8/17/2025 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Conditions have improved and become mildly wet after multiple days of light to heavy rainfall. Dust activity and fire risk have been reduced, and plants that were browning are regrowing and turning green again. |
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8/17/2025 | AZ-CH-72 | AZ | Cochise |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Fire
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| 0.66 precip this week. Localized rains. Edging toward mod dry, but still severe dry in my mind. Couple tiny lightning start wildfires on West side of Chiricahuas. |
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8/17/2025 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Several days of measurable rain from monsoon moisture with a total of .80 inches falling for the week. Even a little bit of hail fell on Monday which was bigger than pea size but smaller than marble size. This was very brief with no damage. Temperatures were hot to start the week and cooled off some to end the week. The high of the week was 89° on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows were in the mid 50's to low 60's. The low of the week was 53° on Saturday. No change in plant life in the surrounding areas with brown grasses and some wildflowers blooming. Hummingbirds, finches, and robins seen in the garden as well as garter snakes. Also, smelled a skunk. |
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8/17/2025 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Conditions were getting dry earlier in the week but we received 0.88” of rainfall on Friday afternoon that helped. Rainfall for the week was 1.03” and same for the last two weeks. Soil moisture and water levels are near normal for this time of year. Temperatures have been in the low to mid 90s each day. Plant/crop growth is average and there is low wildfire risk. |
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8/17/2025 | CA-HM-5 | CA | Humboldt |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| A weak weekend storm dropped 0.05" of precipitation to cap off the week. ETo 0.50". Highs ranged between 69-74, lows 52-62. Ruth Lake Reservoir 87% on 8/15. Mad River 5.78 feet and 50.0 cfs/Eel River 6.75 feet. Trinity River temperatures between 50-59, Klamath 70-71, Mattole 55, the ocean 56-62. No change in the drought map. Politicians revealed the proposed redistricting map for Congressional Districts this week. Humboldt will join Marin, the coastal strips of Sonoma and Mendocino away from their population centers, Del Norte, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta and Modoc counties. I don't know how what the reaction of Redding and Yreka and Alturas will be to San Rafael controlling them, but it should be interesting. A Wilson's Warbler passed through this week, so migration must be in the early stages. A pair were previously seen May 22, on the northbound journey. Big Leaf Maples have begun yellowing along the Mad River and connecting stream beds--a little early, but close to normal timing. This week tourists and residents have the Humboldt County Fair to enjoy, but shortened to 7 days out of 9, with no horse racing for the first time in 125 years. However, there will be some excitement as the people-powered Kinetic Sculptures will gather and put sole to earth, an exhibition that could only happen in Humboldt County. |
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8/17/2025 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Moderately Dry
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Business & Industry Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| We had another series of very wet foggy nights with light drizzle this week, helping to keep the landscape on the coast moist. However, our volunteer fire department had to handle two small debris and brush fires in our area this week, both man-caused. Fortunately, they have the fast attack trucks to knock these down quickly, so there was little damage, but there is always a chance of spread just inland from the coast where conditions are hotter and dryer. More potable water trucks around filling water tanks as the more shallow wells start to go dry. Signs of Fall continue with shrubs and trees starting to change color. The area is still full of RVs and campers and will continue to be until the Labor Day holiday. Ocean conditions have been calm for fishing and water sports. |
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8/17/2025 | CO-DG-331 | CO | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Grass is starting to turn yellow. The wild grasses in the open space have gone from green to yellow. Impact is the water bill watering the grass. We've cut back to save water and money. |
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8/17/2025 | CO-EP-371 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| Since last reported on 08/03/2025, received only 0.20" of precipitation from daily and multi-day totals. This does not include the 0.22" previously reported on 08/03. Topsoil sample taken today indicates dry and dusty soil down to the 4.0" level. Grasses are brown but some native grasses have seeded out with the minimal moisture we received. Tumbleweeds have sprouted all over the yard. I am providing supplemental water to the trees that have been planted in the past year. Birds have been very active around the water feature and for the first time, we have seen as many as five hummingbirds at one time in backyard garden areas. Observed one small dead bird under a pine tree on the north side of our yard. Cottontails have been active, and the one juvenile is getting braver with our presence. Thunderstorms that have come off the mountains seem to weaken and dry out from the heat of the atmosphere over the plains. Smokey haze from the west slope wildfires has been prevalent the past week making for some awesome sunrise and sunsets. On 08/14, we did have a thunderstorm develop right over our property and just sit stationary for almost an hour. It was a relatively weak thunderstorm with only 0.13" of precipitation and small hail stones. With the hot and dry conditions continuing with minimal precipitation, will revise the Condition Scale from Mildly Dry to Moderately Dry. |
