| 4/25/2026 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Warm and dry weather continues. Soil surface becoming hard pan under daily solar assault. Nuisance weeds are nearly terminated. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| 28% of normal for calendar year, 31% of normal for water year.
Some shrubs in the garden show marginal leaf scorch. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Ground is cracked. Bulbs which emerge are short. Last week’s cold has freeze dried ash leaves |
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| 4/25/2026 | CO-GF-97 | CO | Garfield |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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Plants & Wildlife
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Water Supply & Quality
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| After a winter of an all time lowest (by a large margin) snowpack, we all remain very concerned about the coming summer. While we had two days, of mixed snow and rain in the last 2-3 weeks, it's been dry otherwise. Colorado remains in severe or (in our region) exception level 5 drought. The mud season occurred extremely early and thus the river's Spring high flow rates have been very low and seem to be already behind us. It is going to be a tragic river/soul moisture situation unless we get a, not predicted, heavy monsoon. We will not get any ditch irrigation this year due to low reservoir levels, and no refill expected. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| O" of snow or rain this week. Winds have been 5-7 on Beaufort Scale much of the week while under a Red Flag Warning 3 days this week.
Turkey very audible and visible, Many Mule Deer browsing, song birds at birdbaths, 1 hummer seen at feeders and hearing them flying in the forest.
Small white phlox wildflowers coming up in open forest on south facing slope.
Rhubarb is 12" across, day lillie's have slowed their growth because of snow and cold last week and cooler this week. Garlic is 12" high. No catkins or buds on Aspen and no female cones noticed on pines yet. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
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| 0.29" of rain fell last week. Rainfall in April has been less than expected. Wodds are dry, windy conditions increase fire danger. Trees are leafing out, grass is greening. |
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| 4/25/2026 | DE-NC-10 | DE | New Castle |
Near Normal
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| Springs flowing normally. |
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| 4/25/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds low or dry. Lawn mostly brown. Decades old azaleas may not recover, beyond wilting, now also dropping brown and crispy leaves. Magnolias also dropping leaves. Bought a sprinkler to encourage wildflower patch to sprout and bloom.
Wildfires in area and burn ban continues. |
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| 4/25/2026 | FL-CR-80 | FL | Collier |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Still dry, but the .5" rain was welcome. Just enough to bring out a few mosquitoes. |
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| 4/25/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
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| FIRE - Extreme. We currently are in D3 - Extreme Drought conditions. Reviewing the Florida Drought Map there IS NO AREA IN FLORIDA THAT IS NOT IN A DROUGHT SITUATION.
ENERGY - A good situation to report. Our temperatures for the last 7 days have been very close to normal. As our temperatures begin to reach summer levels we see the AC naturally running more. However, one good area has been lower humidity and dew points reducing the need for AC’s to run extra to get the moisture out of the homes.
General - One word alone will help - RAIN1 No rain is forecast for the next 6 days. We have gone 17 days without precipitation, adding the 6 days will bring us to 23 days with no rain, or close to a whole month. |
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| 4/25/2026 | GA-SV-5 | GA | Screven |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Extreamly dry conditions with muiltiple small wildfires in the area. |
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| 4/25/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| With only 0.04" of rain over the week and with mostly sunny skies the soil has dried out quite a bit . So much so that I was able to till my garden a few days ago. It seems safe to say that we have jumped all the way from severely wet to near normal soil conditions, at least concerning the top 8" or so. Area waterways are just above their normal levels with larger rivers still high but falling. Most trees are leafing out rapidly and seem to be a week or two earlier than most years. The underbrush is getting thick and it is almost impossible to see through it in many places. Wildlife is humming along with numerous wasps buzzing outside my house and sometimes inside. A couple of hen turkeys are hanging around and have been scratching in some mulch by my house, spreading a surprising amount of mulch on my walkway. I don't suppose there's any way to get them to turn around and spread the mulch the other way. |
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| 4/25/2026 | IL-WL-63 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Rainfall of regular occurrence has left our lawn a brilliant green and our plants blooming. |
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| 4/25/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| I have received 0.37 inches of rain at my location during the past 7-days. I observed a farmer doing field work near my location and a lot of dust was observed blowing as the farmer worked his field. |
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| 4/25/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| .75 in last week and 2.75 for the month which is short by .66 of being normal. However, creek is fuller than normal with good flow and grass growing quickly. Birds and insects are active. |
