For the week 4/26 - 5/2 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora : 38, 45, 47, 39, 32, 34, 24 ------- Kingsford: 38, 45, 47, 39, 31, 34, 24 ------- It has hardly felt like spring up here unusually cold even during the afternoons----- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE ---- Aurora: 0, 0, .16, .02, T, .05, 0" = .23" ----- Kingsford - 0, 0, .16, .02, T, .05, 0 = 23" WATER CONTENT TOTAL MONTH OF APRIL 2026 : Aurora 5.55" and Kingsford 5.59" -----We did have sleet and then snow on Thursday----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford = Trace on 4/30 & 5/1  It is not totally unusual but with the cold temps this week, not surprising----------MENOMINEE RIVER: After a few weeks the river is receding toward normal river height. As of this Saturday morning, still too high and really too cold to put my dock in as it would be underwater but it has come a long way in reduction this week. It is finally off my shoreline platform system as of Thursday. ----- Looks like a few deer came back from Kingsford saw 3 this a.m. ----- Lots of tiny birds in small flocks and a vast amount of typical birds you'd see at this time of the year-----Pretty much all of the midwest is back to normal with no drought except for north central MN and a spot in Northwest Wisconsin ----- Wildfire risk is low and been low all week ------ Too cold for tourists as nobody wants to be outside this week and it showed not a neighbor in sight working in their yards in either Aurora or Kingsford but seen a couple of tractors headed towards farm fields, More perennials pushing up out the ground  ----- That's it ----- Have a great week everyone