| 1/17/2026 | AL-SH-74 | AL | Shelby |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent moderate rainfall has allowed some soil moisture to stabilize. Yard and Landscaping is mostly dormant in normal winter conditions. Some freezing temos overnight, but very little frost or freezing noticed. No impacts on normal yard activity. Trees have shed more dead branches than usual, mostly oaks, but some pines. |
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| 1/17/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| No drought conditions currently along the lower Colorado River valley area. Green up continues with desert vegetation. Desert lupine in full bloom. |
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| 1/17/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Back to normal after a week of mild temperatures and low dew points. Subsurface soils remain moist for nuisance weeds and such. |
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| 1/17/2026 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Burn bans all over the state. winds are drying out the soil. Above average temps are contributing to this. Daffodils poking thru the soil. Rain is badly needed here as we're under drought conditions |
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| 1/17/2026 | CA-HM-6 | CA | Humboldt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| It has not rained since the 8th, but the air is humid and there has been a lot of dew. The ground and plants are wet and the mosses are green. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CA-SD-103 | CA | San Diego |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We've gone from Moderately Wet to Moderately Dry. Still wet 10-12" down; but surface moisture has evaporated with a week of mild to moderate NE winds (8-15 mph), temps in the high 70s-low 80s and relatively low RH (25-30%). Trees are doing fine with good turgor pressure, but ground covers are needing water. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Calendar YTD 24% of normal. Water YTD 34% of normal. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| High winds and wildfire warnings . Winter watering. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Light dusting of snow last night and 9" of snow last week put a bit of moisture into the ground. Otherwise, not much change. One of my neighbor's shrubs actually showed a bit of green tips last week. Everything else normal for time of year. Nearby Cottonwood Creek flowing below normal for time of year. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We had a T of snow this week. Mostly 40° weather turning to teens tiward the weekend. Winds picked up on Fri.
Turkey are moving, plenty of winter songbirds at feeders and suit. Muke deer are noticed foraging. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-MN-7 | CO | Mineral |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| We live on the edge of Creede Caldera next to the Rio Grande National Forest. No snow. Seriously, so tired of watching the little patches of snow slowly disappear into the woods. No memory of a significant snowfall or even rain. The wind is crazy. There was a brief period where the elk were seen just over the rise, but they are now finding food higher in the trees. Even the deer that are generally so plentiful, find food and escape from the wind above the tree line.
We have about 77 days of typical winter left with only 52 percent of the median SWE so far. Very dry and leaves most of the county already whispering concerns aboutNy the upcoming fire season.
The howling wind is scraping off the hillsides. The surprise group of Steller’s Jays that we welcomed earlier in the winter now have difficulty finding a foothold to nibble on the seed tray.
It’s warmer than usual. The Rio Grande is generally ice free and the local hockey tournament will struggle with patches of open water. The ponds which are refreshed with the flow from East Willow Creek find skaters dealing with the water unfrozen at the edges. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-RT-79 | CO | Routt |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Not much effect as ground is frozen much of the time. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CO-WE-444 | CO | Weld |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Provide water daily for birds.
Landscape needs watering when temperatures permit to mitigate drought damage. |
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| 1/17/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| 0.75" of precipitation fell last week. Conditions are near normal. Lack of snow cover and warmer temperatures have led to muddy situatuions on unpaved roads and parking lots. |
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| 1/17/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 1/17/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Near Normal
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| 1/11-17 brought 1.35" of rain during 2 events. Ice on Morris Branch. |
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| 1/17/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds at below average levels. Plants brown from lack of rain and recent freezes. |
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| 1/17/2026 | FL-BK-7 | FL | Baker |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| our county has been under a burn ban for about three weeks. Now with the freezing temps, plants are in additional stress |
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| 1/17/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain mid-period brought conditions into the near normal range. Temps are moderate to cool with minimal AC and heat used. |
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| 1/17/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - Slight change in status as we reported 0.30” of precipitation last week.
ENERGY - Big swing this week as temperatures were way above normal the beginning of the week, and way below normal at the end of the week. AC running more early week, and furnace (Gas) running more last part of the week.
