| 4/17/2026 | AL-MB-96 | AL | Mobile |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Watering daily. Very dry conditions. |
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| 4/17/2026 | CO-MF-40 | CO | Moffat |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| Field conditions since early April have gone from dry to damp. Soil moisture is good. Damp conditions delay planting due to damp soil but seed is in moisture. Vegetation is greening up. Lilacs others way ahead of normal. |
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| 4/17/2026 | FL-HD-11 | FL | Hardee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Very grateful for the 5.48" received between 4/3 and 4/8. Lawn is revived, but daily watering of newly planted landscaping (plants) has been necessary. It is wonderful to see standing water in our nearby swampy areas. |
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| 4/17/2026 | FL-HD-12 | FL | Hardee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Between 4/3 and 4/8, 6.10" of rainfall were received. As of 4/17, pastures are green, Limestone drainage canal still contains a good amount of water from last week's rains. Drought conditions here, at the moment, are improved. Looking ahead to 4/26, no significant chance for rainfall is forecast. |
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| 4/17/2026 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No effect |
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| 4/17/2026 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Cloudy and 59 Hi 67 Wind SW 3 mph. Rain due later in the morning. Temperatures falling from cold front. |
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| 4/17/2026 | MO-CP-7 | MO | Cooper |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We have received 0.41 in. of rain this week over several days so the soil is fairly moist. A wild cherry tree in my yard started blooming last weekend and the spirea is in full bloom now. Lilacs didn't bloom this year, and dogwoods are trying to bloom but seem to be struggling from the earlier freeze. Tulips are barely hanging on. Frogs have been calling like crazy this week with the high humidity levels we have had. It has been fairly warm too which has been slightly miserable with the high humidity. There is lots of greenery now, but some trees are still leafing out. |
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| 4/17/2026 | MO-HL-45 | MO | Howell |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Despite recent showers, the ground remains quite hard and dry. Mud rings are near the surface in ponds, and wet-weather branches haven't run since early last Spring. Pastures have recovered from being frostbitten and are beautifully green again, but forage growth has been very slow for lack of timely and adequate rains. There's a lot of talk that the first hay cutting will be light, and Summer forage will likely be less than normal. Most trees have leafed out, and the oaks are blossoming. Windy conditions continue their drying effect, but fire risk is mitigated by green conditions. that continue to dry everything out. |
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| 4/17/2026 | NJ-HD-18 | NJ | Hudson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| As we head into the warm season, the rainfall for the month so far is .53" and is 1.55" below normal(25%). For the year, 7.84" and is 4.70" below normal (.63%). New Jersey remains in a drought warning. Sreamflow remains moderate to severely dry. Reservoir levels are near 87% full. |
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| 4/17/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Cloudy and warm with moderate winds, showers and thunderstorms, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with moderately light winds. The high temperature was around seventy three degrees, and the low around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. More small flocks of Canadian Geese are present. Cleavers, Dandelion leaves, Curled Dock leaves, Garlic Mustard, Dead Nettle, Wild leeks, Serviceberry flowers, Bush Honeysuckle buds, Bloodroot flowers, Trillium buds and Trout Lily flowers are appearing. Brown bats are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 4/17/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Now in D3 Extreme Drought. Less than 1/2" of rain in April so far. |
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| 4/17/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Another week of no rain. Ratio of water vapor pressure in living room to water vapor pressure on back porch when measured 5 times last week ranged from 1:1.5 to 1:1.7. Heat and moisture in the air affects our food purchases this time of year because of visible short-term condensation, soggy packages, and long-term oxidation on refrigerated/frozen food displays in most local supermarkets. Tap water had measurable chorine last week. Distillate from bathroom dehumidifier and ventless dryer. did not have measurable chlorine. Distillate from bathroom dehumidifier was measurably more acidic than tap water. A couple of wind damaged large branches observed along transportation corridors last week. Burn bans continued last week statewide. |
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| 4/17/2026 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| No rainfall for the week, Soil is very dry now and watering is required. Lawns are starting to burn out. flow is in the lower 5% now with water restrictions going into effect on the 20th. A statewide open burn ban remains in place. |
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| 4/17/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS WORSEN TO SEVERELY DRY***HISTORIC DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE CSRA REGION...BURN BAN CONTINUES....0.02 INCHES RAINFALL IN THE PAST 31 DAYS.... |
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| 4/17/2026 | TX-GM-16 | TX | Grimes |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Heavy rain over the last 2 weeks, balanced out by the last 3 days of dry. |
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| 4/17/2026 | TX-HYS-148 | TX | Hays |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 1.66" of rain thus far this month over 8 different events. That was enough to green up all the grasses and remove the burn ban. However, the Blanco River in Wimberley is flowing at record low flow of 3.53cfs for the 99-year period of record. Groundwater from Jacob's Well is at zero flow. |
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| 4/17/2026 | VA-VBC-21 | VA | Virginia Beach (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| The last and only rain this month was April 5. We have been running at a deficit since October. |
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| 4/17/2026 | WV-KN-52 | WV | Kanawha |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| It can be difficult to determine dryness during spring green up, but I am running an April rainfall deficit of 1.21", which is only 42% of normal. The majority of the rain fell on April 5th, with the rest of the days all 0.05" or under. It has been 12 days since measurable rainfall.
While the grass was growing quickly a few weeks ago, it has slowed down considerably. |
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| 4/17/2026 | WI-WK-85 | WI | Waukesha |
Severely Wet
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Tourism & Recreation
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| Currently ground is very saturated. Heavy winds from storms in last 5 days have caused 6 uprooted mature trees. Fox River is flooded in areas only flooded during severe flooding events. Roadways in area are closed as well due to water over the roadways. |
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