| 5/10/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Conditions are still a bit on the dry side but improving. We had 1.19” of rainfall this week and have had 1.59” in the past two weeks. Soil moisture and stream flows are lower than normal but not extremely low for this time of year. Plant and crop growth is good but a little lower than expected probably due to cooler temperatures and not lack of moisture. We’ve had several mornings with lows in the lower 40sF and one day this week the high was only 53F. There has been a few hay fields being cut and baled now and pastures are green and growing. Fire danger is low. |
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| 5/10/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
Mildly Dry
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| Just a trace of rain this week, which just wet the landscape a bit. No impact on the ground water level. Most of the week saw overcast, marine layer conditions and some brisk gusty winds. Ocean conditions were rough for most of the week. The farmer's markets have opened for the season, though the pickings are slim this early in the year. Happy to see a larger number of California Quail in the gardens this year. Previous years we've seen a couple or none. The area was very busy with tourists and family visiting for Mother's Day weekend. |
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| 5/10/2026 | CO-JF-573 | CO | Jefferson |
Moderately Dry
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| 0.90" rain this week.
Grass is geening in the open areas of forest, small wildflowers are trying to come up. No buds or opening cones on Aspen and pine trees yet. Rhubarb is 14" across and stalks are pencil thick. Day Lillie's wilted from the snow but look healthy at ground level.
Hummers are coming to feeders, songbirds are coming to water baths.
Mule deer are plentiful browsing, turkey are very plentiful wandering and calling.
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| 5/10/2026 | CO-JF-617 | CO | Jefferson |
Severely Dry
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| Despite receiving very beneficial moisture this past week (0.58", rain and snow), conditions remain quite dry. No appreciable turf growth so far. Extremely low river flows on the Western side of the Continental Divide are alarming. |
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| 5/10/2026 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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| We’re still several inches below our usual average, but yesterday’s drenching gave new plantings something to work with, finally. At least this buys us some relief from constant waterings. |
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| 5/10/2026 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Moderately Dry
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| Pond still very low. Soil is a little better. Plants OK. Somewhat better but not normal. |
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| 5/10/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Severely Dry
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| General: I've changed my rating to severely dry, based on the NWS stats for Eastern Idaho. I was using my SD as indicator of degree of dryness, and perhaps should have used .5 SD. At any rate, it's dry with no relief in sight.
Agriculture: At risk, for sure. Crops are definitely coming up (recognize one as a grain, maybe also alfalfa). Without rain it's going to be a tough go.
Energy: Lots of energy being produced: 98.36 kWHR yesterday produced, 33.91 kWHR used. Today will likely need to switch heat pump output to cooling.
Fire: High risk.
Plants Wildlife: More birds arriving, and more variety. Wrens are the most hopeful birds in the world, I think.
Water: Pushing into dire, I'd say. The creek is still running, but we're bone dry. The creek is still running, which is good news. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Near Normal
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| The past week was a nice one. Had small doses of rain a few days that was a bit light but kept things reasonably moist and allowed time for good soaking in. We can literally can shove a 4 foot surveyors probe into the ground to full depth which is a first for quite some time. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Near Normal
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| May has started off much drier than the month before. Could use a good shot of rain. Running just over an inch less than NOAA Norm for the month, but YTD is still at surplus and WYTD is at Norm. Forecast for the week looks mostly dry so not sure if any precipitation will happen or not. Farmers have been busy getting the crops in and kicking up a little dust as they do so. Grass has slowed down growth but is still green. I have provided supplemental watering to the garden for what little I have planted since there still were chances for frost last week. Hummingbirds are active at the feeders. All area rivers are back in their banks. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-JD-13 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Mildly Dry
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| Only 0.70 of rain in the last 3 weeks.With the wind and sunshine topsoil moisture has evaporated.The ponds were full after mid April rains but have dropped two feet in the last three weeks. No rain in sight. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-KD-126 | IL | Kendall |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| Working in yard and garden soil is damp in some areas and dry under trees and shrubs. One area under a clump of birch trees Im thinking to water. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-MA-40 | IL | Macon |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
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| Storms all week. High winds, a lot of lightning.
Pond is up to the runoff chute.
Roses, Iris, yarrow, and chives blooming.
Cool temperatures, 40s at night.
