| 1/31/2026 | AZ-MH-25 | AZ | Mohave |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| No drought status conditions currently along the lower Colorado River valley area. Desert vegetation continues to emerge and flowering on the desert floor w/ mountains & hillsides with a green-velvet look in the sunshine. |
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| 1/31/2026 | AR-SL-42 | AR | Saline |
Moderately Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
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| 3" of snow and colder temps have aided with soil moisture. A lot of ice with the recent weather event. Lots of birds at my feeders. Creeks & lakes still low. |
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| 1/31/2026 | CO-BO-568 | CO | Boulder |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Less than 2 inches of snow and only 0.24 inches of moisture since the middle of January. Moisture for the water year is at 56% of normal. Temperatures last weekend were more than 20 degrees below normal. It has been breezy with gusty winds the entire month. Conditions remain moderately dry. |
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| 1/31/2026 | CO-DG-176 | CO | Douglas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Winter watering important. Very little moisture so far in January |
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| 1/31/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Cold weather and just 0.09" snow this week. Mule Deer quite active as are the winter songbirds and Downy and Hairy woodpeckers. Turkey are also active and plentiful. |
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| 1/31/2026 | CT-NL-29 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| There is 9" of snow on the ground with a SWE of approx. 1.75"
Conditions remain mildly dry. |
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| 1/31/2026 | DE-SS-3 | DE | Sussex |
Near Normal
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| 1/25-1/31 brought snow topped off with freezing rain/ sleet. The snow has been encased all week. Morris Branch is ice covered at a normal level. |
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| 1/31/2026 | FL-AL-50 | FL | Alachua |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| Lake Alice and retention ponds low and empty. Lack of rain and freezes stressing plants. |
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| 1/31/2026 | FL-BW-167 | FL | Broward |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife
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| Conditions continue cool and dry. Unirrigated veg showing signs of wilting. AC use at winter low and some occasional heating needed. |
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| 1/31/2026 | FL-MA-10 | FL | Manatee |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Fire
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| FIRE - Heavy dew during the past 7 days has put some moisture into the ground, but not saturating it deep.
ENERGY - Above average first 3 days (AC working more), then below average the next 4 days and nights causing the Furnace to work more (Increased amount of Natural Gas).
GENERAL - We can use the precipitation today, but would be happy to see this cold spell leave. |
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| 1/31/2026 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| My native plant garden plants are wilting as they're not being irrigated. Native plants don't require irrigation. But many of mine do require water now that it's so dry. |
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| 1/31/2026 | FL-ST-42 | FL | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Report for the week of 1/24 - 1/31/2026. We have a little rain (0.18”). Day temperatures have all over the place from the upper 50’s to the lower 80’s. Night temperature have been all over too. They have been from the mid 20’s to the low 50’s. We’ve had some heavy frost and hard freezes. The heat has been running at night and the windows open during the day. The grass is mainly brown with a few green patches. Local ponds are low to dry. The AQI is in the good range. |
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| 1/31/2026 | GA-DK-51 | GA | DeKalb |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Nothing remarkable. |
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| 1/31/2026 | IL-BN-19 | IL | Boone |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Only a trace of precip over the week, all from occasional flurries on a couple of different days. Waterways are frozen up but their levels appear normal. The ground is definitely frozen after the last 2 weeks of seriously cold weather, with more normal temps on the way. So it seems near normal soil conditions are about right for now. There's still about 3" of snow on the ground with many open fields blown mostly clear. Deer have been about and in hay fields they have been busy digging up available grasses. I haven't seen any signs of active mice inside lately so maybe the smarter ones have figured out that it's safer to stay outside. The dumber ones are outside too, just not too active. |
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| 1/31/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
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| Both ponds are dry, they have had no water in then since the fall of 2024. Very little snow so far this winter to help the soil moisture or fill the ponds.The well is still delivering abnormal water. |
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| 1/31/2026 | IN-FL-3 | IN | Fulton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| I have had 0.20 inches of precipitation at my location during the past 7-days. |
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| 1/31/2026 | IA-HR-16 | IA | Harrison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Only a Trace of snowfall last week. Ground is bare of snow, as has been all month. |
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| 1/31/2026 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| January will end "moist" with 1.54" liquid equivalent received where normal is .87". Still seeing a few birds around. Creek normal level and remains frozen. |
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| 1/31/2026 | KS-JO-53 | KS | Johnson |
Near Normal
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| One week ago, four inches of snow fell. Since then, daily temperatures have only been slightly above freezing twice. The ground snow cover is now around two inches. |
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| 1/31/2026 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
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| .55 inches of moisture in 9 reports all in the form of snow in January. This is the first time I can remember that many days with moisture in one month that was all snow. We have had snow on the ground all week and several days that the temperature did not get above freezing. Thankfull that I don't have any cows calving now. |
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| 1/31/2026 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
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| One inch new snow over sheets of solid ice. 14 degrees at time of reading |
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| 1/31/2026 | LA-AS-20 | LA | Ascension Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| One week after a downpour, the soil on bare ground is dry and crusty due to strong, dry winds from the north as several cold fronts pass through this area. Large pots of annuals need watering. Flowers on fruit trees were burned off by the hard-freeze temperatures during the week. Roadwork to add turn lanes nearby rushed to get asphalt laid before the cold temperatures set in. Wild birds are flocking to the feeding table, especially the first feeding of the day. Goldfinches are the most abundant species and, along with brown-headed cowbirds, make up the majority of dinners.
