| 7/18/2025 | AL-CN-8 | AL | Calhoun |
Near Normal
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| Slightly dry in some areas as hotter weather and less rain has been around this week. |
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| 7/18/2025 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Mildly Dry
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| Lawn showing some sign of browning. Ornamentals wilting if not irrigated. |
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| 7/18/2025 | IL-WL-63 | IL | Will |
Mildly Dry
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| Periodic rainfall in July has mitigated drought of earlier in the summer and late spring. Regardless, we are still several hot, dry, sunny days from conditions in our yard needing watering. |
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| 7/18/2025 | IN-RP-11 | IN | Ripley |
Mildly Wet
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| Top soil is above normal for "July". |
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| 7/18/2025 | KS-LN-6 | KS | Linn |
Near Normal
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| As of 7/18, 3.26" rainfall MTD. Average for month of July (entire month) is 4.26 so we're right on track. Conditions are normal. Season has been generally wet with lower than ave. temps, but near-term forecast is for very hot and less precip. Crops doing very well. Some wheat still not harvested due to recent rains and wet fields over the past month. Summer is definitely here. Thank God for A/C - imagine what it was like back when people first lived in KS in the summer (and winter). |
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| 7/18/2025 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Near Normal
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| No effect |
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| 7/18/2025 | MO-CP-7 | MO | Cooper |
Near Normal
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| We have received 2.17 in. of rain this week, so soil moisture levels are in good shape. Usually, this time of year is hot and dry, so it is surprising vegetation is still so lush in mid-July. I am really tired of the high humidity levels though. The week started off hot then it cooled down, but it won't stay that way for long. Not much else to report. We are in the height of Summer, so wildlife doesn't move around much during the day. |
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| 7/18/2025 | NM-SF-1 | NM | Santa Fe |
Severely Dry
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| Even the weeds are beginning to die because of how severely dry it is. Storms go completely around us every time there are storms in the area. Animals are increasingly desperate for water, not just food. We have begun to see rattlesnakes in our fenced backyard, which is highly unusual. Vehicles on dirt roads leave enormous plumes of dust at low speeds. The soil is dry at least a foot down - it is too hard to dig deeper due to severe dryness. Meteorologists are all talking about rain and forgetting our heartbreaking drought. |
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| 7/18/2025 | NY-AB-23 | NY | Albany |
Moderately Dry
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| Once again had very little rain in the past week, in fact less than an inch in the past month!
The grass is browning everywhere. The soil is rock hard in many places but still a few moist spots so kept it moderately dry.
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| 7/18/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Partly sunny and hot with moderate to gusty winds and light rain, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with moderate winds. The high temperature was around eighty degrees and the low around fifty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful a day. Chicory, Wild Morning Glories, Motherwort, Stinging Nettles, Daisy species, Prunella vulgaris, Soapwort, Milkweed, Mullein, White and Red Clover are blooming. Blackberries, Red Raspberries and Red Currants are ripening. Apples are 1" in size. First planted corn is 60-80" tall, second late corn 28-36" tall, latest corn 15-20" tall. |
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| 7/18/2025 | NC-WK-185 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Wet
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| 32 magnetic compass readings from the same bayberry on the sidewalk near the creek to landmarks less than 2 miles away between 6/6/25 to 7/16/25 revealed an average 5.5-degree east-of-true error (range 0 to 13 E). Alkaline flashlight/radio batteries discharged earlier than usual during recent high humidity and fog. A ~5' long black snake and adult frog have been observed on residential door stoop recently and wasps are recently nesting near attic vents. |
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| 7/18/2025 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Near Normal
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| Rainfall for the week was 1.49 inches. Frequent thunderstorm activity was helpful. Stream flow is near normal. |
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| 7/18/2025 | OH-ST-11 | OH | Stark |
Mildly Wet
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| Mildly Wet Conditions. Plants and grasses growing rapidly due to above average rainfall. |
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| 7/18/2025 | VA-WYC-5 | VA | Waynesboro (city) |
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| Since last report, we have received 3.10" of rain. We are experiencing a tropical summer - lots of humidity with afternoon thunderstorms and (occasionally) heavy rains. We are under a flood watch from noon until midnight tonight, with possible heavy rains and flash flooding during the afternoon and evening hours. Fortunately, we have not experienced the more dire conditions that others in the area of Central Virginia have faced. This climatic dynamic is a significant change from the previous two summers, where we were under drought conditions.
We have had intense humidity and high temperatures during the month, and there have been some heat advisory days as well. This combination has made regular weeding a big challenge. We cannot work outside for more than 30 minutes before having to come in and cool off. It does not matter the time of day. Morning temperatures have been in the low 70s before 7 AM, with nearly 100% humidity!
The animals in our neighborhood seem to relish the tropical nature of the season. We hear a number of birds singing lustily nearly all day long. Rabbits, squirrels and deer have traipsed through the yard, looking for things to nibble on. We have been mowing about twice a week.
Garden-wise, we are still waiting for our tomatoes to get ripening! We have about eight plants that have been in the ground since May. As of this week we have gotten 6 cherry tomatoes - just from one plant. The deer came into the garden about a week ago when the electric fence was turned off and removed at least 10 of our larger tomatoes; lesson learned!
The other garden veggies are prolific! we have been getting a lot of cucumbers (12 this week alone) from just 2 plants. This week we have started getting beans and some snow peas. They are being encroached upon by the baby butternut squash that were planted about 3 feet away. We have also had the first of many eggplants that were transplanted in late June. |
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