Vegetation lush and growing. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Mildly Dry
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| Minimal rain over the last week. The pasture and lawn remain green and growing but quite slowly. Pasture would normally be growing faster than our oxen can keep up with; this year we are already supplementing the pasture with hay. Lawn would normally be needing to be mowed more than once a week and now is easily going a week or more. Trees have leafed out early and look healthy. Most planting done and still waiting to see how germination goes. Ground in the fields looks very dry for early May. Creek still has water flowing but water level is very low. River is fairly full but nowhere near top of the bank. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Mildly Wet
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| Yard, garden and field soils are saturated, limiting access to poorly drained areas. Crops and plants doing well, though. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IN-MG-34 | IN | Morgan |
Near Normal
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| Recent rain events have pulled us out of abnormally dry conditions. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Near Normal
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| rain over past week along with cool temps |
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| 5/10/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Near Normal
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| A lot of corn and beans went into ground last week. Most of the corn has been planted. Could use a good shower to get things up and going. Seems on the dry side even with over 6 in. of rain in April. We did not have the normal wet spots this spring. Creeks are back to below normal. |
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| 5/10/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Near Normal
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| No rain this past week, sunny, with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Everything is green and growing. |
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| 5/10/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Mildly Dry
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| 0.70” rain this week. Ground is dry, ponds low, creeks a trickle. Trees and hay looking OK. Neighbor's corn is coming up, 2-3”. Other fields coming up, corn maybe sorghum – too early to tell. Black kingsnake again in the front yard. Yellow-billed Cuckoos back in town, first Summer Tanagers too. Kingbirds love using the tomato cages around our young oaks and hickories as perches. Just the right height for dive bomber missions. Quail feeding in the front yard. |
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| 5/10/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We are still several inches short on groundwater but on the surface things are plenty wet. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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| 1.26” in the preceding week and we’re at 1.50” for the MTD, which is not a bad start on the month. Garden soils are adequately moist starting about an inch down, but would love to see May at least somewhat make up for April’s deficit. Everything is green and growing; many trees are in bloom as the daffodils and forsythia fade. It’s always a lovely time of year. Pond level and wildlife activity are normal. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MA-PL-15 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| Conditions are "near normal" but there hasn't been much rain at all lately. That combined with dry air and gusty winds have created a wildfire danger in this area. Luckily and such fires have so far not been very large. Otherwise plants and grass are all looking healthy and bright green. Most trees have budded out with many now approaching fully leafed out. On the ponds Canada Geese have their new youngsters out and about. Local streams are either at barely normal or below normal flows. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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| As of last Thursday we were back to D0 (abnormally dry) on the drought monitor. We got .86" of rain in the last week which should help a little. I put near normal because it doesn't appear to be extremely dry. The grass is green and the soil is adequately moist. Trees are leafing out. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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| 0.86 rainfall during the past week, 1.05 so far this month, sticking with mildly dry but on the verge of near normal, grass is growing quickly, oaks are blooming more, local streams running pretty normally for May, hostas and lilacs are growing, hummingbirds returned several days ago. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Mildly Dry
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| Another dry week, especially for spring. We had two Trace days and two days with 0.06". We did get a good "soaker" yesterday with almost an inch but with "morning after" gauge catches that will be counted next week. Temps have been a little below average this week as well.
Plants are moving through the normal phases with many of the early bloomers dropping their spent flowers while others replace them with their blossoms. Andromeda and forthyia are dropping their blossoms; dogwoods are coming into their peak blooms. The older azalea bushes are showing their buds now and will likely start opening their pink and/or white flowers this week. Rhodedendron are not far behind. Leaves on Norway maple are fully opened now and have also dropped many of their flowers, lawns are once again in need of mowing.
Weather forecasts for the week are more typical of spring weather - a few days of sun, then a bit of rain followed by a couple more days of sunshine. With the threat of long freezing nights behind us, it's the season to open up the rain barrels and set up the garden hoses. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Near Normal
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| Our conditions this week were Near Normal with 0.05" of rain and temperatures mostly below seasonal average except for a couple days where highs got into the 70's (F). Grass is growing enough to require mowing. Fruit trees, red-buds and lilacs are blooming. Bushes and maple trees are leafed out; and oak, black walnut, sycamore and catalpa trees are in early leaf stage. Tulips, hyacinths, dandelions, vinca, phlox, bleeding hearts, a few irises and columbine are blooming. Hasta, solomon seal, and ferns are growing lushly. The ground is still soft from all the April rains and everything looks lush. Gold finches, wax wings, and orioles have been spotted in the neighborhood. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Wet
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| Conditions as of this writing are mildly wet. Although the property is finally free of standing water, mowing yesterday revealed numerous areas of soft and wet soils. Speaking of lawns, the grass is lush, green, and in need of mowing at tiring intervals. Most trees are now leafed out creating a much greener landscape. Rain activity continues to decrease with 0.45 inches of precipitation dropping all week and this has generated hope that our rainy pattern has finally broken. Area drainage ditches are now more mud than water, and Hickory Creek is a little lower than last week. Temperatures were relatively cool but only flirted with frost. An indigo bunging and rose-breasted grosbeak visited the bird feeder this past week. Outdoor recreational activity is vibrant, including youth sports. Agriculture activity is also picking up. The Bridgman open air market is now open for the season. Other than being a bit cooler than normal, it is looking, sounding, and smelling like mid-spring. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MI-ON-4 | MI | Ontonagon |
Near Normal
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Water Supply & Quality
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| .04 inches of rain this week. Creek is at early summer level, a little lower than usual. Soil is moist but not wet, grass is growing well. Rather cool this week with snow flurries throughout. Well water still not fully recovered. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MI-OD-4 | MI | Oscoda |
Mildly Dry
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| Sandy soil conditions. 0.14" precip from May 4 to May 10. Fire Danger is Very High. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Mildly Dry
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| This early part of May has started as a typical Spring, aside from a quick couple day dip from the upper 70’s into the low 30’s, which included a Freeze advisory. No Rain yet, but the late April saturation helped so many things blossom. The trees showed the greatest benefit with them looking full with leaves and flowering trees have burst into color. I’m grateful my Maple is an off year for “helicopters”, since last year I filled a 96- gallon compost container with a bumper crop. Grass gas grown in lush and think, but so have the dandelions. A never-ending battle. Shrubs are also greening up nicely. Area lakes appear to be at normal levels.
