| 5/1/2026 | CO-WE-541 | CO | Weld |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Farmers aren't planting it's so dry and natural ground plants aren't really growing |
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| 5/1/2026 | GA-CA-1 | GA | Calhoun |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
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| Calhoun County received approximately 0.4 inches of rainfall during the past week. While this was the first measurable rainfall in several weeks, it provided only limited short-term relief and was not enough to correct the ongoing dry conditions. Prior to this rainfall, the county had gone about four weeks since the last rain event, when approximately 1 inch was received over a three-day period. Overall soil moisture remains low, especially in dryland fields, pastures, hayfields, field borders, and areas with sandy or exposed soils.
Agricultural conditions remain a concern. Recently planted or emerging crops may still face uneven emergence or early stress where moisture is limited. Pastures and hayfields continue to show reduced growth potential, and producers with irrigation are still relying on irrigation where available. Non-irrigated acres remain more vulnerable if additional rainfall does not occur soon.
Wildfire risk also remains elevated due to dry vegetation and surface fuels. Outdoor burning remains restricted under the current Georgia Forestry Commission burn ban, including agricultural burning, prescribed burning, and yard debris burning. Continued rainfall is needed to improve soil moisture, support crop and forage growth, and reduce fire danger across the county. |
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| 5/1/2026 | LA-CD-12 | LA | Caddo Parish |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| North portion of Caddo is under an extreme Drought, Keithville is under severe drought, mowing is active, trees and shrubs look dry, no flooding or hail observed.No burn bands in place. Precipitation totals = MTD=4.17, YTD= 14.43" |
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| 5/1/2026 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No effect |
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| 5/1/2026 | MN-SH-96 | MN | Sherburne |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain totals are near normal for the month; however, snow cover and melt was below normal for the season. Fire danger is low. Plants and gardens are greening and blooming. |
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| 5/1/2026 | MS-HD-25 | MS | Hinds |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Recent rain has helped vegetation. |
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| 5/1/2026 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Some good moisture with current storm, but overall it's been dry, have a lot of catchup to do. |
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| 5/1/2026 | NY-CQ-22 | NY | Chautauqua |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| We got nearly twice the expected rainfall for the month |
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| 5/1/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cool with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and light frost, clearing off before dawn. The high temperature was around forty eight degrees, and the low around thirty two degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Jewelweed leaves, Dandelion flowers, violet flowers, Burdock leaves, Silver Maple leaves, Black Cherry leaves, Apple Treee buds, Dead Nettle flowers, Nettle leaves, Glecoma hederacea leaves, Serviceberry flowers, Bush Honeysuckle buds, Trillium flowers and Trout Lily flowers are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. Some manure is being spread, some pesticides being sprayed and fields being plowed. |
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| 5/1/2026 | NC-BC-1 | NC | Buncombe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Over an inch of rain this week. Wettest week since early January. |
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| 5/1/2026 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
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| Rainfall for the week was,0.54 inches. Though helpful, it did little to alleviate the drought. Stream flow is very low. Fire,and water restrictions remain in place. Plants,are stresses with some leaf drop. |
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| 5/1/2026 | TX-BXR-168 | TX | Bexar |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We have had a break in the drought, and the flora and fauna love it here in San Antonio. The mild winter of '25-'26 has contributed too to the explosive growth of life. So far we've received 13.43" of blessed rain for the year. We're 5.52" ABOVE normal for this date. Since we live off the Edwards Aquifer however, we won't get relief from current, Stage Three restrictions until significant improvement in ithe aquifer's level, which is currently 635' above sea level. It's down about 35 ' from normal. |
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| 5/1/2026 | TX-GM-16 | TX | Grimes |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| Torrential rainfall is currently ongoing, and expected to remain going today. Ground is well saturated, and flooding is starting to develop |
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| 5/1/2026 | VT-LM-1 | VT | Lamoille |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| April precipitation was 4.09 inches (which is 11.7% above average of 3.66 inches). April snowfall was 1.1 inch (which is 78% below average of 5.0 inches, although an insignificant difference). YTD precipitation is 11.3 inches (which is 7.7% below average of 12.24 inches). YTD snowfall is 65.9 inches (which is 7.7% below average of 71.4 inches (based on the 16 year history at my station). WY to-date precipitation is 26.21 inches (which is 9.8% above the average of 23.86 inches). WY to-date snowfall is 112.8 inches (which is 12.0% above average of 100.7 inches (my station average)). |
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| 5/1/2026 | WA-KG-248 | WA | King |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| A little down for precip in April but near normal. For the month: 2.98" down .34" or 90% of normal; for the year: 19.85" up 2.60" or 115% of normal and then for the water year: 40.76" up 7.34" or 122% of normal. Plants are green and beginning to bud, lawn is green. |
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| 5/1/2026 | CAN-QC-47 | CAN | Quebec |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Some recent rain helped to bring to normal. It was dry till snow melted. Grass is starting to turn green. Buds are appearing on the trees. |
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