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| 4/25/2026 | KS-JO-134 | KS | Johnson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| With an inch of rain last week and another inch plus this week, the soil moisture is fine and all plants look quite healthy. |
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| 4/25/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| The drought conditions continue with no moisture this week and only 1.09 inches this year. The trees are leafing out and the grass is greening up but we need moisture to grow the grass we need to feed the cattle this spring. The wheat is looking worse every day and the alfalfa is stalled out waiting for moisture. |
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| 4/25/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| .04 inches of rain-moderately dry. Hayfields going to seed. |
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| 4/25/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| The brief shower ahead of a cold front last week did little to help relieve the lack of rain in this area. We seem to be in a weather pattern that brings rain to our north and east, and we get the heat with no relief from drying conditions. Bare soil has small cracks from drying out. The lawn does not show stress, especially under large trees. The clover and Bermuda grass seed that sprouted along the highway have not grown, and the clover seems to be fading away from the extended dry period and heat. Rain is expected overnight on Friday. |
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| 4/25/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rain early in the past week for a weekly total of 0.55". Perennials are slowly emerging, spring bulbs are flowering and tree and shrubs are budding. The soil is a very workable condition. Streams and rivers are running at normal levels. Birds are very active and the bears. A lot of woodchucks this season. |
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| 4/25/2026 | MA-ES-64 | MA | Essex |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .18 inches of rain in the last week. Soil very dry, had to water a few things in the garden that I had recently planted. Lots of perennials poking out of the ground. Walking trails are all dry with no mud. |
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| 4/25/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Total rainfall for the week was 0.21 inch. Working in the yard towards the end of the week, the soil now seems drier. Sighted a bald eagle over a neighbor's yard on Tuesday afternoon and, not having seen chipmunks for some time, they were seen again on Wednesday and Thursday.
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| 4/25/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
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Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| For the week 4/19-4/25 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 32, 21, 36, 32, 41, 49, 40 ------- Kingsford: 32, 22, 36, 32, 41, 50, 38 ------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora T, T, .30= .30" ----- Kingsford - T, T, .32 = 32" ----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford = Trace on 4/20 ----------MENOMINEE RIVER: the high water began Sunday 4/12 around 7:30 a.m. and kept increasing. River flow peaked April 20th at 14906 CFS at 10:10 pm but the water crested on April 21 at the 20 year flood level. It has varied in river height all week up and down and slowly seeping downward. Today 4/25 it has plateaued roughly 3 feet higher above the 4' WI DNR approved shoreline rock barrier. 10533 CFS at 6:10 this a.m. My walking platform to get to the boat dock (once installed) is 6' above the edge of the river to sand and there is 10" of water on this platform currently at 6:10a. In other words, still flooded------- Grass is greening up even more this week and perennial plants are "popping" up from the ground more rapidly. ------ No snow in sight as the rest melted with the warm temps this week ------- US drought monitor has 95% of WI., 100% of the U.P. and lower of MI. as normal-----Wildfires are slightly up. Most of the fires are debris burning or caused by man made equipment Railroad, Construction, Farm or by accident caused by weather to power poles( Tornado winds) -----Noticing more Bird species in or over my yard passing through, Hawks, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Morning Doves, flocks of Canadian Geese overhead too. Primarily an increase this week of Woodpeckers Pileated (3 big ones just yesterday), Downy, Yellow Bellied, Red bellied. No Eagle sightings this week ----Deer are scarce this week and crossed over the Aurora bridge to the MI side. They are all over South Kingsford ----- I noticed an uptick in rabbits this week-----I saw a truck hauling a camper this week to0. Memorial Day in a month and suppose they are getting ready for that weekend ---- Whelp that's all I have. ----- Enjoy your weekend everyone! |
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| 4/25/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| We went from a lot to rain to a little this past week. Temps were warm but not enough to dry everything too much. More trees leafing out, lots of flowers and flowering trees. Birds continue active at feeders. Grass is very green from the earlier rain. |
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| 4/25/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| At this time we just came out of a lot of rain its still some lite rain. The rain came in heavy and a lot ran off but we will see how deep it did soak in |
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| 4/25/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Moisture levels are returning to normal with the good rains this month, Grass and other vegetation is developing rapidly. Shoal Creek is running bank full and nearly flood stage. Tornado season has begun with F-1 storm in Joplin this week. Fire danger is low. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| The soil is dry and dusty. The air has been very dry with breezes and the dewpoint from near zero °F into the teens. The last measurable rain was on April 9. Fire danger is increasing with a fire weather watch in effect for tomorrow.