Forecast: Temps warming to the upper 70’s, skies mostly Sunny increasing to mostly Cloudy and Showers towards the end of the week.
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| 5/10/2026 | MN-HB-40 | MN | Hubbard |
Moderately Dry
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| Dry. Little precip since the inch of rain two weeks ago. That plus prolonged cold snap (thanks, Hudson’s Bay) has delayed green-up. Field work is spotty and lawns are dry. Boxelder and maples are blooming, as are early spring flowers like hepatica and bloodroot. Wetlands are low, streams average. Bears are still raiding bird feeders. Warbler migration beginning. Fire danger very high. |
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| 5/10/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Mildly Dry
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| Only a trace of rain was recorded in the past 12 days. Today's report= 40°, 66% humidity, clear & dry with a 2-3 mph NW breeze and a good air quality index of 10 at the 6:00 a.m. observation time. NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 USA Drought Monitor Map= https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/54zvtyy3 Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/3y884zy6 YTD precipitation in this area= 7.85" which is 0.84" less than average. NWS-issued frost/freeze forecast= https://tinyurl.com/4cy9k6z7 |
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| 5/10/2026 | MN-SL-388 | MN | St. Louis |
Mildly Dry
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| Regression of lake surface level to high normal for season. Kawishiwi watershed saw mild to moderately high water levels for Spring. Rapid regression of surface water in wetlands; soil moisture overall normal to mildly dry. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NH-MR-9 | NH | Merrimack |
Mildly Dry
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| Beautiful morning after a good rain yesterday and probably overnight. The dirt is slightly wet but has a dry granular feel to it. Every is bright green as opposed to Florida on the multiple golf courses. Glad to be back from there, by the way. Lots of wild flowers, mostly Violets and Dandelions. For agriculture in our yard, we have already harvested a huge crop of asparagus: 3 in total. That’s good for us. I have 6 rhubarb plants growing. We have 3 large clumps of Chives. For energy, we have the heat pump which has been consistently the mode rather than the furnace due to temperatures over 35 degrees. We have a huge solar array which will be providing power to the city with the hopeful decrease in coal use. I remember a recent report of a fire that was caused by a spark of some kind rather than cigarette. I know that’s not helpful. It took some time to extinguish it. For plants, we have one Tulip, about 10 clumps of Daffodils, rows of Hostas, Astilbe, Day Lilies, and other perennials I don’t know the name of. Birds have included Mockingbirds, Grosbeaks, Cardinals, Nuthatches Sparrows, and Redwing Blackbirds. Squirrels are here, but haven’t seen chipmunks. No restrictions for water. Fire is still a concern due to mostly drought conditions. The recent rains haven’t contributed much towards relieving the drought. I think people are encouraged to wear masks in hospitals and doctors offices, but it’s not mandatory, as far as I know. Caught a cold on our trip back from Boston from a person on our bus. Grrr. No mask would’ve prevented that. With recent snowfall up north, hikers are advised to bring shelter, food, water, warm clothing, clamp-ons (for ice), maps. Also advised to make sure someone knows they’re hiking. Merrimack River is and has been quite low. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NJ-HN-31 | NJ | Hunterdon |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| river running normal with upstream watershed now out of drought conditions, streams still below normal flows |
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| 5/10/2026 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Severely Dry
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| No rain this week, no change in conditions, especially with drying winds. In the foothills a few Prickly Pear Cactuses, Creosote Bushes, and Mesquites are in bloom in less dry spots, but most are not, and there are a few herbaceous perennials flowering. Spring migrant and summer bird species are continuing to arrive. Creek is still dry in this location. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Mildly Dry
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| Mostly normal conditions at this location. Cool weather and plenty of wind. Most ranchers still supplementing feed. Wildlife seem to be doing ok. Prairie dogs are moving in to our yard. Fire danger remains high, restrictions have began on forest lands. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-DT-24 | NY | Dutchess |
Mildly Wet
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| Mildly wet – 0.79 inches of rain.