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| 1/31/2026 | 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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| we're good |
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| 1/31/2026 | MA-BE-21 | MA | Berkshire |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Streams and rivers are running at fairly normal levels, all with ice building up at the shoreline. Over the past week snow brought a total of 1.45" of liquid value. Snowpack this morning averages at 13.0" (1.89" liquid). Earlier this week birds were particularly aggressive acting amongst themselves at the feeders. There was a strong snow storm but I have viewed the birds during past storms and this activity was different. I have been a bird watcher for decades so noted this behavior as non-typical. They are acting normal as of yesterday. Snow remains on most trees and shrubs. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MA-FR-38 | MA | Franklin |
Near Normal
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Energy
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| There are 12" of snow on the ground remaining after 2 snowstorms that occurred last week and on Sunday of this week. The most notable condition is the cold, which is 20 degree highs and 0 degree lows, requiring the use of propane and woodstove to heat the house. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MA-HD-28 | MA | Hampden |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Weekly precipitation was snow, mainly from last weekend's storm when we received 15.5 inches of snow. (Gauge overflowed with snow, unable to obain and report SWE). On Monday, snow flurries resulted in 0.05 inch SWE. Very cold temperatures are in place and the snowpack has not decreased too much. The bird feeder has needed more frequent filling. A bald eagle was sighted flying low over over our yard one morning and then over a nearby street the next day. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MA-PL-79 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| It’s been a relatively quiet Winter so far for us. One big storm happened a week ago leaving us with 17.5” of snow. An additional 4” fell later that evening. No significant melting had occurred since then. Plenty of icicles formed on all gutters. Driveway hasn’t had much chance of clearing. This has been the most snow we’ve had in the past 5 years. Taking about a week to clean up from this storm. But the cold is the major story today. Bitter cold in place. Haven’t seen much for wildlife in the past week. Did see our resident rabbit out and about a few nights ago. Wild turkeys fly in everyday to eat seed on ground left by birds around the feeders. Have not seen the raccoons,deer or fox in several weeks. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MI-DC-10 | MI | Dickinson |
Mildly Dry
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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 of 1/25-1/31 2026 ----- Aurora January Monthly snow is 16.10" ----- Kingsford January monthly snow is 15.40" ----- SWE Month of January Aurora is 2.55" ----- SWE Month of January Kingsford is 2.50" ----- Temperatures in the morning at time of reading for both Aurora & Kingsford Sunday-Saturday -12, -11, 3, -13, -6, -3, 12 degrees ----- Natural Wildfire conditions are low ----- Drought we are abnormally dry ----- snowmobile traffic is steady ----- Deer and birds very active today now that we are finally warming up. ----- Contractors, Loggers, HVAC, all busy going place to place this week ------ River is staying at the 1800's CFS all week. ----- Now that it is warming up, more snowmobiles will be out enjoying the "back to normal" temperatures.----- Hope everyone has a fabulous week |
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| 1/31/2026 | MI-IH-32 | MI | Ingham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| 6" of snow cover over the past few days. It hasn't been above freezing so no melting. Creek is frozen over, about average level. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MI-SH-4 | MI | Schoolcraft |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Business & Industry Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| 10 -year Avg. snowfall 16" was exceeded by 2.5". 20-year normal precip. in Manistique of 1.70" was greatly exceeded by observed 3.08" due to mid-month overnight deluge. Last 10 days little precip. 10-year avg. snow depth on 1/31 is !!" vs. observed 14.0".
No deer tracks all gone W. and S. to areas where fields blown almost clear of snow. Few hare or grouse. No finches or nomadic birds of any kind at feeder just chickadees etc. year-long residents.
