| 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-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 | 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 | 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-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 | 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 were believed and they 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-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-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 | 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 | 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 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Snow Pack holding even with the warm temperature during the week. Could use much more. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NY-CQ-41 | NY | Chautauqua |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Moderate ground cover is enough to protect the underlying plants and other life and replenish the low water tables that were a result of a dry summer. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and cold with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with predawn snow and light winds. The high temperature was around twenty seven degrees, and the low around twenty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every 3 days. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Winter levels. Some manure is being spread. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Conditions are moderately dry, central North Carolina is currently in a "moderate drought condition." We are far behind the "normal" rainfall average. Some mixed snow and rain is predicted for tomorrow, however next week will again be cold and dry. The "red flag" warnings against out door fires are still in effect. Forest "duff", grass and leaf litter is very dry and small streams are drying up. The last several days have been clear, cold and windy, not many people out for daily walks. Lake Jordon water levels are declining are attributed to the lack of rainfall and dam water outfall operations. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-CH-81 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Very little rain in November, December and January with high winds and very dry (low humidity) conditions, No outdoor burning permitted. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-MS-18 | NC | Madison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| One creek running that is very low. About an inch widths of water going over the waterfall. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-PD-29 | NC | Pender |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Grass is really brown this year. No rain in many weeks. When it does rain, there are no downpours, only a few tenths of an inch of rain, sometimes just drizzly rain during the day. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-PN-17 | NC | Person |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We had .76" of rain a week ago so soil moisture is not too bad right now. I was looking at the Data Explorer this morning and looking back 5 months to August 17th we have had 7.5" of rain vs. NOAA averages of 22.39" for the same period. If this was mid-summer instead of mid-winter we would be in desperate straits indeed. Pond, lake and stream levels are very low. The soil moisture is so low that when we do get showers, the water is mostly absorbed where it falls and there is very little runoff into reservoirs. In the cold weather the evaporative and transpiration losses are also at seasonal lows so that is keeping us out of a disastrous situation for now. Unfortunately, I don't see anything in trends or long range forecasts that suggests a change anytime soon. |
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| 1/17/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| The creek water level is a little low but has been rather stagnant this week during the lack of new rainfall. The creek surface was observed frozen in many places yesterday. Some stagnant small ponds where ducks are usually seen in the water also temporarily lost surface area duck habitat when the water was frozen. Some fire danger advisories were issued last week and indoor static electricity increased reflecting the dry air. |
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| 1/17/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| .06 inch of liquid and melted precipitation in the past week and 0.68 inch in January. This continues the trend of well below normal liquid and melted precipitation since December 1. Soils remain fairly moist due to very low winter evaporation rates. |
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| 1/17/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Our wild temperature swings continued this week along with no precipitation observed. Our overall lack of rain has resulted in further drying of the topsoil, and most of the moisture from last week's rainfall event has mostly evaporated. Next, Our grass remains mostly dormant, however there remains scattered patches of green grass and plant seedlings in our lawn. Also our trees remain dormant at this time as well. Lastly, there is a small chance of light rain next Wednesday, however we need a more significant rainfall to greatly improve our soil moisture. |
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| 1/17/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Air stagnation in effect advisory for the week. No moisture causes eye irritation. |
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| 1/17/2026 | RI-KN-36 | RI | Kent |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Zero precipitation last week . |
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| 1/17/2026 | RI-PR-135 | RI | Providence |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| With 0.40” of gauge catch this week, conditions remain near normal. Warm temperatures earlier this week melted much of the ice on the Pascoag Reservoir leaving large areas of open water. Not so good for winter activities like skating or ice fishing, but several Bald Eagles have enjoyed sitting on the edge of the open water to do a little fishing. Winter birds like sparrows, juncos, chickadees, woodpeckers and blue jays are very active as have been the squirrels. George Washington state park is still posting Low for fire danger and the NIDIS website shows the southern 75% of the state in abnormally dry conditions. |
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| 1/17/2026 | SC-AK-106 | SC | Aiken |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| NWS KCAE COOP STATION GNTS1 ***LOCAL CONDITIONS REMAIN MODERATELY DRY*** |
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| 1/17/2026 | SC-GV-94 | SC | Greenville |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Very cold, with low humidity, no outside activity this week. Clay soil is tan color and firm. Retention pond is full. Tributaries are flowing normally. |
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