| 9/28/2026 | AL-CN-17 | AL | Calhoun |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| grass is withered and brown. Soil is hard packed and paths are dusty. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CO-BO-4 | CO | Boulder |
Severely Dry
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| I've lived here 40 years and this is the worst I have ever seen. The landscape is completely parched and even native plants (like chokecherries) are showing shriveled foliage that are dropping off early. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Finally looking good. Tough year till Sept. A little pond water, green pastures. Ping pong sized hail a week ago set things back. Little bird activity since last Sunday's storm. A little yellow leaf color appearing on cottonwood and elms. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Energy Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| 0.23"" of rain last week and light rain is falling at the time of this report. Cooler temps with the highs no warmer than the upper 70's, a couple in the high 60's. The ground is dry except that which is absorbing the current rainfall. No use of air conditioning or heating last week. Cool season grass is greening up with the rain and cool nights. Weeds which did not grow all summer are beginning to show some life. Our ash trees are showing a few golden leaves. Humming birds that frequented our feeders appear to have moved on from this location. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CO-EP-449 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Feeling like fall with another week of cooler temps and plenty of cloud cover. Less stress on plants and lawns, which is great. Though still no meaningful precipitation to change the conditions scale. We are running around 0.80" below normal for September. I've noticed a handful of established Dwarf Alberta Spruces and Juniper shrubs that are turning brown and dying. Most likely drought related. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CT-NH-43 | CT | New Haven |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Water Supply & Quality
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| Soil is very saturated, there is ponding in nearby fields and woods and the nearby reservoir was at a high level even before this latest several day period of rainfall. |
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| 9/28/2026 | FL-LN-47 | FL | Leon |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| No significant rain since Sept 13, lawns and landscaping showing the dryness. We are still about 10 inches below normal for the water year and even more if you back up one more month to Sept. 1, 2025. Lakes are still way below, several feet, normal. |
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| 9/28/2026 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Rainfall this past week was sparse but we still managed to record 0.97” spread over four days. Tourist activity remains high and our Gulf Beach business report remains at a high level. Government authorities have extended drinking water restrictions (one day a week lawn watering) have been extended indefinitely due to the lack of rain. |
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| 9/28/2026 | FL-SR-52 | FL | Santa Rosa |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Vegetation growing along roads and public grounds still green and lush. Just enough rain so far this year. Ran the sprinkler on our lawn this morning for the first time in 10 days or so. Lawn is drying in thin spots. Our soil is handy load and probably could use the addition of organic material such as Bloom from ECUA Pensacola. |
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| 9/28/2026 | IL-KN-121 | IL | Kane |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| September has brought 62% above normal precipitation for the month, most of it falling from September 16 through the 21st. Even though the last seven days has seen little rain, there is good ground moisture and some agricultural fields still have standing pools of water. The Fox River is at a higher level than would be expected for this time of year.
Of note, is that only March saw above normal precipitation for the first six months of the Water Year, while The last six months of the year all but May was above normal. On balance, the year recorded, at my location, about 12% or 4.65 inches more precipitation than the PRISM average. |
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| 9/28/2026 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Near Normal
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| Pasture and lawn are still green with slow growth. Harvest is underway with crops drying appropriately and ground in good shape for field work. Creeks and river are low but at normal levels for this time of year. The water year just ended showed precipitation just over the 30 year normal, with the fall and winter well below normal but the growing period, April through September, 4 inches above the normal. |
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| 9/28/2026 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| The question is when will it stop raining every day. Everything is worrisome mud in the fields which would be dry instead in a normal year. It is concerning for have the crops dry for the bins and then the worry of getting large heavy equipment stuck in the fields. Some fields appear to be ready for combining should it become dry and the corn is also drying down. I believe the humming birds left for warmer climes this weekend as haven't been seen the last few days at the feeder. Was able to mow the lawn one day tho the ground was overly satuated in areas. Mullberry seedlings keep emerging causing aggravation of disgust. Have seen a few groups of geese gathered in open fields. |
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| 9/28/2026 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 1.51" rain for week temporarily lessens drought conditions. near peak fall foliage with <30% leaf drop. |