GENERAL - It really would be our conclusion that Climate Change is definitely with us. “NORMAL” weather such as normal temperatures and precipitation doe not exist at this time in Florida. Our ponds and lakes are still WAY below normal levels. |
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| 1/17/2026 | FL-ST-42 | FL | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Report for January 10 through January 11, 2026. We only received 0.35” of rain for the week. We have had cool mornings with one with a freeze (1/16) Grass is still a little green and brown but still dormant. Ponds and retention ponds are very low or dry. AQI has been in the good range all week and the primary pollutant has been Ozone. |
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| 1/17/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Nothing remarkable. |
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| 1/17/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| We had 0.26" of precip over the week including 0.21" SWE from 2.4" of snow. Our unusually warm temperatures were sent packing early Wednesday morning by a strong cold front accompanied by high winds and some light snow. Winter has returned. Local waterways are looking good with the nearby Beaver Creek running a bit on the high side for the first time in a while. So it seems near normal soil conditions will remain. The ground is currently white from the recent snow and wildlife remains on the quiet side although I did see a deer near my house. They must be getting hungry. And another bald eagle was seen this week. As kids we rarely if ever saw them anywhere, from the lakes of northern Minnesota to the rivers and creeks of northern Illinois. Fortunately back then, our experts managed to get DDT banned, saving our eagles from possible extinction. Presently their numbers continue to increase and seeing them is almost a weekly occurrence. And now whenever they're seen, it's just plain awesome, every time. |
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| 1/17/2026 | IL-KD-126 | IL | Kendall |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| After just over 35 inches of rain/snow moisture last year the Fox River in Oswego is still at a very low level. Soil does have a some moisture from a little snow this month, will have to see what it looks like after some warm up. |
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| 1/17/2026 | IL-WL-63 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Several spells of snow have kept the ground watered as moderate temperatures then melted it into the ground. |
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| 1/17/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Have had 0.26 inches of precipitation at my location during the past 7-days, |
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| 1/17/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| A trace of snowfall fell last week. Still no snowpack, and lawns and pastures are brown. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Creek still about full. Some cracks starting to reappear in bare soil. No wildlife activity. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| ground cracks; no recent rain |
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-FO-69 | KS | Ford |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
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| Digging up root crops left in the garden is kind of messy due to the wet soils. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-FR-35 | KS | Franklin |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are as expected for this time of year - low moisture, ponds are low but not dry, rivers and creeks a little low but still flowing. Air is dry, animal fur is staticy. Trees are "knobby" with buds and bare of all dead leaves. Been very windy. Humidity is basically normal - heated outside per water bowls are not loosing water due to evaporation. Ground is very dry, dirt roads extremely dusty.
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Cold and relatively dry with only one day so far in January with measurable precipitation. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| No moisture this week and a lot of wind has dried out the vegetation and raised the fire danger. Creeks, springs and ponds are above normal for this time of year. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KY-AN-11 | KY | Anderson |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| The ground is just sloppy wet. |
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| 1/17/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| .73 inches of rain. Three days of rain this week. |
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| 1/17/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The new week started out with a bang on Saturday morning with the passing of a strong thunderstorm ahead of a cold front. Flash flood warnings were posted. Two separate downpours, each 0.58”, brought some relief from a lack of significant rainfall in a month. Soil moisture was good, and the ground was firm to walk on. Lawn grasses are dormant except for my front yard, which was renovated last summer, has weeds, and Bermuda grass growing. Road construction is at a non-weather-related stoppage. American goldfinches are arriving at the feeder in larger numbers but show only a tinge of color. Japanese magnolias are beginning to flower as well as loropetalum, cats claw vine, Japanese plum, camellias, and mayhaw trees. |
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| 1/17/2026 | 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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| some rain |
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| 1/17/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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| Over the past week there was a total of 0.75" of precipitation (liquid value) with a average total of 5.5" of snow on the ground (0.52"). Streams and rivers are all a typical levels. Birds are active and coyote in the neighborhood. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| .3 inches of rain during the last week and snowing lightly currently. Only a trace amount of snow on the ground so no cross country skiing or snowshoeing now or at all this winter. Saw an eagle in a tree across the street, that has never happened before although they are common in the area by the river in the winter. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Received a total of 0.43 inch of precipitation for this week which included a couple days with rain and now some snow is falling this morning. Have been seeing several larger flocks of geese flying earlier in the week on the warmer days. Also, saw a red-tailed hawk low down in the neighbor's tree. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MA-WR-113 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Drier conditions in winter make travel easier and not having to shovel snow is always nice. That being said we need the precipitation. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MI-SH-4 | MI | Schoolcraft |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| An anomalous downpour overnight downpour not long ago of 1.72" and frequent light snow events. Secondary roads very icy after plowing. Creepers needed for walking dog. Healthy snowpack with over 3" water content. Some logging activity audible and some logging trucks on US2. Otherwise traffic low. Deer have mostly left my property. Few hare or grouse,but plenty of squirrels. Only year-round resident birds at feeder. A few Pine Grosbeaks and waxwings around. Looks like mid-winter often does. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Snow, one day heavy, just about every day this past week. Temps were mostly well below freezing so not much melting has occurred. And temps are going to be very cold the next few days. Snow cover is 100%, 3-4 inches in most places. Birds continue active at feeders, lots of squirrels visible. A real winter, something we haven't had much of the last few years. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Snow and rain this week. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MN-PS-6 | MN | Pipestone |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| As of right now the conditions do not affect me. This spring as I begin to garden and coach baseball they may. A friend of mine told me that there is moderate moisture below a mininmal line of frost. He could push fence posts into it. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MS-TL-1 | MS | Tallahatchie |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| This time of year it really isn't a factor. However, for duck hunters, the only water that is available is water that is pumped in. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 11 January 26 to 17 January 26. There were 2 days of precipitation for the week, for 0.03 inches. The total precipitation for January is 1.20 inches. The historical average for January is 0.40 inches. The current conditions are Near Normal. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Continued drought conditions with only aa trace on moisture this week, High fire danger with low humidity and gusty winds. Ground hog was looking out his burrow yesterday afternoon. Shoal Creek is very low and stream bed is visible in many places. Watering trees parts of the time this week. |
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| 1/17/2026 | MT-FH-16 | MT | Flathead |
Mildly Dry
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| The main issue here is a lack of low elevation snow. Way too warm. ARs are rain <6000+’ Arctics have been dry since early nov. seems the only way we get snow at 3k’ is if we have an AR/arctic collision overhead. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NV-CK-62 | NV | Clark |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| No rain since January 6th. There is talk of Lake Mead and Lake Powell dropping to a new low. |
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