The Sandia mountains are dry. Our water supply is adequate. Water flow in the Rio Grande River is steady but a little less than last week. Field plant growth is minimal this spring. Trees are healthy but starting to shows signs of dryness. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NY-JF-48 | NY | Jefferson |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
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| Report for the week of April 18th through April 25, 2026. This week has been drier than past 2 weeks. We had a trace of snow on 4/18 and 0.03” of rain on 4/19. The rest of the period was cool with mainly clear skies and sun. The lawns and fields are drying out and most of the standing water is gone. The creeks and rivers are still running high. The trees are budding and the grass is greening up. We have planted our onions and the asparagus is growing nicely. The St Lawrence River level is 246.19 feet, 38.1” Above Low Water Datum and water temperature is 42.8°F. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Partly sunny and cool with light winds and rain, then increasing clouds and cold overnight with light winds and predawn morning rain. The high temperature was around fifty five degrees, and the low around forty 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 and fields being plowed. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
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Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Conditions remain severely dry and we are nearly at "exception drought" conditions here. We have experienced low humidity (below 45% in the afternoons) and the soil is so dry surface cracking is visible. Overall tress and bushes appear healthy, grass and some gardens are dry and getting brown. A State-wide ban on all outdoor burning is in effect. Daytime high temperatures have been into the mid 80s, but are forecast to return to the "more normal" mid 70s next week. Some nearby cities and counties are planning for water restrictions and possibly rationing. All wild life is active and people are up and about in their usual activities. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NC-GL-84 | NC | Guilford |
Severely Dry
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| The grass is turning brown this early this season. |
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| 4/25/2026 | NC-HN-30 | NC | Henderson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| 20 days without substantial rain. I've watered my lawn in the front to keep it green while the backyard grass has large brown dry spots. Younger ornamental shrubs are showing dryness stress. For the year, most of the area is in extreme draught conditions with critical fire danger risk. |
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| 4/25/2026 | OH-LC-10 | OH | Licking |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Precipitation to date is 21.29" compared to the total 30-year of 22.14" through April. So perhaps by the end of the month we might be even. Today everything is wet and the humidity is high at 83%. Grass and trees are growing and green. Agricultural fields are being prepared for planting. |
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| 4/25/2026 | PA-MT-113 | PA | Montgomery |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Ground is hard packed. No moisture at all. This week we noticed bushes around our property have top leaves curling and browning. Each day more are affected. Daily watering required for new plants. |
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| 4/25/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| .09 inches of precipitation this past week. |
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| 4/25/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| With only 0.09” of rain this week, conditions have changed to mildly dry for the end of April. The Pascoag Reservoir has risen to 7’11” but has not increased over the past several days. It is however deep enough for boats to be out for fishing and cruising. We also saw the first paddle board out yesterday afternoon. Local trails at George Washington and Sprague farm are relatively dry and more typical of summer than spring. The lawn is growing quickly and needs mowing once per week now and spring flowering trees and shrubs are in full bloom. Last week’s heat forced many flowers open and the recent cold has kept them in this flowering phase. The neighborhood is just beautiful right now. We heard our first Baltimore Oriole this week and lots of summer birds are back. Hopefully we spot a hummingbird soon. George Washington state park has increased the posted fire danger from Low to Medium this week. |
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| 4/25/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Clay soil is light tan and and firm. Retention pond is down about a foot. Tributaries are trickling. Lawns are crispy. Ant activity has slowed down. Days have been warm with low humidity. Plenty of outdoor activity. |
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| 4/25/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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Tourism & Recreation