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| 9/28/2026 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture
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| Lawn and garden still need regular watering. |
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| 9/28/2026 | MN-MR-20 | MN | Morrison |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| We have received some nice slow rains that have soaked in the dry soil. This has helped to replenish the sub-moisture. The lake level is still low but it usually is for this time of year. The lawns have greened up again wth the rain. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NE-DG-63 | NE | Douglas |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| I received 1.72 inches of rain this week. The soil is saturated to 6 inches. I cannot walk on the lawn without sinking in. The trees and grass are still mostly green, but the leaf color change is starting. Conditions are moderately wet. Temperatures were below normal this week with the cloud cover. The monthly precipitation total is 7.60 inches (4.79 inches above normal), which is 271 percent of normal. Precipitation here for the year is now 34.24 inches, which is 7.18 inches above normal (127 percent of normal). Precipitation for the water year is 37.83 inches, which is 5.18 inches above normal (118 percent of normal). Plants and wildlife. Bird visits to the bird bath have remained steady. Approximately 15 species of birds (about 70 to 80 birds visit each day). Water Supply Water level in Standing Bear Lake (approximately 0.2 mile to the east of here) is above normal. Area creeks and ponds are also above normal. Nearby corn and soybean fields (dryland farming) still look good and are growing well. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NM-BR-233 | NM | Bernalillo |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health
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| Soil is near saturation and spongey in portions. No surface ponding however from past week's rains which were fortunately more steady soakers than downpours and were for the most part not accompanied by strong winds. Significant but not damaging drainage runoff thru property on slopes.
Fewer deer and other wildlife observed this week than typical.
More mushrooms and fungus than in years, seemingly including types poisonous for pets and perhaps other wildlife. Especially noticeable along roadway shoulders.
Further expected rains, if accompanied by high winds might be risk for unhealthy trees to topple. Possible powerline hazard?
Wildfire spread risk reduced, at least for short term. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly cloudy and warm with moderate winds and rain, then cloudy and cool overnight with light winds and drizzle. The high temperature was around sixty degrees, and the low around fifty one degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every other day. Asters, Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Chickory, and Jerusalem Artichoke flowers are in full bloom. Apples are ripe, walnuts are 2" big and beginning to fall. All corn have cobs from 8" to 12" and are ripe. Blackbirds are beginning to flock. Black Cherry trees, Walnut leaves and sparse other trees leaves are beginning to change color. The local intermittent stream is dry and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NC-CH-68 | NC | Chatham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| About a third of an inch of rain did little to change the soil moisture. While some water was added to the dry ponds, it did not bring the level up to the spillway so still no water is flowing downstream. The creek is still bone dry as in the picture. The plants that are not irrigated are stills showing signs of water stress with curled up leaves. We remain under Stage 2 water restrictions with no sign of any imminent changes in the forecast. Lawns are impacted and some areas will need to be completely rebuilt if we ever get back to a time when we can resume irrigations. Deer are not showing much fear of people and it is quite common to walk within 10s of feet of them and have them ignore us. Meanwhile bird migrations are in full swing. Radar estimated 2,279,700 passed over our county last night. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| 2.54 inches of rain so far this month. The soil appears dry but grasses are still green. Water levels are down in creeks and springs but still adequate to fill livestock watering tanks. The risk of fire is higher but there isn't a burn ban in effect. |
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| 9/28/2026 | NC-SM-23 | NC | Sampson |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire
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| Less than an inch of rain this month. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OH-HM-24 | OH | Hamilton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Water Supply & Quality
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| Only 0.06 inch of rain in the past 6 days but 4.73 inches of rain in September. The September total is well above normal. Lawns are lush and green. Very little fall color is noted at this point. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OK-CV-160 | OK | Cleveland |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Another hot mostly dry week with only 0.05" of rain. We have only had 0.10" for the month so far. Gardens continue to require frequent watering and the level of the reference pond is clearly below full capacity. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OK-KY-30 | OK | Kay |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Soil moisture is limited but neighborhood lawns are growing. Lake Ponca is about a foot low and Kaw is nearly 3 ft low. Trees that were shedding leaves have stopped shedding which the rain we have had over the past couple of weeks. The fire danger is low. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OR-LA-54 | OR | Lane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Fall growth spurt underway. |