Temperatures this week on colder side barely making 60. Birds active along with small animals. Turkeys mainly seen in pasture behind house and neighbor’s yard. Woodchucks seen in nearby farm fields. Maples and cherry are leafed out. Black walnut, mulberry, oaks, black tupelo and sumac delayed leafing due to colder spring weather. Lawn mowed and growing fast. Mill Road Pond running high.
NYC Reservoirs near normal at 99.3% of capacity compared to normal of 100.0%. Consumption is normal at 0.96 billion gallons for the week.
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-MD-16 | NY | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Too wet to mow; pond is full; trees beginning to leaf out. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-OG-10 | NY | Onondaga |
Mildly Wet
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| 1.21 inches of precipitation over the past week. Continues to be wetter than usual for this time of year. Lawns growing, trees almost fully budded-out. Streams still above normal levels. Golf courses open with wet conditions in low-lying areas. Fields being plowed. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Mildly Wet
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| Conditions remain on the mildly wet side as the center of the yard continues to drain to the north. There isn't any significant dry time to go to a normal condition for this time of year. Sump pump continued to activate every 45 minutes. An Oriole was observed at the feeder, which is a good sign. The grass, as expected, continues to be mowed. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Mildly Wet
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| Trails and hiking paths have standing water. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Mildly Wet
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| Cloudy and warm becoming mostly sunny with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds and a thunderstorm. The high temperature was around sixty three degrees, and the low around forty four degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. Barn Swallows are trying to nest. Sugar Maple leaves, White Ash tree buds, Kackberrry buds, Apple Tree flowers, Black Cherry flowers, Black Walnut leaves, Jewelweed leaves, Marsh Marigold flowers, Johnny-Jump-Up flowers, wild strawberry flowers, and Bush Honeysuckle leaves are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NC-BC-150 | NC | Buncombe |
Mildly Dry
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| 0.73 inch of rain mid-week. Mountain laurel is in full bloom. Peas have sprouted. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Severely Dry
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| The 59” this week was very much appreciated as was the few days of cloudy and cooler weather. However, this did not improve our situation, it just kept us from getting further into a deeper drought. This is being a very difficult situation for anyone trying to germinate seed of any type of crop without irrigation. Streams are low. Established plants are showing stress on warm sunny days. We really need several inches of good soaking rain to start getting out of this hole with that we’re in. |
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| 5/10/2026 | NC-HK-14 | NC | Hoke |
Moderately Dry
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| We got rain, but not enough to refill ponds and ditches. The farmers are replanting places in their fields that have been affected by lack of rain. |
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| 5/10/2026 | OH-AL-15 | OH | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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| We have received 1.58 inches in the last 7 days with a total of 1.94 inches for May so far with the year to date total of rain of 12.43 inches that I have reported. This is about 2 inches over the PRISM and NOAA normals since February 1. The news has reported that the whole area is out of the drought from last year because of the amount of rain we have received this spring. It seems to me that we haven't had very many sunny days and clear nights this year so far as the spring has been more cloudy and windy than normal and maybe warmer than normal too. I think that not a lot of the planting of the fields is done and we need several days of warm sunny weather to dry out the ground enough for the farmers to get in the fields. The trees have most of their leaves out in full, the grass is growing, and some flowers have been blooming. We had a cold snap, in the last week, that went below freezing for at least one night and a couple nights with frost advisories. We have been seeing the normal bird and animal activity. The news has been making a pretty big deal about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship near Europe. |
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| 5/10/2026 | OH-DL-36 | OH | Delaware |
Near Normal
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| Damp out, easier to weed and OK to mow / rain amounts and temperatures are closer to what they were a decade ago / teo nursing raccoons around |
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| 5/10/2026 | OH-GR-49 | OH | Greene |
Near Normal
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| Soil conditions are normal with adequate moisture present. We have had a little over an inch and half of rain in the past 7 days. Temperatures have been mostly on the cool side in the past week. This has continued to encourage growth in grasses, bushes and flowering plants. Some maple trees have been slow to leaf out and the past week of above freezing temperatures along with more sun have spurred them to leaf out more. Birds have been very active in search of food and maintenance of nests. Some species that spend the summer in this area have not been seen yet. Small mammals have also been active in search of food and nest material. Large mammals such as deer, are shedding their winter coats for summer brown fur. They have also been very active in search of food. |
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| 5/10/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Mildly Dry
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| 1.19 inches of rain in the first third of May which is below normal, but adequate to keep grass green and growing and vegetation generally lush. Soil is somewhat dry but there is adequate deep moisture and swales in particular are retaining some moisture. The 7 day forecast is fairly dry so we need to pick up the pace on rainfall. |
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