dam near Beaver Falls. Due to the past weeks weather, the grass is in serious need of cutting but remains difficult. |
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| 4/4/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| 1.08 inches of rain this past week. |
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| 4/4/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| With 0.9” of rain this week conditions remain mildly wet. The Pascoag Reservoir is quickly rising and is up to approximately 6’6”. We saw our first fisherman out in a kayak this week, but as the lake fills, the bass boats will soon be out. Hiking trails at Sprague Farm and Douglas Forest remain very wet but near typical for April. Fire Danger at George Washington state park was posted as Medium earlier this week due to very low humidity and not much rain but is currently back to Low with recent rain. Some of the trees are beginning to Bud and daffodils have bloomed this week. |
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| 4/4/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS REMAIN MODERATELY DRY, BUT TRENDING TOWARDS SEVERELY DRY***EIGHTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF NO RAINFALL AND COUNTING....BURN BAN IS STILL IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE CSRA REGION.... |
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| 4/4/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Plenty of outside activity this week. Clay soil is very dry and cracking. Soil is a light tan color.
Retention pond is is down a few inches. Tributaries are trickling along. Quite a bit of ant activity. Tree leaves are popping. Lawns look crispy. |
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| 4/4/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Moderately Dry due to rain deficit. SC Forestry app shows 32 wildfires across SC today. Last rain (0.72”) on 17 Mar; previous to this was 28 Feb (0.09”). US Drought Monitor now showing us in a D1 - Moderate Drought condition. A few widely scattered light showers today, but not enough to wet the ground. Most local roadside swamps and ditches dry. Hiking at Poinsett State Park this week (Wed and Fri) showed dry leaf litter/pine needles, and the soil underneath has gone from damp last week to nearly dry this week. The park lake’s main spillway is probably about 3/4 of last week’s flow (photo); creek rocks below the spillway that were fully submerged last week are about half exposed this week. Small streams that were flowing last week are nearly dried up this week (photos). The two seeps below the Coquina trail that merged to form a small creek a couple weeks ago are now barely flowing (photo). Honeysuckle bushes and holly trees are blooming in the park, but last week appears to have been the dogwood peak bloom, as many dogwood petals are now on the ground. Many less grey squirrels in the park this week as compared to last week. Many yellow/black and black/blue butterflies in the park. More mosquitoes out and about. Shank’s creek feeding the park lake seems to be down about a quarter from last week’s flow, judging by more exposed mud. Low areas along the Laurel Trail that were flowing freely last week are now still, stagnant and covered with green algae. Resurrection Ferns dry, grey and curled. From Data Explorer: No rain so far in April, except a Trace today. 5.98” for the year (-4.86” or 55% of normal). Last 30 days: 1.11” (NOAA normal: 6.70”). Last 90 days: 5.98” (NOAA normal: 13.67”). |
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| 4/4/2026 | TX-KF-20 | TX | Kaufman |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Our grass in pastures is green and growing. Our pond is a little low. But around 20 miles from here at Cedar Creek Lake, the lake is very low. And here in Kaufman County we are shown to be in a drought. |
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| 4/4/2026 | TX-MSN-8 | TX | Mason |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The drought index got worst this week with the DSCI increasing to 179 and 79% under D1 conditions. However, it appears to me that conditions have improved and I believe the discrepancy is due to time lag for the index. We had a major rain storm this week and I measured 1.75 inches. Unfortunately, there was a lot of runoff, but a lot of rain was still absorbed by the ground and it is now much softer. We are getting another series of storms this weekend and that should help conditions considerably. Wildflower growth is everywhere and nearly all of the trees have all of their leaves showing. Animal activity is in full swing and I have observed a lot of insect activity in the yard and garden. The USGS reports the Llano River at Hwy 87 is flowing at 94 cfs, higher than previously but still low. The median for this date is 160 cfs, the 25th percentile is 103 cfs, and the record low is 53 cfs. We continue to be under a burn ban and have been so since before Christmas 2025. |
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| 4/4/2026 | TX-VV-16 | TX | Val Verde |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Still no rain |
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