Cooler with near normal temperatures and continued below normal rain. 
(21 JUL to 27 JUL) 

Precipitation for the period was 0.00”. -0.77” for the period. 
Cal yr 21.82, -1.43” below annual seasonal normal.

Evaporation: 1.16”    
Water Balance for July: -4.69” deficit
Water Balance from 4/12 to date: -2.84” deficit   
Soil Moisture 4” Depth: 200.0 cb – Extreme Dry. Change of -0.0 cb
Soil Moisture 8” Depth: 200.0 cb – Extreme Dry. Change of -0.0 cb

Temperatures averaged 73.4 degrees, -0.5 below normal for the period.  

Soil temperatures, for the period, at 2” have averaged 70.4 degrees, 4” average is 71.7 degrees, 8” average is 72.7 degrees and 20” average is 70.8 degrees. -2.1 overall decrease, on average, from the previous period. 

Cooler and continued dry week. Set one temperature record, which was a high min temperature on the 27th at 76 degrees.

Soil moisture continues to be maxed out, now 20 days, dry at 200 cb at  4”  at 8” which is extremely dry, and it now shows in stressed lawns and plants.

Lawns are going dormant or dying without supplemental irrigation and no mowing for fourth week. Some trees are very stressed and losing leaves or wilting. Day lilies are in bloom and summer hibiscus continue to grow and planter cherry tomatoes are ripening with 10 or so per day being harvested. 

Bird activity now is mainly sparrows, some doves, occasional robins. Squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits are out and feeding on grass and seed overspill from bird feeder.