Mildly Dry – 1.21 of rain Saturday into the night plus .04 Tuesday. The parched soil soaked it right up. Despite heavy rains since late June, there has not been significant rain in two weeks. We are 9 inches below normal for water year. Since the dry conditions persist between long spaced downpours. I feel mildly dry conditions persist.

	After drier weather in May and June, a heat wave in early July and three days of heavy rain, we had several two weeks of dry weather and heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires THEN a deluge Saturday. Outdoor activities suffered from wildfire smoke. Mowing continues weekly due to shaded and tree drip line areas but with gravelly soil, the front lawn is brown. Clearing a garden bed of tall weeds revealed very dry soil beneath. Vegetable farmers tilling, planting and harvesting. Crop corn growing well and tasseling. Butterflies and woodchucks active. Mature and yearling turkeys seen twice in yard. Birds have taken a vacation in the heat. Mill Road Pond algae in abundance and early. Fire retention pond near normal.

	NYC Reservoirs near normal at 87.8% of capacity compared to normal of 92.7%. Consumption is seasonally high at 1.11 billion gallons for the week.