| 7/23/2017 | AZ-GL-4 | AZ | Gila |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Business And Industry
Fire
Plants And Wildlife
Tourism And Recreation
| I missed last weekend reporting. There was a flash flood abt 3-4 miles from us which resulted in the drowning of 10 people in one family. Ages 1-60. The last body was found mid-week several miles downstream. We heard a bear had gotten to the body. At the time of that event we had .88" in about 25 minutes. Flooding didn't affect us. In fact after 5.02" in July we don't have any standing water nor much mud. It was just so dry before the rains. Lots of traffic on the hiways and events that bring people up from the valley. The Highline Fire in June contributed to the flash flood because of the downed trees. We are getting a little rain every day and have gotten over the 30 year average which is 2.64" |
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| 7/23/2017 | AR-SH-17 | AR | Sharp |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Water Supply And Quality
| No rain the last week so things are dry, however, creek and ponds are full and the wet weather spring is still running. Unusual for this time of year. |
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| 7/23/2017 | CA-YL-23 | CA | Yolo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| Condition report July 10th to 23rd. No rain, which is usual. It's very dry. Six days of 14 have had high temp of > 100F (108F on July 17th).
Many flowers have bloomed early; aster is now blooming in backyard. Trachelium caeruleum (perennial blue lace flower) finished blooming, although one looks like it may re-bloom, which would be fun as it's a great flower. Sea holly is about finished. This heat is tough; there are fewer re-blooms on salvias despite diligent deadheading. The Society Garlic, Marigold Day of the Dead, and red abutilon are continue to flower well. The purple bottle brush (Callistemon Violaceus) is re-blooming and it's full of bees.
Two of the three Robin's eggs hatched. Both fledged July 16th. I see Mom and one baby out foraging most days, but have not seen two babies at once. There continues to be many beautiful dragonflies - bright copper and blue damselflies! The last few days, there are more butterflies, but I've only seen a monarch a couple of times. I will talk to neighbors about planting at least one or two plants to try to entice more monarchs next year. Yesterday was exciting - a tiny caterpillar is feeding on the passion vine.
Several fires, none close, but some hazy days. |
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| 7/23/2017 | CO-LP-70 | CO | La Plata |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| Still not enough rain to make up for dry June. |
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| 7/23/2017 | CO-WE-424 | CO | Weld |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| Monsoon winds have brought a few cooler days, but insignificant moisture this week. |
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| 7/23/2017 | FL-PT-9 | FL | Putnam |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| 7-16 through 7-22 High temp for the week was 93 on the 16th. Rain total for the week was 1.42". Pond and lake levels are above normal. |
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| 7/23/2017 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| Conditions could not be more steady. People have to stay hydrated, but that is July in Georgia. |
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| 7/23/2017 | IL-LK-84 | IL | Lake |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| Another significant rainfall this several days ago has left things pretty moist. The soil was still holding a good amount of moisture before more than an inch of rain fell. Now it's wet. Some shrubs around the station, like the Corylus americana, are showing effects of being over-watered, but most of the plants here are responding very well to all the rain. So are the mosquitoes, populations of which have exploded in the last week or so. Have seen some cardinals around a lot lately, some wrens, a few sparrows and doves, but otherwise birds seem a little scarce. |
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| 7/23/2017 | IL-LS-34 | IL | La Salle |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| We had 4.17" of rain this week, all in the past 4 days. I watered my garden once earlier in the week before the rains started. It's been miserably humid along with the heat. Weeds, weeds and more weeds. |
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| 7/23/2017 | IL-ME-9 | IL | Menard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| Menard Co., IL, July 23, 2017: 0.93 inches of rain this week slightly helped conditions.
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| 7/23/2017 | IL-TZ-26 | IL | Tazewell |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
Water Supply And Quality
| This week was another great week for me although very hot and humid. I recorded a total rain fall of 1.39 inches from local storms that at times were heavy but not long lived. The fields look great, my yard has greened up very nicely, and the garden is flying along with tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers almost ready to start picking. The Japanese Beetles are still around and I am fighting them in my apple trees but they keep coming back. They should start to dye naturally by the start of August but I suspect that they have eaten enough leaves that my apple harvest will be reduced. Once they find a source of food they like they send out a smell that brings other beetles and they just keep coming to feed and breed. Our creeks are all flowing a little high for July but no problem at all. My pond is at the overflow but not flowing out.
