| 6/3/2025 | CO-DG-331 | CO | Douglas |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
|
| I haven't had to use my sprinkler system as much to start the season. 4.29" of rain since May 1, including the .94" overnight last night. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | CO-EP-482 | CO | El Paso |
Moderately Wet
|
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Filled up my rain barrels. Many newly-transplanted flowers are soaking up the water. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | CT-NL-37 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
|
| starting a string of dry days now. Sump pump is still running - less often though. Hopefully the wet conditions of May are on the wane. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | CT-NL-78 | CT | New London |
Mildly Wet
|
|
| We have gotten quite a bit of rain recently, filling the soil. It got us out of the drought which is good. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | FL-PS-65 | FL | Pasco |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
|
| We had some good rains in May, which was above normal for the month. The lake is still well below normal, but the plants and grasses have looked better in past week. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| May 28 - June 3, 2025: dry, windy, 100°F on May 31--only two 100°F days ever recorded in May in Boise's weather records; little signigicant rain in weeks and rainfall often stops in mid-June each year until later in August or early Sept.. Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025, there are 204 active wildfires burning in Canada. This number includes 106 fires that are considered "out of control". Canadian fires are creating dangerous air quality conditions in large parts of central and eastern US locations. The first wildland grass fire occurred last week in the lower Boise basin. Conditions are setting up to create a very bad wildland fire season in the West, compounded by dramatic Federal employee layoffs earlier this year. Gardens need daily watering. Cool mornings but afternoon winds are drying soils out. Pollen counts remain high as trees and grass produce pollen in the warm, dry weather, winds kicking up the dust. Upper Boise River basin reservoirs currently are approaching full, and some snowpack remains in upper elevations. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | IN-KS-22 | IN | Kosciusko |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| The lack of rain appears to be encouraging moles. As a result mowing is very dusty. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | IN-MD-40 | IN | Madison |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| This Location finished May 2.28" below average on rain, and has had 0.16" since May 21st. Ground is dry in the upper 3-5 inches, but is still decently wet below that. Grass is still doing well. Streams and river are getting low. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | IN-PL-15 | IN | Pulaski |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Vegetable garden is taking an above average amount of watering to keep plants thriving. Unwatered plants are showing signs of stress/slowed growth. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | IN-RS-4 | IN | Rush |
Moderately Dry
|
|
| New crops need some moisture to get a good start. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Mildly Dry
|
|
| FArmers were busy with first cutting of hay this past weekend. A bit of wet sprinkles during the past week causing dry conditions to move back in. Growth of vegetation has slowed, but the spring flowers are in full bloom brightening the scene. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | KS-LN-6 | KS | Linn |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| 1.78 in total rain since 5/28; 1.02 in rains overnight- nice periodic rains have kept the subsoil moist. Song birds are everywhere. Corn is really taking off and about 18 in high. Soybeans will be late this year due to wet soil conditions in late May. Temps are starting to come up and it's looking more like June. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | MA-NF-1 | MA | Norfolk |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Little change over the past week. Somewhat cooler temperatures and frequent rainfall continues to help lawns, plants, and trees thrive with no watering. Levels on ponds and lakes remain very high for this time of year. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | MA-WR-28 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| Multiple rain events normalized things. Very green but the coolness has limited how fast we dry out |
|
| 6/3/2025 | MN-IT-38 | MN | Itasca |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
Fire
|
| Getting very close to what I would describe as moderately dry. Already starting to see some brown patches develop in the yard. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
|
| Rain and 55 Hi 68 Wind N 9 mph. Light rain for the remainder of the day. Under a Air Quality Alert until 9:00 A.M.Wednesday. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | MT-GN-11 | MT | Gallatin |
Near Normal
|
|
| A dry week, for May, but no need to water. Creeks appear to be peaking early. Mountain snowpack is dropping fast. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NJ-MS-59 | NJ | Morris |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
|
| Thus far for my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;
There were FOUR days with measurable precipitation and zero days with trace precipitation for a total of 2.16”, the past seven days [Sunday-Sat]. River and stream volume the past three days increased significantly over small lake dams west of this station. As of Sunday morning, 6/1; one was moving at 100% percent the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station at a slow volume still with some observable turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west, decreased, covering now 80% of its respective fall and moving at a similar volume also with some / less observable turbidity. The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station had observable play again this past week. The ground around this station is wet and soft to walk on. Grass and weeds required maintenance the past week. Maple trees are looking well, along with the Juvenal Oak’s and two Ginkgo Trees, also are looking good. Bumble Bees and a hornet were observed the past week. House Finch were active, along with Cardinals, Mourning Doves and Crows. The Song Bird feeder was not refilled this week. Neighborhood squirrels, Rabbits and chipmonks were also observed.
Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 9.21 inches of precipitation. There has been 61 days of precipitation the previous 142 days of CY2025 [1/1/2025 to 5/31/2025] for a “Calendar Year” total of
22.82”, compared to 71“ Precipitation Days” and a [CY] total of
27.57” the same [year to date] in CY2024. So far, compared to last year; this station has received 4.75” less precipitation than a year ago. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2023- 18.79”
YTD2022- 21.67”
YTD2021- 18.84”
YTD2020- 15.94”
YTD2019- 26.99”
YTD2018- 26.00”
YTD2017- 20.67”
YTD2016- 18.67”
YTD2015- 15.88” LAST****
The running ELEVEN year average reported precipitation for THIS station is: 21.25” inches, placing this station at an increased surplus of 1.57” from the 11 year average. Considering the eleven year annual comparable total for this station and the amount of Rain the past four days, as well, is why I believe that it is appropriate to move this week’s report to the “Moderately Wet” side of the Condition Scale Bar.
Q’s: email me at: JasonJLeffler@aol.com. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NM-BR-316 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
|
| The long dry stretch continues with only 0.05” of precipitation received over the last 24 days, after the wet start we had in May. The above average temperatures over the last week, coupled with low daytime humidity and dew point values, have really zapped what little moisture was still it the topsoil. Dust and sand are easily kicked up during strong wind events, which have been frequent over the last week, due to fronts pushing through Tijeras Canyon from the east. One of these overnight wind events caused some small branch damage to two or our ash trees as the branches were twisted off the trees by strong wind gusts. These dry conditions have heightened fire danger throughout the area and several wildfires started across the state last week. For the week, this station received only a trace of precipitation on Sunday morning. For May, we received 1.13” against the NOAA average of 0.65”, which is 174% of normal. Most of this precipitation fell within the first week of May. For the 2025 WYTD, this station is at 3.99” against the NOAA normal of 7.37”, which is just 54% of normal. For the 2025 calendar year to date, we are only at 53% of normal. Overall, temperatures averaged 3.0 degrees above average for the last week. Temperatures were as much as 2.3 degrees below normal on Tuesday and 7.2 degrees above normal by Saturday. A strong afternoon thunderstorm brought some heavy rain to this part of the ABQ metro today. In fact, over half of the NOAA average for June was received at this station. Forecasts call for the wet conditions to continue through Wednesday night, as tropical moisture continues to enter the state from a couple of Pacific systems. A warming trend will begin starting Thursday and continuing through the weekend, with the next chance for showers on Monday. Short-term and long-term we are now in the moderately dry category, as the prolonged dry conditions have shifted us into this category, at least temporarily. Long-term drought conditions are still evident in the surrounding environment. Energy usage was up significantly last week as compared to the the previous week, as the warmer temperatures caused A/C usage to increase. Air quality was in the good to moderate range last week. The primary pollutant over the past week has been coarse particulate matter and ozone being the main pollutant on Tuesday. Pine, mulberry, and oak tree and pollens, along with grass and ragweed pollens were the main irritants over the last week, mostly at low levels. A health alert was issued for dust and smoke on Saturday into Sunday morning, due to dust kicked up from strong overnight winds and wildfire smoke being blown in from Canada and other western states. Fire danger is still at the high level for all Ranger Districts of the Cibola National Forest. Albuquerque open space areas currently are still open and are under stage 2 fire restrictions in the bosque areas. East Mountain Open Space areas are open and are also under stage 2 fire restrictions as well. Most plants and trees continue to do well with supplemental watering but there are signs of heat and drought stress throughout the neighborhood and city. Bird activity has still been about average over the last