| 5/13/2025 | AL-SH-74 | AL | Shelby |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Above average rainfall so far this month, lawn healthy and green, allowing for normal maintenance. No need for spot watering. Flowers and landscaping has seen healthy propagation, some bulbs that have not previously bloomed have done so. Cuttings have been able to take root. Rain is causing trees to shed dead branches more frequently. Wildlife is plentiful, especially birds and small reptiles/amphibians. Mosquitoes are slightly more prevalent. Prescribed burns have greened over. |
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| 5/13/2025 | CT-HR-57 | CT | Hartford |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Many agricultural fields need to be avoided as they are too wet to till or drive on. Lawn is saturated and care needs to be given on where to walk, drive or mow. Rare for this time of year. |
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| 5/13/2025 | IN-RS-4 | IN | Rush |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| A good rain would be good for newly planted crops |
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| 5/13/2025 | KS-DC-9 | KS | Decatur |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
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| The winds continue and there is no rain in sight. Started planting dryland corn yesterday and cut population back due to dry conditions. Most cattle are out to pasture with very limited grass. |
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| 5/13/2025 | KS-LN-6 | KS | Linn |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| .44 inches of precip from 5/5 to 5/13. Conditions have been drying up and hopefully rain expected for weekend will give us some needed rains. Temperatures and weather has been very nice. Bird migrations have been happening as they always do in KS this time of the year. Use Merlin app by Cornell University to listen for birds you never realized are coming through the area. |
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| 5/13/2025 | MA-WR-28 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Recent rains helped. Everything is very green. |
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| 5/13/2025 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
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| Sunny and 63 Hi 86 Wind SSE 7 mph. 2 Red Flags the same as yesterday. Air Quality Alert and Fire from wind gusts could spread rapidly. |
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| 5/13/2025 | MN-WG-20 | MN | Washington |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Wildfire warnings have been issued in much of the state and there are several being fought in northern Minnesota now. |
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| 5/13/2025 | NM-BR-316 | NM | Bernalillo |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
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| The rain train continued for at least the first half of the week continuing to bring abundant moisture to the metro area. In the first nine days of this month, we have received 1.6 times the normal NOAA precipitation fro the entire month of May. Conditions have already begun to dry out though as the last couple of days have seen above average temperatures and return of humidity and dew point values in the teens. For the week, this station received 0.76” of precipitation. For May to date, we have received 1.08” against the NOAA average of 0.25”, which is 429% of normal. For the 2025 WYTD, this station is at 3.94” against the NOAA normal of 6.92”, which is just 57% of normal. For the 2025 calendar year to date, we are only at 58% of normal. Overall, temperatures averaged 4.1 degrees below average for the last week. Temperatures were as much as 11.9 degrees below normal on Tuesday and 1.3 degrees above normal by Sunday. Forecasts call for an upper-level trough to pass through the state starting tomorrow into Wednesday. The accompanying cold front will cause wind gusts to kick up over the region, causing red flag warnings for the next two days and fire threat levels to be in the elevated to extreme range. Winds should calm down by Thursday, but conditions will remain warm and dry. The next front will pass through the state on Saturday, with the probability of winds picking up again. Short-term and long-term we have moved into the mildly dry category, as the abundance of recent moisture that we received has helped relieve the dry conditions, at least temporarily. Long-term drought conditions have still left a lasting impact, however. Energy usage was up last week as compared to the the previous week, as cooler temperatures caused some heater usage and A/C usage was back on by the time warmer temperatures returned during the weekend. Air quality was in the good range for most of the week, until today, when the air quality was moderate. The primary pollutant over the past week has been ozone, with coarse and fine particulate matter showing up on a couple of days. Ash, willow, mulberry, pine tree pollens, along with grass were the main irritants over the last week, mostly at low levels. Fire danger is 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 so far this spring and are enjoying the latest infusion of moisture. Bird activity has still been strong over the last week. Hummingbirds and other pollinators have been extremely active over the last week. Native grasses have perked up a little bit from the recent rain but are still prone to drying out easily as the temperatures pick back up. Rio Grande river flow at the Alameda bridge is at 754 cf/s today, which is below normal for this day of the year. The flow has been at 500 cf/s until Thursday and has been steadily increasing since then. The Turbidity is at 166 FNU today. Turbidity has been decreasing from around 1,500 FNU on Wednesday, with a few spikes since then. SNOTEL values across the northern basins that feed the Albuquerque metro area saw another boost over the last week as snow fell over the higher elevations of the mountains of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. SNOTEL values for the Rio Grande Headwaters and Upper Rio Grande Basin are at 25% and 51% respectively of median today. The San Juan River Basin and the Rio Chama are at 30% and 7% respectively of median today. The Upper Rio Grande and Rio Chama analysis may not be valid measurements of conditions. Updated aquifer monitoring data from the last week for the Middle Rio Grande Basin shows a decrease in the aquifer level. 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.