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| 9/28/2026 | OR-YM-32 | OR | Yamhill |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
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| Had some rain during the week, enough to soak soil. Soil is now damp moist, does not stick to boots or Vehicle tires. All birds that fly south are no longer in area. Just local birds, drinking out of bird bath. Deer showing winter fur colors Dark brown. Raccoons fur appears thicker. Tree's are starting to shed canopy lot faster. Lawn is back to green and growing fast. Clear sky, warm temps calm outside. Not much for future Rain showers. |
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| 9/28/2026 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| not much to say just a nice day, things have ben normal as far as weather goes. |
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| 9/28/2026 | SC-HR-172 | SC | Horry |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Dry, dry, dry- two firefighters in the next County were
hospitalized after fighting a fire started by a burning bag of trash in a bean field. Monarch crysalises noted, only one hatch out so far, others could be anywhere. Purple fall asters blooming as well as a fall brown-eyed Susan. |
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| 9/28/2026 | SC-SM-30 | SC | Sumter |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Still “Moderately Dry” here. While we’ve had 0.71” rain this week (NOAA Normal: 4.16” for the same time period), it only fell on 2 days - 0.15” on 23 Sept and 0.56” on 25 Sept (with a TRACE on 24 Sept). Both the US Drought Monitor and the SC State Climate Office now have this area back in a “D2 - Severe Drought” status, with a “D1 - Moderate Drought” immediately to our West. SC Forestry app showing 15 wildfires across SC. Local roadside ditches and swamps dry. Local non irrigated lawns dry, brown and crunchy with bare spots showing. Mosquito population seems to be rebounding here at home even with the little rain we’ve had this past week. Birds and squirrels still busy at the feeders, especially the hummingbirds. They’ve emptied one of the 8 oz feeders from full to empty in the last 3-4 days. This could be partly due to the recent cooler temperatures (the cooler temps were really nice for us). We’ve started having the “helicopter seeds” dropping from our pine trees the last couple days. Our river birch trees have really started dropping more leaves now. Local retention ponds are either dry or getting a bit low. On a Poinsett State Park hike this past Wednesday the waterfall was flowing (see photo) and the main spillway was barely trickling. The lake drain valve is now closed; it had been open in recent weeks due to expected heavy rain that never materialized. Surprisingly, there were NO mosquitos on the trails, but our heavier rain this week didn’t occur until later. The lack of mosquitos may explain the fewer spider webs this trip compared to the last few visits. The park’s maple, poplar, sourwood, dogwood and wild grape leaves are now turning color and falling. Hate to see the final grapes falling, they make a nice snack on these hikes. In the last couple years the wild grapes have been bearing even into November. There were quite fewer squirrels this hike compared to the last few weeks. The park’s smaller creeks are either dry or barely trickling (see photos). The forest floor’s leaf litter was wet from the previous night’s rain, but the soil underneath was either dry or barely damp. Hart Creek that mostly originates in the park, and feeds Shanks Creek, was running, but at a quite reduced flow (see photo - winding light colored sand through darker mud). Shanks Creek, the main creek flowing through the park that feeds the park lake, was flowing well, but down quite a bit from earlier this year. Shanks Creek runs into the park from Christmas Mill Pond immediately outside the park, which itself is spring fed. As for local water levels, SC DES Groundwater Monitoring Wells are down 2-10 feet from earlier in the year. From Data Explorer: September rain: 1.23” (-2.51" : 33% of NOAA Normal). Yearly rain: 20.88” (-15.23" : 58% of NOAA Normal). Last 30 days: 1.41”/NOAA Normal: 9.31”. Last 90 days: 7.98”/NOAA Normal: 19.30”. |
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| 9/28/2026 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Severely Dry
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| 9/28/2026 | VT-CH-62 | VT | Chittenden |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| I've been teetering on the edge of mildy dry and near normal for several weeks. What pushed me into the mildly dry camp is a recent hike where several small streams had either minimal or no water. However, the local small river still seems to have a normal water level, and you wouldn't know it was dry to look at conditions in my yard and forest. Still, rainfall has been minimal. As I write this late Sunday, light rain has been falling intermittently today (and continues), but in the past 8 days it still amounts only to 0.26". Not great, on top of a series of not-great weeks. |
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| 9/28/2026 | VT-WH-26 | VT | Windham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Relief, Response & Restrictions Society & Public Health Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Above normal precipitation has led to near normal conditions.Farming and gardening winding down with only a light frost reportedin the area.Low energy usage since cooling season over and heating season not started. Fire dangerlow. Plants and wildife in preparation for the winter with leaves changing.. Ticks have not reemerged yet and few mosquitos. No restrictions posted at this juncture. Leaf peepers beginning to arrive. Water supply and quality good with ponds and streams recharging. |
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| 9/28/2026 | WI-MW-18 | WI | Milwaukee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
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| Below normal temperatures and very dry week.