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8/17/2025 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| The dryness continues. With periods of hazy skies and the smell of smoke, it made for a somewhat unpleasant week. We've been watering potted plants frequently. Lawns are drying out quickly. |
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8/17/2025 | CO-LR-1272 | CO | Larimer |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| On the verge of going with Severely Dry. We haven't had but .04" rain MTD. Landscape is very dry, although there is some moisture below 6" below ground level. Grasses are all going dormant, aspen trees are very stressed and photosynthesis is beginning to shut down and leaves are dropping green and yellow. Current bushes are looking stressed. Wyoming ground squirrels have gone underground for their August sleep (they will re-emerge later for a couple of weeks). My location is sitting at 4% of PRISM Normal MTD, 62% of Normal YTD, and 64% of Normal WYTD. Lots of visitors to the bird bath and the bird feeders. Many of the birds have left for the season but hummingbirds are still hanging around. The rivers are very low and I have not fished for fear of stressing the fish too much with the low water and high temperatures. Fire restrictions are in place for unincorporated Larimer County above 6,000 feet. Prohibited are uncontained fires, smoking in the open, fireworks, incendiary devices, and welding. No additional fire restrictions in Rocky Mountain National Park beyond permanent Stage 1 restrictions. |
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8/17/2025 | CO-WE-541 | CO | Weld |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Just a little rain this week and multiple days over 100°. Container gardens need daily watering. Wild sunflowers are shriveling and drying up |
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8/17/2025 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| It’s been three weeks since any meaningful rain, and we’re feeling it. The grass has gone mostly dormant, and any growth in the garden only happens with supplemental water. On the plus side, working in boggy or swampy areas is much easier now. |
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8/17/2025 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| 8/10-8/16 had one event for 1.35" which very quickly was soaked up and gone. Morris Branch sw very little change and remains very low. Farm irrigation still being widely used in region. |
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8/17/2025 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions continue to dry out with vegetation showing water stress where not irrigated. Landscape irrigation has increased due to dry conditions and high temps. AC use at summer peak. |
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8/17/2025 | FL-MA-38 | FL | Manatee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Plants and flowers still require daily watering. Retention ponds have water in them but are down from fill. |
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8/17/2025 | FL-OR-40 | FL | Orange |
Mildly Dry
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| Continued very hot with few TS this location. |
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8/17/2025 | GA-FN-11 | GA | Fannin |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| No supplemental water to the fescue lawn needed over past few weeks. Also had cooler temperatures and the lawn is greening up again. Hummers are active at the feeder again. Multitudes of butterflies and various other pollinators have been busy on the abelia. High dew points this past week. A lot of local fields have been mown in preparation for bailing.
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8/17/2025 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil & plants have plenty of moisture for now. |
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8/17/2025 | HI-KI-2 | HI | Kauai |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Minimal rainfall the past week ... temps are rising and the AC in my vehicle is on the blink, not a good thing ... |
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8/17/2025 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| General awareness: Our 4 year average for moisture is 1.39"
and we've only received a .05", so we're down on moisture at this point. We still have half the month to go, so we still have time!
Agriculture: Our neighbors started harvesting their winter wheat last night! The spring wheat looks pretty much ready to harvest, too.
Energy: We're having to use the AC some now, but even at that we created 60.8 kWHR and only used 17.08 kWHR.
Fire: Risk is high right now. Thunderstorms get your attention because of the potential lightning strikes coupled with high winds.
Plants/wildlife: We have a bat that has been frequenting our porch. I worry that it doesn't have sufficient moths, which are in short supply this year along with all insects.