Over all these rains have really helped the local crops and if we can get some more in August we should do very well. |
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| 7/23/2017 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 7/23/2017 | IN-WL-14 | IN | Wells |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| garden is muddy, standing water in fields |
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| 7/23/2017 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| rain last week improved conditions; crops look good; lawns and pastures have perked up |
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| 7/23/2017 | KS-BU-25 | KS | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
Water Supply And Quality
| This was going to be mildly dry, but the 1.35" we've received overnight (and it's still raining) has bumped it up some. Have had to water both the garden and the yard; ground was beginning to pull away from the house foundation. Grass showing heat stress and insects have not been nearly as active as they have been over the past month or so. |
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| 7/23/2017 | KS-RL-1 | KS | Riley |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Society And Public Health
| Grass drying rapidly. Crops showing stress in the early morning. Hot weather has resulted in heat advisories for most of the week. |
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| 7/23/2017 | KS-SN-7 | KS | Shawnee |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| We received 1.27" of rain last evening which will help for a while. This followed after a week of extreme hot weather which is normal for our location and helped the crops with a much needed cool hours and a good rain, but not very general. |
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| 7/23/2017 | KY-CM-3 | KY | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
| No rain in last 7 days. Ferris Fork running at a trickle. Hayfields moderately dry. |
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| 7/23/2017 | ME-LN-1 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| .02 inches of rain in the past week and .39 inches in the past three weeks. Surface soil is dry and grass is turning brown in many areas. Subsoil is moist but not as moist as earlier in summer, streams are low. Showers have been north and west of us, and general rain to the south. |
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| 7/23/2017 | ME-LN-4 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| Soil becoming quite dry. Need to water vegetables. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MD-HR-23 | MD | Harford |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
Society And Public Health
| Air Quality Alerts and a Heat Advisories were in effect from Thursday thru Saturday as temps climbed into the low 90's with very humid conditions. Very dry this past week with only a few spotty showers towards the end of the week. Temps were at or slightly above normal for the week. Soil Temps have climbed with the recent heat and Soil Moisture readings have moderated near the 45 Centibar mark at the 6 inch depth after reaching a high of 48 Centibars, which is moderately dry. Surface soils are hard compact and very dry.
Lawns and some shrubs and trees continue to show browning & other distress from the below normal rainfall for this year...Weeds, other lawn diseases and spider mites are rampant from the wild winter are causing additional problems with lawns and shrubs. Mowing caused a lot of dust to become airborne.
**High Centibar Readings mean drier soil...
**Current Soil Readings @ 7am:
6 in. Depth: Soil Temp 80F...Soil Moisture: 46 Centibars..
24 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 76F..Soil Moisture:35 Centibars..
36 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 70F..Soil Moisture 24 Centibars..
Corn on farms nearby are just nearing 5.5 feet high. Growth is slow.
The Bog Turtles have been scarce this week.
The creek overall is still below normal level and flow
Ragweed has lessened but Molds are high in this area affecting Allergies and Asthma. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MA-PL-22 | MA | Plymouth |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Trending towards dryer as it hasn't rained in over a week here. Small streams have no flow and are drying up, Satucket river doing ok. Plant and wildlife are ok but lawns are turning brown. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| just .12 inches of rain in the past eight days. Grass isn't as lush, watered the garden the other day for the first time this year. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MI-SG-15 | MI | Saginaw |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| The past week has shown 0.26" of rain. Crops appear to be healthy and Potato creek is at a normal level for this time of year. No adverse affects to quality of life or the habitat due to precipitation. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MN-BK-10 | MN | Becker |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Water Supply And Quality
| I received 1.62" of rain this past week. Corn is starting to tassel and crops look good. Rivers are still low and ponding is still evident in the western third of the county where conditions are moderately wet. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MN-MC-7 | MN | McLeod |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| We have had 1.0" of rain since this time last week. It seems very slightly wet, but is really about normal. (Although this part of summer used to be rather dry, so is it really normal?) Crops and mosquitoes are growing well, detasslers are out working, there are too many zucchini in the garden. Lawns in our area are looking great!
I know from driving here and there that some parts of the state are quite dry, so it's nice to have everything looking good here. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MS-LY-4 | MS | Lafayette |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Heat is slowing everything down, but the high humidity keeps it muggy... |
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| 7/23/2017 | MO-BN-50 | MO | Boone |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| 0.50 - 1.00 inch rainfall over central Missouri very late night 7/22/2017 and very early morning 7/23/2017 have returned garden and small farm moisture to near normal. |
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| 7/23/2017 | MO-TX-7 | MO | Texas |
Severely Dry
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Plants And Wildlife
| Daytime tempeatures 90 to 102 with no rain since the evening of the 7th. Trees are stress and dumping leaves, all grass is brown, wildlife stressed and seeking water sources. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NH-CS-7 | NH | Coos |
Mildly Wet
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| I recorded 0.27 of precipitation this past week, the 1st week of below normal weekly precipitation this month. Precipitation is 21% above normal for the month and 13% above normal for the calendar year (30 year averages) |
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| 7/23/2017 | NJ-MD-62 | NJ | Middlesex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| So far, it's been a pretty typical July with haze, humidity, heat and rain. Plants and wildlife are thriving consistent with the season. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NM-SF-101 | NM | Santa Fe |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Some soil moisture is persisting, damp spots along arroyos. Near-daily cloud buildups and elevated humidity, resulting in irregular rain showers every few days. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
Water Supply And Quality
| Although it's rained more heavily elsewhere in SW New Mexico, we've had only .66" of rain during the past week and a total of .70" for the past two weeks. Conditions haven't changed greatly since my last report. Grass and other vegetation by the roadsides is quite green, as are shrubs on the hills and plains. There has been more rain higher in our watershed, but it hasn't been reflected yet in the flow of the creek through town. It continues to flow, but at a fairly low volume. During the past week, I noticed some water ponding by roadsides a day or two after the last rain, so stock ponds are likely to have been recharged somewhat. Soil moisture has increased due to the rains and the frequent cloud cover slowing evaporation. I'm needing to water garden plants less often than in recent weeks. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NY-MD-16 | NY | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Ground is still a bit soft; normally the ground is rock hard by this time of year. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NC-CN-31 | NC | Craven |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants And Wildlife
Tourism And Recreation
Water Supply And Quality
| Hit or Miss thunderstorms over the past week left us with sufficient moisture as the end of the week heated up, winds increased, and chances of showers reduced.