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| 5/13/2025 | NM-MR-13 | NM | Mora |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Wide spread on-going flooding throughout the valley. Ephermal ponds and arroyos are over flowing with water. Many trees experienced damage from last weeks very heavy, wet snow. |
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| 5/13/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny and warm with a light breeze, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around seventy nine degrees, with a low around fifty seven degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feeder full every day. Intermittent streams are flowing. Mayapples, Trilliums, Apple trees, Lilacs, Violets and Wild Strawberries are blooming. Stinging Nettles, Canada Lilies, and Blue Cohosh are emerging further. White Ash, Weeping Willow, Silver Maple, Sugar Maple, Black Cherry, Serviceberry and Bush Honeysuckle leaves are over half full. Some alfalfa is 120" tall. Rock removal, field plowing and alfalfa planting is occurring. |
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| 5/13/2025 | NC-DH-48 | NC | Durham |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| We have had some rain and the forecast is for more rain this week. May be over 2 inches but so far, the forecast has not panned out. With the rain so far this week and with additional rainfall throughout the week, I consider us to be near normal.
The grass does not look as withered as last week and the additional rain should help. |
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| 5/13/2025 | OH-MM-13 | OH | Miami |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| A very wet April and now May are holding back the area farmers and giving everyone a bit of soggy times here in SW Ohio. It's very green though... |
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| 5/13/2025 | OR-WL-6 | OR | Wallowa |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| finally got a couple of days of rain, but not nearly enough. trees are budding out but drooping, grass growing and almost immediately turning brown. Had to start watering trees and lawn last week, normally don't need to do that until mid June. Hills for cattle grazing have little grass that is already turning patchy brown, normal wet weather ponds are low or completely empty. Surrounding mountains still have decent snowpack which is a saving grace. |
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| 5/13/2025 | PA-AL-179 | PA | Allegheny |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| This affects road conditions which can cause hazardous road hazards. |
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| 5/13/2025 | PA-CM-11 | PA | Cambria |
Moderately Wet
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| Lite to moderate steady rain for eight hours |
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| 5/13/2025 | PA-NH-15 | PA | Northampton |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
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| Creeks are running high, standing water in places and vernal ponds full |
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| 5/13/2025 | TN-WR-25 | TN | Warren |
Moderately Wet
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Agriculture
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| Lot of good rain and interesting radar images that say it’s ok and a whale of a good rain coming
my orchards are happy with the rain |
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| 5/13/2025 | WI-CB-4 | WI | Columbia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| My neighborhood is in good shape even though we are 2.44" below normal form April 1st to May 13th. It's been 11 days since we had around 3/4 inch, and the farmers are making great progress with spring panting. The top 3" is dry but adequate moisture below. Lawns, alfalfa, winter wheat and pastures are green and growing. Sloughs, marshes and frog ponds are near normal. The Baraboo River is a couple of feet below normal. It has been great weather for outdoor construction as well as outdoor activities. |
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| 5/13/2025 | WI-DN-15 | WI | Dunn |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Tourism & Recreation
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| Had red flag alert. Zero rain for over 10 days. Soil powder dry. I observed a tractor plowing a field with a plume of dust rising about 30 feet in the air. Gardens must be watered daily. River levels are falling. |
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