0.01” + a Trace is the total rain received last week. 1.56” of Evapotranspiration. Afternoon high temps generally mid to upper 90s - the first week in 9 weeks that we did not have a triple digit day! Morning lows in the 70s with a few days mid to upper 60s - first time we’ve had a morning low in the sixties since June 3rd. It’s a little crazy that these are stats from the end of September. I don’t feel like we had a September this year - I feel like it was an extra 30 days for August. Yet the calendar says we are only a few days away from October. Six days with Air Quality Alert and zero Heat Advisory Alerts finally. Only four days was the Heat Index at/above 100 degrees. Still under a Moderate Fire Danger risk as the drought progresses - Burn Ban still in effect. D1 Drought Status has not changed but my opinion differs - I feel I am beyond Moderate right now. TX Power Grid remains operating under Normal conditions - seems like we didn’t have any close calls this Summer. I’m not aware of any times they asked us to conserve our electric usage. Plants are about the same - native plant beds still blooming and only watering every two weeks. Container pots getting watered once a week and still looking great. Prairie restoration area that has gotten no supplemental watering is all brown and dried. Bare ground in the yard (no watering) is becoming more prominent as are the giant cracks. Area lakes and ponds are visibly lower. I’ve only seen two hummingbirds in the last five days. Saw a flock of geese flying over yesterday - headed south. Bumblebees and Dragonflies still busy but not seeing a lot of other activity. Still awaiting the Monarchs - Milkweed is ready. The State Fair of Texas opened on Friday so Dallas tourism will pick up for the next several weeks. Story for the week - change is in the air but still dealing with the damage that’s been done. Finally a break in the temps but that’s only half the equation - very hopeful that Hurricane Polo helps us out this coming week. P.S. We are only days away from a new water year.