Water: We're still in good shape for the water year. Our 4-year average is 18.55", and we are currently at 18.59". I placed us at "mildly dry" based on our August rainfall. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-CP-1 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Up until this morning the rainfall for the month here was just 0.18". Grass is starting to brown with the recent hot weather, and gardens need watering. Water balance since June 1 is now -3.14", the most this season. Rainfall overnight was 0.84". Precip is 57 percent of normal for the month. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-DP-189 | IL | Du Page |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Multiple waves of heavy rainfall in the last week. Standing water remains in multiple sections of yard. Ditches running with water. Sump pump running frequently. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| With over an inch of rain this past week, conditions remain near normal. High heat and humidity is back and will stick around for a couple additional days, but there are chances of rain with this heat. Grass has slowed a bit but is still being cut a couple times a week and is showing minimal signs of heat stress. I have provided some supplemental watering to the garden and potted plants, but minimally. Area crops continue to look good, with the ears of corn looking quite full from the road. Beans are still green and maturing. Area rivers are at their normal levels for this time of year. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-IR-25 | IL | Iroquois |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| After a very dry 3 weeks, we received 1.40" of rain this morning. This was a welcomed sight as lawn growth was really starting to slow down and crops were showing the very beginning signs of heat/moisture stress. This rain will go a long ways into maintaining normal soil moisture and sets up crops to have a strong end to their growing season. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-JK-38 | IL | Jackson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.61 inches of rain since August 1. No affects other than grass not growing much and very dusty. 1/3 acre pond is fairly full keeping the wildlife (mostly deer) supplied with water. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Near Normal
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| 2.5 inches of rain this week,plenty of surface moisture.No runoff occurring.Ponds are still dry, no tile or spring water flowing so the subsoil is still dry.The creek has a few puddles but no flow.The well is still pumping aerated water as is the neighbors well.CRAZY! |
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8/17/2025 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Significant rainfall in the last 24 hours has resulted in near normal conditions. Plants and trees have looked healthy throughout the dry periods. Lawns, which started to slow in growth this last week, will now return to normal growth after this rain event. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Several storms of heavy rain yesterday and early this morning deposited 2.45 inches of rain for a MTD total of 3.33 inches, 159% of NOAA 30 year norm. Marked bar at Mildly Dry due to YTD being 82% of NOAA Norm and WYTD being 79% of NOAA Norm. Water Restrictions in place in neighboring Woodstock and Crystal Lake. Grass is green, and rain means I will not need to be watering raised beds and planters for a few days, a change from daily watering needed this past hot week. Good to see many butterflies on zinnias and bees on salvia. Wild Turkey and one offspring wandering yard daily. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-MG-14 | IL | Morgan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Despite the extreme heat the lawns and crops are doing well. The birds are shying away from our grape jelly feeder however. The corn crop is showing no signs of firing. I spend 28 years as a crop hail adjuster for a local insurance firm and I can tell you first hand you take you life in your hands if you attempt to walk through a corn field during these extreme heat uprisings. |
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8/17/2025 | IL-TZ-26 | IL | Tazewell |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 1.21" of rain to start the week, none the rest of the week. Ground conditions are good but I am still down for the water year about 5" so I will keep my condition at Mildly dry. Our corn and bean crops look very good. The pond is stable but down around 3" from the overflow. Our local creek is still flowing, which is good for August. My lawns are green and growing slowly, which is also good for August. Our geese families are spending most of their time over on Powerton lake. The garden is good except for weeds!! |
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8/17/2025 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Near Normal
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Top inch of soil fairly dry, with slight moisture under that. Plants still robust and healthy. |
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8/17/2025 | IN-DR-22 | IN | Dearborn |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Though its has not rained much lately, the high humidity is keeping moisture in the grass and crops. The grass is filling with nutsedge. Additionally, the high continuous heat is limiting outdoor activities. |
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8/17/2025 | IN-MD-38 | IN | Madison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| We've had very little rain the past few weeks but 0.30" last night. Local rivers and streams still appear to be at or near normal levels. No standing water in local fields or low areas. Local crops still appear to be growing well and appear healthy. Local construction projects appear to be at normal schedules. Our trees are doing very well. Our flowers are showing some heat stress even with additional watering. Our grass is definitely showing heat stress. We needed to water the lawn this week for the first time in two years. The ground was noticeably dry on the surface and deeper until this morning. |
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8/17/2025 | IN-NB-48 | IN | Noble |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Light rain last night brought us back to normal. We were pretty dry through the week to where I had to manually water my outside plants, flowers, young trees. The natives were only just starting to wilt from lack of moisture. |
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8/17/2025 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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8/17/2025 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| some rain over past week mostly very hot and humid |
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8/17/2025 | IA-BC-9 | IA | Buchanan |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| 0.48 for rain at this location for the week. The bad weather forecast for late Friday afternoon switched to the South and we just got some more rain. Crops still looking good in this area. Grass still growing like crazy. Some garden goods are done for the season as well as flowers. |
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8/17/2025 | IA-LN-49 | IA | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| A bit of everything this week.