week. Hummingbirds and other pollinators have still been active over the last week. Squirrels have been actively raiding my neighbor’s bird feeder over the last week. Rio Grande river flow at the Alameda bridge is at 747 cf/s this evening, which is below normal for this day of the year. The flow has been steadily increasing throughout the week. Turbidity is at 89.7 FNU today. Turbidity has been very sporadic over the last two days, due to storm runoff. SNOTEL values across the northern basins that feed the Albuquerque metro area have dropped off significantly over the last two weeks due to the warmer temperatures. All basins, except for the San Juan River Basin are below 1% of median, with the San Juan at 6% and the analysis may not be valid measurements of conditions. Updated aquifer monitoring data from the last two weeks for the Middle Rio Grande Basin shows a decrease in the aquifer level as the warmer and dry conditions have increased water use and pumping from the aquifer. Voluntary weekly watering restrictions began on March 1st and continue through November. Outdoor spray irrigation is prohibited in the City of Albuquerque between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. April 1st through October 31st.
|
|
| 6/3/2025 | NM-GR-28 | NM | Grant |
Severely Dry
|
General Awareness
Fire
|
| Hand watering trees every two weeks, extreme fire danger here with a good community meeting on same. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NM-HR-8 | NM | Harding |
Mildly Dry
|
General Awareness
|
| Dust stirred up from the road grader & our daily travel on unpaved county roads remind us that moisture is always needed in our region! There's no evidence in the dry topsoil of last week's light rain showers except the pastures have held their green hue. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Severely Dry
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
|
| .44" of rain on Sunday was very welcome and filled rain water collection pots, but it didn't affect the overall dryness appreciably. Soil is dry not far below the surface, and creek water levels seem unchanged. The moisture may bring some desert-adapted plants into bloom. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NY-AB-23 | NY | Albany |
Mildly Wet
|
General Awareness
|
| Doors a day late with this but we got nearly two inches of rainfall on Saturday. The ground is still moderately wet and soft due to the rain. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
|
| Sunny and warm with light winds, then partly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around sixty seven degrees and the low around forty eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful a day. Intermittent streams are flowing. Soapwort, Garlic Mustard, Buttercups, Phlox, Herb Robert and Wild Strawberries are blooming. Black Walnut Tree leaves are full. Black Cherry, Nannyberries, Hawthorn Trees and Rhododendron Trees are blooming. Corn and alfalfa are being planted. Some more alfalfa is being cut. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | NC-WK-13 | NC | Wake |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
|
| The soil condition is normal. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Near Normal
|
General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
|
| My area of Ohio is drying out. We have been on the edge of the last two rain fronts. Hopefully we will get some drops on Thursday and Friday. |
|
| 6/3/2025 | TX-BXR-437 | TX | Bexar |
Moderately Dry
|
General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
|
| For the month of May, 5.98 inches of rain was reported in the San Antonio area. This is 1.58 inch more than the May historical average. Rain gauge total was 6.81 inches. The lack of rainfall for three quarters of the month until late May created moderately dry conditions, resulting in more landscape watering and less water available for plants and wildlife. The Edwards Aquifer levels ranged from 623.1-633.5 feet with an average of about 627.2 feet. May historical average is 666.2 feet. Stage 3 Year Round watering restrictions remained in effect and the region is still in a five year drought. Wildfire threat was slightly lower. Average low and high temperatures were 70 and 87 degrees, with low and high temperatures recorded at 56 and 103 degrees, respectively. Energy costs were higher due to hotter temperatures. |
|