A few logging trucks on US2. Many motels and restaurants closed for season. Not much traffic on road except commuters and local residents. Secondary roads quite icy beneath packed snow. Parent Creek iced over which is unusual- combination of cold and low flow. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MI-WS-11 | MI | Washtenaw |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Some snow earlier in the week, but nothing major. Temps have been very cold all week, so nothing is melting. Birds continue active at feeders, a few squirrels visible. Pretty quiet weather wise. More precipitation and snow than last January. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MI-WY-125 | MI | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Frequent snow this week. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MS-PR-14 | MS | Pearl River |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| The cold and a little bit of fog and rain from time to time is keeping the ground dry but normal |
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| 1/31/2026 | MO-CN-10 | MO | Clinton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Report for 25 January 26 to 31 January 26. There were 2 days of precipitation for the week, for 0.33 inches. This includes 3.90 inches of snow. The total precipitation for January is 1.62 inches. The historical average for January is 0.40 inches. The total snowfall for January is 5.60 inches. The average snowfall is 3.6 inches. The ground is frozen with approximately 2 inches of snow. The current conditions are Near Normal. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MO-HL-45 | MO | Howell |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Despite recent snow/ice precipitation (slightly less than 6" equating to well under 1" meltwater), conditions remain exceptionally dry. Daytime temps have seldom risen above 32 degrees, and sunny conditions have resulted in very little actual melting--most of the snowpack is disappearing by attrition rather than melt. Even the roadways have had nearly no meltwater. Forages are in full-Winter brown now. The snow has removed fire risk, and several area brush piles have been burned to take advantage of conditions. Pond levels remain about 24 inches below normal, and many have substantial mud rings. Deer, squirrels, rabbits, and birds are venturing out after the storms to forage, often right alongside the livestock. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MO-MY-2 | MO | Montgomery |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| I am not sure if Mod Dry is correct- but our total for Jan is 1.12 precip, which according to my DEX graphs is 54% of what normal should be. We finally got some snow on the 24th, but very cold so no melt. I noticed some of the ponds are quite low. Everything else is frozen and dormant. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MO-NW-4 | MO | Newton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Drought conditions continue for a very dry January with very little precipitation for the month. A snow this week was helpful although not as much as expected. Very cold this week and the snow is evaporating. A few deer are around but not much activity. Shoal Creek is very low and mostly frozen over. The ground is perhaps 75% snow covered by the end of the week. wild fire danger is low due to the snow covering. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MO-SG-5 | MO | Ste. Genevieve |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
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| It started snowing late last Friday and we ended up with a foot, maybe a bit more with drifting. Dry snow. Small impoundments are frozen over and able to support weight. Multiple nights in the single digits. School canceled Monday through Wednesday. |
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| 1/31/2026 | MT-LC-19 | MT | Lewis And Clark |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Just 0.02 inches of liquid this week, and a total of 0.03 inches of liquid in the past 3 weeks. Thus it has been dry. Overall, still late January, and everything is dormant, so impacts are minor. I might water some trees this up coming week if it is mild, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. I will continue with near normal conditions, but if I have another mostly dry week, I will start to lean towards mildly dry. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NV-CK-62 | NV | Clark |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| 0>39 inches. No measurable rain since January 5th. It has been a very mild winter. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We have a descent snowpack for the end of January. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NM-BR-239 | NM | Bernalillo |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| The soil is still moist from the storm of Jan. 24-25 and the cold nights since then. Our January total precipitation was 1.17 inches, more than twice the NOAA normal of 0.50. The current water year total of 3.04 is slightly above the NOAA normal of 2.94. Rio Grande River flow has been steady. Our water supply is adequate. There are no fire weather concerns through late next week. Sandia Mountain snowpack is adequate for skiing, but thin spots are forming due to melting snow. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NY-MR-89 | NY | Monroe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
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| Week of (1/25/26-1/31/26) observed more precipitation compared to last week. The precipitation observed during this week was 0.82 inches of precipitation. The amount of precipitation measured was more than the last update of 0.38 inches of precipitation for the previous week of (1/18/26-1/24/26). There was 3.48 inches of precipitation that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 for the month of January compared to the normal climatology precipitation at KROC airport for the month is 2.55 inches of precipitation. There was 15.0 inches of snowfall measured for the week of 1/25/26-1/31/26. There was 39.8 inches of snowfall that was recorded at station NY-MR-89 so far for the month of January compared to the normal climatology snowfall at KROC airport for the month is 27.4 inches. Conditions have remained the same since the last update from last week with the area seeing some beneficial and measurable precipitation