| 3/5/2026 | AR-LW-2 | AR | Lawrence |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
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| We are saving every drop of rain we can in our water tanks to be use to water our garden beds. |
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| 3/5/2026 | FL-BK-7 | FL | Baker |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| grasses and spring weeds not growing, soil is like dust. Smaller ponds are drying up. County is under burn ban and voluntary water conservation. |
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| 3/5/2026 | IL-CP-137 | IL | Champaign |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Drainage ditches are starting to fill with standing water. Low lying farm fields are starting to puddle. |
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| 3/5/2026 | IN-RS-4 | IN | Rush |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Having to bypass low road areas do to standing water |
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| 3/5/2026 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Slightly over 2 inches of rain had fallen this week. This was enough to end the Do - ABNORMALLY DRY intensity drought. Pond level is almost normal. The lawns are getting a lot greener during the past 24 hours. The ground surface is slightly wetter than normal; but the ground several feet below the surface is probably still a little drier than normal. |
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| 3/5/2026 | MA-HS-45 | MA | Hampshire |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
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Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| I have an interesting observation regarding the pH and Total Dissolved Solids measurements dating back to early January 2026.
It is an analysis of a snow pack core taken on March 4th 2026.
The composite pH of the core was quite high at 6.17 which is higher than you would see with pure rain or snow and indicated the deposition of considerable alkaline dust into the snow pack.
Total Dissolved Solids were also high at 15 ppm adjusted for the pH affects or 24 ppm as measured.
The high Dissolved Solids points to the alkaline deposition idea.
This taken together is very good news in terms of not contributing acid from the rains to the soil and in fact shows the overall deposition to be slightly alkaline. |
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| 3/5/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Morning fog gradually clearing and cool with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds . The high temperature was around fifty degrees, and the low around thirty two degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every three days. A small flock of Canadian Geese is present. More Starlings and flocks of small black birds are appearing. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at spring levels. Some liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 3/5/2026 | OH-WS-12 | OH | Washington |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
Business & Industry
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Society & Public Health
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| Excess rain in past 24 hours, 1.08 inches of rain in last 24 hours and 1.08 inches of rain the day before has caused the South Branch of Wolf Creek in Watertown, Ohio in Washington County Ohio to overflow its banks and is currenlty causing minor field flooding and road flooding. |
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| 3/5/2026 | TX-BXR-437 | TX | Bexar |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
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Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| Notes For the month of January 1.02 inches of rain was reported in the San Antonio area. This is 0.94 inch less than the January historical average of 1.96 inches. Rain gauge total was 1.15 inches. The lack of rainfall for the month created severely dry conditions in the San Antonio area resulting in more landscape watering and less water available for plants and wildlife. The Edwards Aquifer levels ranged from 627.5-629.6 feet with an average of 628.8 feet. The historical January aquifer average is 668.7 feet. Stage 3 Year Round watering restrictions remained in effect and the region is still in a five year drought. Wildfire threat was high. Average low and high temperatures were 42 and 63 degrees, with low and high temperatures recorded at 20 and 89 degrees, respectively. Energy costs were slightly higher due to freezing temperatures. |
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