For the week 7/19 - 7/25 2026 ----- EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES at Data collection: Aurora: 55, 63, 63, 48, 48, 52, 62 & Kingsford : 55, 67, 65, 49, 49, 55, 64 ----- WATER CONTENT IN THE GAUGE: AURORA - 0, 0, .02, .04, 0, 0, 0 Total= .06" KINGSFORD - 0, 0, .02, .04, 0, 0, 0 Total= ..06" ----- SNOWFALL- Aurora and Kingsford : nothing no snow -----MENOMINEE RIVER: Water levels all week at a low summer water flow height again this week 900's- low to mid 1700's boats can get around though ----- US DROUGHT MONITOR: Same as last week has 1/4 of SW Florence County as Abnormally dry but here it is normal and all of Dickinson County MI as normal-----WILDFIRE RISK: Aurora and & Kingsford are in the medium category and noticed the Medium risk spreading west on the MI WI border ----- TOURISM: seen a lot of campers moving east and west this week now that the smoke is in the upper atmosphere and mostly due to the toxic smell being eradicated . Loggers are busy this week and a couple of farm machinery passed by again. Construction vehicles were low and HVAC. I noticed tankers moving in and out of the wastewater treatment plant and were steady all week. Busy local traffic week cars and trucks going about their business now that that smell is gone and smoke high in the air not many boats towed this week-----Plants are doing well despite the lack of rain but the grass is browning up pretty quickly. Onion plants are really flourishing and those buds growing well. Some daisies are still flourishing and black eyed susans are as well in yellow, orange and pink. The Red maple I have is 25% red leafed. Deer have been clinging to the shoreline with a lot of fawns keeping cool. ----- Whelp, that's all I have. Enjoy your weekend.