(22 SEP to 28 SEP)
Precipitation for the period was 0.02”. -0.89” above normal for the period.
Cal yr 33.54 +2.02” above annual seasonal normal.
Evaporation: 0.50”
Water Balance for September: +2.01” surplus
Water Balance from 4/12 to date: +2.61” surplus
Soil Moisture 4” Depth: 37.9 cb – Normal. Change of +17.4 cb
Soil Moisture 8” Depth: 88.7 cb – Normal to dry. Change of +67.1 cb
Temperatures averaged 58.7 degrees, -2.9 below normal for the period.
Soil temperatures, for the period, at 2” have averaged 56.6 degrees, 4” average is 59.1 degrees, 8” average is 62.1. degrees and 20” average is 64.3 degrees. -4.2 overall decrease, on average, from the previous period.
Partly cloudy and dry this past week.
Soil moisture is running normal at 4”, while 8” depth is normal to dry.
Lawns are green with weekly mowing frequency. Tree color change is about 10-15% color and losing leaves. Colors are reds and yellows. Summer hibiscus continue blooming and are at the end of their season.
Bird activity now is sparrows, doves, and cardinals. Have seen a return of the hawks in the area. Squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits are out and feeding on grass and seed overspill from bird feeder, while squirrels are starting to bury food for the winter.
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| 9/28/2026 | WY-FM-21 | WY | Fremont |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Despite occasional rain showers, soils and vegetation of the non-irrigated foothills remain dry with warm days and some wind. Leaves turning color as fall has arrived and effects of drought has hastened the process. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CAN-ON-771 | CAN | Ontario |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
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| Wet September continues with another 15.5mm of rain this past week, and more in the immediate forecast. Lake level has remained stable over the past week. Forest fire hazard risk remains low. Ditches are damp, but no sitting water. Lawns and gardens remain lush. Ground continues to soak up moisture. No frost yet. Trees are starting to turn and are about 10% coloured foliage. Mountain maple are showing red, unusual for them and a sign of good moisture. Recreational lake activity quiet again this weekend. Bush walking trails are pleasant and bug-free. White-tailed bucks are sporting antlers. There continues to be bear activity nearby. Loons are still calling daily. Geese are flocking but the big migration doesn’t seem to have started yet. |
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| 9/28/2026 | CAN-QC-120 | CAN | Quebec |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
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| Even though "mildly dry" is selected, it is close to the moderate level. Leaves in trees are browning and falling a bit faster.
The fall colors are appearing slower than usual. Is it because there was too much sun in the past 2 weeks?
Rivers are lower than usual.
Is it El Nino starting its effect here in the province of Québec? With less hurricane activity in the Atlantic, there is less precipitation here.
FRANÇAIS :
Des conditions de sécheresse s'installent dans mon secteur. Les feuilles brunissent et tombent vite. Est-ce dû à toutes ces journées ensoleillées depuis 2 semaines?
Les rivières sont basses pour cette période de l'année. Est-ce El Nino qui s'installe au Québec ? Avec peu d'activités d'ouragans en Atlantique cette année, cela amène peu de précipitations ici. |
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