Agriculture: soy and cotton just starting to blossom in most areas.
ENERGY: electric usage high due to heat advisories this week / FIRE level likely increasing due to increase in winds; Plants: Crepe Myrtles and Magnolias seem to be what our bees are foraging upon right now as this is the time of year that the available forage lessens;
Wildlife: birds and insects are quiet during the heat of the day
Tourism and Rec: weather has not been an issue, other than towards the end of this past week due to the heat advisories
Water & Supply: normal
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| 7/23/2017 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| With just 2 tenths this week and 1.21" for the month it is getting dry. Coupled with temps in the mid-90's everyday, plants are showing some effects, especially herbaceous plants. Deep soil moisture is still good for established woody plants. Veg. garden needing frequent watering. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NC-MS-5 | NC | Madison |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Plants And Wildlife
Water Supply And Quality
| The only rain of the week was .08" this morning. Despite the dryness the conditions seem normal. Under the smallest amount of shade the soil is moist. In the full sun of the garden, the soil is moist a couple inches down as I learned when I finished digging the garlics. Beans and tomatoes are ripening. I've only watered where I've planted seeds for fall. Box turtles are on the move--rescued one from the road. Fawns are at their mothers' heels. Butterflies are feeding at our flower garden, especially pipevine swallowtails, angle wings, and skippers. The hummingbirds are draining the feeder quickly with this year's young bringing their appetite. The microhydro is running on the small jet. The French Broad River's flow has dropped below normal. Our drinking spring remains excellent quality and quantity. |
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| 7/23/2017 | NC-PT-63 | NC | Pitt |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| No affect |
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| 7/23/2017 | NC-WK-130 | NC | Wake |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| With no rain since last Monday and a heat wave with high 90's and heat index of 100+. Plants are suffering to stay alive. |
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| 7/23/2017 | OH-MM-11 | OH | Miami |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| Sporadic showers thru the week have kept things about even. Soil temps now in the low 70's. growth rates good |
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| 7/23/2017 | OH-UN-4 | OH | Union |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
| A bit on the damp side of normal, but we are not saturated. I'll mow field edges today. |
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| 7/23/2017 | OR-CC-88 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants And Wildlife
| This is the driest time of the year west of the Oregon Cascades. So far, no precip this month. But from October through April: 166 days of measureable rain. |
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| 7/23/2017 | OR-DG-12 | OR | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| The dreaded hotter weather arrived yesterday, hope it doesn't last long. |
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| 7/23/2017 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| This past week featured hot and very humid conditions with very little precip until the last day. Total precipitation for the week is 0.24". The top soil has dried out from the previous weeks precip, resulting in required watering of the garden in the latter half of the week. Grass growth has slowed down and starting to show signs of dryness and heat stress. Field corn is growing fast, well over head height. Average Soil temperature has increased to 74F. |
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| 7/23/2017 | PA-ER-5 | PA | Erie |
Mildly Dry
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| The vegetable garden needs to be watered regularly now. |
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| 7/23/2017 | SC-AN-21 | SC | Anderson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
Tourism And Recreation
| We came in at just over an inch of rain for the week, but we were lucky! The 0.65 inches we got Friday night was from a single storm cell that seemed to be centered over us! Most folks in the area got nothing. We continue to water the garden and new flowering plants frequently, though, because it's very hot and humid between showers. Everything is growing well and livestock has plenty to eat. We had the chance to go to Lake Hartwell for some swimming this week and had a good time in spite of the low lake levels (still 6.21 feet below full pool). |
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| 7/23/2017 | SC-CR-88 | SC | Charleston |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| Rainfall was frequent enough this past week to keep soil moisture adequate. |
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| 7/23/2017 | SD-BL-10 | SD | Brule |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Another spring in our hill pasture has dried up. Pasture in bad shape. Corn is really starting to show the stress. 5.88 inches behind the 3 year average for this station. |
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| 7/23/2017 | TN-DV-143 | TN | Davidson |
Moderately Dry
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| Most of my trees and plants survived the drought last year but here we go again with no rain and such hot day and night time temps. Having to water a lot of vegetables and plants I have growing one to two times a day right now. Hoping for rain. |
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| 7/23/2017 | TN-SM-1 | TN | Smith |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Plants And Wildlife
| grasses very dry, veg. gardens drying up. |
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