in the form of frozen snowfall over this past week with a winter storm passing over the area from January 25th, 2026-January 26th 2026 dropping almost a foot of snowfall over the area. The area is currently considered moderately dry (Moderate Drought) which has remained the same (unchanged) since the last update due despite the area receiving beneficial snowfall and frozen precipitation. The sump pump has stopped pumping periodically due to the ground becoming frozen due to very cold due to very cold arctic air invading the environment the entire week and this very cold air is not allowing the frozen precipitation sitting on the ground (around a foot of snowpack currently on the ground) to melt and infiltrate into the ground. Evergreen plants such as Boxwoods and the Red Twig Dogwood along with Arborvitae shrubs in the backyard are doing OK due to some beneficial snow falling this week. Outdoor activities and shoveling snow have been very limited due to dangerous windchill values and very cold sub-zero temperatures invading the environment that had lasted the entire week that can lead to frost-bite with any uncovered and exposed skin. Furnace has been working overtime heating the house due to the very cold temperatures (sub-zero at times) the area has been experiencing over the past couple of weeks. So far, January’s precipitation is currently above average and snowfall currently above average. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny to partly cloudy and cold with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and snow flurries. The high temperature was around nine degrees, and the low around one degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Winter levels. Some stream crossings are difficult due to snow drifts and ice. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NC-CH-61 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Conditions here are moderately dry. Our area has received only about 30% of "normal" rainfall for January. A mixed snow and sleet storm passed through last week, starting a very cold week. Very cold temperatures are due in with the snowstorm tonight, forecast to get as low as 9 F., with wind chill down to 0 degrees F. |
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| 1/31/2026 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Energy Water Supply & Quality
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| Winter storm impacts last week include: 2 brief electricity brown outs yesterday, two visible neighbor residences with bad gutter damage, ice accretion on holly bush beneath dripping gutter increased diameter of twig by 1.5 cm measured today, lower level scuppers beneath outdoor heat pump drain pad have been clogged by a layer of ice for the entire week (affecting normal precipitation/condensation drainage and heat/moisture exchange airflow patterns hence increasing heat appliance inefficiency), lost wages due to closures. Electroconductivity of fresh melted precipitation sample from porch was 2 ms/cc compared to 0 ms/cc distilled water and > 130 < 170 ms/cc for tap water recently. |
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| 1/31/2026 | OK-PH-1 | OK | Pushmataha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| A Winter Storm impacted the area last weekend, and resulted in an additional 1.05" inches of precipitation last Sunday. With the below normal temperatures we have been experiencing this week, the melt rate of the snow and sleet has been slow with overall ground coverage ranging from 75% to near 90% of the ground still covered by snow and sleet. Next, our soil moisture has greatly improved thanks to the slow melting of our leftover winter snow pack, and it is my hope that we can get more rainfall soon to help further improve our soil moisture. Lastly, area wildlife sightings this week were mainly a few birds, however I did see a squirrel in our front yard too. |
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| 1/31/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Fire danger is low. The creek is also low. The bit of rain this week did not cause any rise in the creek, in fact, it appears to be lower now than it was before the rain started. A lot of soil is not muddy, but really in workable condition by garden standards; moist and easily compacted, but not wet. It has been unseasonably warm - we have used one whole stack less of firewood that would usually be expected on this date. Just getting started on the "january" pile - and January is gone. I never did get the warming light set up on the hummingbird feeder, just brought it inside on a few nights. There have been years when the light was necessary to prevent freezing during the day. Bugs are still available to the birds outside. I'm hoping the freeze got deep enough to kill quite a few slug eggs. The lawn shows just a little frost damage, mostly quite green. Buds are swelling on trees and catkins are just beginning to elongate. The outside cats are still finding a rodent a day to kill. The chickens are given a couple hours to free range in the afternoon, and look like they have full crops afterward. There may be some worries about the water supply for the city of Portland this coming year, as the snowpack up on Mt. Hood is way below normal, and I suppose the skiing season has been disappointing. We are forecast a warm spell this coming week, and while I have usually found it best here to delay pea planting until March, I am tempted to plant some of my warmer areas right away. Can always plant again if they don't sprout. |
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| 1/31/2026 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation
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| January is our third-wettest month; average rainfall 6.82". Measured 3.23". Likely this to be the second driest since 2004. Dry stretch from 1/10-1/27. Warm; mean temp 42.5; average 39.0. Ski conditions not the best. |
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| 1/31/2026 | OR-DG-10 | OR | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| January 2026 - PRISM Normal 5.90", Departure from Normal-3.64" :38% of Normal The ground remains relatively wet, pasture is lush. There has been little drying because of 8 days of fog and freezing fog. The lack of rain has put additional pressure on the well because of limited rain water harvested. |
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