Severe Weather Event Friday. Many alerts, watches and warnings issued. Heavy winds, lightning, thunders, hail, over an inch of rain received. Tree debris occurred, no extreme damages at my location. Following that event, another Heat Wave. Heat indices ranged from 100F to 124F. 124F heat index lasted briefly on Friday the 16th around 7PM, it dropped to 107F around 8PM. Increase in mosquitoes and flies. Plants and animal activity remained the same or normal. Mowing required. Tons of acorns fell off trees this week. Topics worthy of mention outside the area-One person contracted Naegleria Fowleri (brain eating amoeba) from the waters in Lake of the Ozarks. Hurricane Erin is also a topic of discussion. Overall Mood-still hot, humid and Iowa Extremes are typical for Iowa Summers. Most are prepared for extremes each season of the year. Looking ahead-forecast offers more chances for Heat, Humidity, and Rain. Continue to stay Weather Aware Everyone! :):)
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8/17/2025 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Things continue to look good. Lawns and pastures are growing well. Heat and wind drying things out a little faster than normal. |
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8/17/2025 | IA-WR-5 | IA | Warren |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The wet conditions of the previous observation period have moderated somewhat, so have pulled back to Mildly Wet. This location did receive nearly seven-tenths of rain during the last seven days as temperatures averaged 2.7 degrees above normal. Yesterday was exceeding warm with heat indices easily above 105F. Have succeeded in getting the tall lawn mowed and trimmed up after being away as noted in the previous report. Crops continue to look excellent. The Des Moines river is running high with the local feeder rivers well within banks. The county finally graded the badly rutted road to this location, and they add more ROCK! So the ten inch ruts are gone. YaY! |
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8/17/2025 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| With 1.5in of rain this past week conditions remain status quo. Lawns and crops appear in excellent conditions. Soil moisture appears good. Water levels remain near to slightly above normal |
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8/17/2025 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Less than 1/4" rain this week. Soil is dry, ponds & creeks low. Corn and beans showing more ripening. Sumacs and dogwoods joining the walnuts in showing color. Deer, crows, raccoons and possums still eating pears. Turkeys making daily appearances, poults bigger than crows now. |
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8/17/2025 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| August 9-15, 2025
Brignac, Louisiana
On Tuesday midday, this area experienced some training effects due to the rain that occurred as a tropical system passed through the Gulf of Mexico. Despite receiving a half-inch of rainfall on Tuesday, road construction continued. On Wednesday, the heat index reached a scorching 110 degrees at 3:00 p.m., but little rain was visible on radar images. Fortunately, soil moisture is good, and lawn grasses are pushing vigorously. To prevent clippings from piling up, mowing should be done every 5 days or sooner if grass growth is adequate. This week, solarization of the front lawn will be completed after two months of diligently moving the plastic around and eliminating grass, seeds, insects, and some diseases. Still too hot and sticky at night to enjoy the evenings! |
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8/17/2025 | ME-KX-10 | ME | Knox |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Nearly 80% of Maine is in abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions per drought.gov. Dry conditions are very evident with fire danger up, hard soil, dry fields, brown lawns, low rates of stream and river flow, and loss of depth in rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. Late-ripening corn is hurting. Farmers are complaining. As of today, I have heard nothing about any wells going dry in the area. |
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8/17/2025 | ME-LN-1 | ME | Lincoln |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| .25 inches of rain for the week. Conditions continue to be very dry: grass mostly brown, no growth; stream is very low with minimal flow. No problem with well. |
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8/17/2025 | ME-LN-13 | ME | Lincoln |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| I’m not sure the exact cut off between moderate and extreme, but the ground is cracked in some places where other bare ground is as hard as concrete. Most grass is brown. Water bodies are lower than usual. No rain in weeks. |
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8/17/2025 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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| The yards are brown. Without irrigation the gardens have dried up. Some towns are asking for water conservation from its residents |
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8/17/2025 | MA-BA-51 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| need rain!!! |
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8/17/2025 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Water Supply & Quality
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| Nary a drop in the past week, and it continues to show in various plant species. Only a few grasses continue to grow. An increasing number of native and ornamental flora are showing real signs of stress. Some species appear to be starting an early turn towards autumn processes. The pond’s ability to recharge from cranberry irrigation continues to be impressive, and wildlife activity remains normal.
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8/17/2025 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Only 0.01 inch of rain last week along with warm temperatures have resulted in a significant increase in dry conditions. Brown patches on lawns are expanding and grass has stopped growing. Garden soil is dry a couple inches deep and I have started selective watering. My pond has completely dried up. A Great Blue Heron visited several times during the week to feast on stranded amphibians. The water level in Bassett Brook is low and the spillway of old mill dam on the Hoosic River at Cheshire Harbor is showing intermittent dry spots. The leaf litter on the forest floor is dry and mushrooms are few. Bears are active and I chased a large black bear out of my chestnut tree Tuesday night. Normally wet sections of hiking trails on Mt Greylock have dried out. |
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