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| Calling it Moderately Dry - As dry as it is, we still have no water use restrictions or emergency water conservation measures in effect here. No rain since 4-6 Apr (0.06”); previous to this was 17 Mar (0.72”). We’re under a SC Forest Commission Burn Ban for the entire state. SC Forestry app shows 115 wildfires across SC, plus we’re getting a lot of smoke from the GA wildfires. US Drought Monitor has our area in a D2 - Severe Drought. SC Drought Committee has the entire state in at least a Moderate Drought. Wateree River at US 76/378 running very low. Congaree River at I-77 south of Columbia is running very low with multiple sandbars visible. Both rivers are running clear on Friday. Local unirrigated lawns turning brown and crunchy. Local pastures showing large brown swaths. Roadside vegetation dry/brown and local roadside ditches dry. Local roadside swamps dry or nearly so. Wednesday Poinsett State Park hike showed very dry leaf litter with dry soil down to at least an inch underneath. More rocks showing in the small stream below the main park lake spillway. See photos from 20 Mar and those from 22 Apr showing more rocks exposed due to low main spillway stream flow. Also see small park stream photos from 20 Mar and 22 Apr: the stream flowing freely on 20 Mar is dry as of 22 Apr. Resurrection ferns dry and curled. Ferns on the forest floor starting to show brown patches. Dogwoods have lost their blossoms. Holly trees have finished blooming and show small green berries. Saw a black racer high up on the Knot Trail and a cottonmouth where the trail crosses Shanks Creek from the Laurel to the Splice trails. Birds and squirrels busy working the feeders at home, but didn’t see hardly any squirrels in the park on this hike. From Data Explorer: 0.06” for Apr (-2.46”/2% of normal); For the year: 6.04” (-7.00”/46% of normal). Last 30 Days: 0.06” (NOAA normal: 6.70”). Last 90 days: 4.94” (NOAA normal: 13.67”. |
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| 4/25/2026 | TN-BT-9 | TN | Blount |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil is very dry but plants are still blooming. Streams and lakes are lower than average for this time of year. Burning restrictions are in place for some counties. |
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| 4/25/2026 | TX-WM-316 | TX | Williamson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Around 2.5" last week (just to our north, 5-6" rain caused some flooding) so we are near normal --for the month! Still behind for the year. However spirits are considerably higher since the rain, and lawns, roadsides, gardens are all growing vigorously. Fire danger low for right now. All in all a good week! |
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| 4/25/2026 | WI-FL-6 | WI | Florence |
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 4/19-4/25 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 32, 21, 36, 32, 41, 49, 40 ------- Kingsford: 32, 22, 36, 32, 41, 50, 38 ------- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora T, T, .30= .30" ----- Kingsford - T, T, .32 = 32" ----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford = Trace on 4/20 ----------MENOMINEE RIVER: the high water began Sunday 4/12 around 7:30 a.m. and kept increasing. River flow peaked April 20th at 14906 CFS at 10:10 pm but the water crested on April 21 at the 20 year flood level. It has varied in river height all week up and down and slowly seeping downward. Today 4/25 it has plateaued roughly 3 feet higher above the 4' WI DNR approved shoreline rock barrier. 10533 CFS at 6:10 this a.m. My walking platform to get to the boat dock (once installed) is 6' above the edge of the river to sand and there is 10" of water on this platform currently at 6:10a. In other words, still flooded------- Grass is greening up even more this week and perennial plants are "popping" up from the ground more rapidly. ------ No snow in sight as the rest melted with the warm temps this week ------- US drought monitor has 95% of WI., 100% of the U.P. and lower of MI. as normal-----Wildfires are slightly up. Most of the fires are debris burning or caused by man made equipment Railroad, Construction, Farm or by accident caused by weather to power poles( Tornado winds) -----Noticing more Bird species in or over my yard passing through, Hawks, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Morning Doves, flocks of Canadian Geese overhead too. Primarily an increase this week of Woodpeckers Pileated (3 big ones just yesterday), Downy, Yellow Bellied, Red bellied. No Eagle sightings this week ----Deer are scarce this week and crossed over the Aurora bridge to the MI side. They are all over South Kingsford ----- I noticed an uptick in rabbits this week-----I saw a truck hauling a camper this week too. Memorial Day in a month and suppose they are getting ready for that weekend ---- Whelp that's all I have. ----- Enjoy your weekend everyone! |
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| 4/25/2026 | WI-RC-62 | WI | Racine |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Still recovering from heavy rain at the beginning of April. Wet in low parts. Some farm fields still flooded. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CAN-MB-43 | CAN | Manitoba |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| No precip this week, water table dropped 1.5 inches and is 15.4 inches above 14 year average. Cool windy weather except for 3 summer like days reducing remaining snowbanks, keeping gardens and yard saturated. More warm weather needed. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CAN-NS-182 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| For week of 19-25 Apr: (2.0+ 16.0+ 0+ 0+ T+ T+ 1.0)= 19.0+ T mm, Near Normal. High's: +6C to +14C (avg +9C); Low's: +2C to -4C; Wind: Calm to V, gusts to 34km/hr; Frost: 1 heavy frost. It was a cool/chilly week with an avg high of +9C. Two sunny days with remainder cloudy or overcast. One morning had a heavy frost giving crispy, white tinged grass. Precip has slowed. Grass is greening, inviting the younger deer to vigorously graze. Back yard is still quite soft to walk on. Birds getting lots of worms. Songbirds twittering in early morning. Still too cool to do any gardening, but lawn-care businesses are already out. New gravel road shoulders on Peggy's Cove Rd already showing signs of erosion on water side. They might need wire caging. Creek and stream levels all at steady flow, some at higher than normal levels. Looks like Hammonds Plains Marsh could make a remarkable rebound after last year's drought. Here's hoping. People are itching to get away for weekends--canoes, RV's, dirt bikes, kayaks--they're all loaded up and heading out. |
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| 4/25/2026 | CAN-ON-210 | CAN | Ontario |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
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| nice week this week a bit of rain and some warm temp. |
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