| 12/5/2021 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| Another week of mild daytime highs, but cool nights, and dry conditions continuing. High temperatures were in the upper 50's to low 60's and peaked at 64° on Thursday and Friday. Nights were below freezing every day this week with the lowest temperature at 23° last Sunday and Monday. No rain or even a chance of it last week. It wasn't windy last week and no smoke smelled or seen from prescribed burns, assuming they are still going on. Besides the garlic growing in the vegetable garden, plant life is dormant and no wildlife was observed. |
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| 12/5/2021 | CO-LK-10 | CO | Lake |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| No precipitation this last week. Higher temps and slight winds have made it enjoyable to be outside. Shrubs are showing signs of stress. Snow on the high peaks has diminished and some creeks have had water flow during the day. Today we have a high wind warning. Expected snow to come tomorrow. |
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| 12/5/2021 | CT-NL-56 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Not the growing season, so soil moisture not a critical factor. We're basically just waiting for snow, and Christmas. |
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| 12/5/2021 | CT-WN-26 | CT | Windham |
Near Normal
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| Only .03" of rain in the last week. No measurable snow yet. Trees are bare & nothing is growing. Typical early December around here. |
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| 12/5/2021 | FL-DV-13 | FL | Duval |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Little or no beneficial rainfall for the last three weeks here at the beach. |
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| 12/5/2021 | GA-CO-3 | GA | Cook |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| soil temp 58.8 F. /// 6" soil moisture 27 %.
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| 12/5/2021 | GA-MD-5 | GA | McDuffie |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Over wintered crops require irrigation. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Conditions are normal for this time of year. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IL-LS-34 | IL | La Salle |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Just a couple of traces of rain this week, which brings us up to 23 days without anything measurable. Even though we've had a couple of 32-degree nights, on Dec. 2 I pulled a blooming dandelion out of my yard. Even after a real heavy frost Fri. night - Sat. morning, petunias, geraniums, snapdragons and alyssum are still in bloom, although not vigorously, and since the frost, the geranium blossoms have drooped, about to surrender. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IL-MCH-13 | IL | McHenry |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| The Illinois Drought Monitor continues to show most of McHenry County and my station, that received only a trace of precipitation on 2 days this past 7, in Severe Drought. Last measurable precip was 0.04 inches on 11/14. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IL-ME-9 | IL | Menard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Menard Co., IL, December 5, 2021: The meager amount of rain we have had in the last couple of weeks has led to slightly drier conditions. The local creek is lower the usual now but all of the plant appear to be normal. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IN-HM-91 | IN | Hamilton |
Near Normal
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| Not affecting anything. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 12/5/2021 | IN-PT-12 | IN | Porter |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| No effect. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IN-RP-4 | IN | Ripley |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Neither wet nor dry so it must be normal. The leaves are mostly down except the usual oaks. I'm finished raking leaves and mowing. The grass is still green but the trees are gray; it looks like winter. The deer seem to be venturing closer to the house. Saw a great blue heron several days in a row but he seems to be gone now. |
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| 12/5/2021 | IA-PK-125 | IA | Polk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| temps this past week were much warmer than normal. no rain to speak of. grass is still green. only oak trees with leaves, all other trees have lost their leaves. |
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| 12/5/2021 | KS-KW-2 | KS | Kiowa |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| Only. 24 moisture in November. Wheat is showing signs of lack of moisture. Warm temperatures and low humidity has lead to high fire danger. |
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| 12/5/2021 | KS-NT-3 | KS | Norton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| The last measurable precip was recorded at this location on November 4 (0.04"). It is quite dry and dusty. |
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| 12/5/2021 | KY-CW-3 | KY | Calloway |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Soil is in its normal late fall state with some moistness but no standing water. We have had 0.10" of rain in the last week and most of the leaves have fall from the trees. |
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| 12/5/2021 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| The ground is starting to appear dry, the last several days. The ditches are relatively dry with almost no stream flow. Rainfall has been below normal the last 30 days. |
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| 12/5/2021 | LA-NT-2 | LA | Natchitoches Parish |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| Cane River Lake at downtown Natchitoches, LA measured at 5.0 feet stage level at 3:55 PM CST on Dec. 4th, 2021 by a Rapides Parish Sheriff Deputy boat patrol. Normal value for this time of year is 7.50 to 8.00 feet. U.S. Drought Monitor drought intensity status: MODERATE DROUGHT.
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| 12/5/2021 | LA-OC-5 | LA | Ouachita Parish |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| Despite hardly any rainfall this past week (a scant 0.02"), northeast Louisiana remains in a "near normal" condition. |
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| 12/5/2021 | ME-LN-1 | ME | Lincoln |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Ground has refrozen after a one day thaw. Only .21 inches of rain during the week, and all old snow melted. Wet areas now have ice. Stream is within normal range, not high. |
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| 12/5/2021 | ME-LN-13 | ME | Lincoln |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| Standing water in fields is higher than normal for season, although that May becoming more normal with climate change. |
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| 12/5/2021 | ME-SG-16 | ME | Sagadahoc |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Cold has replaced wet. Ice covers the standing water encountered in low spots and the ground is safe for early morning tractor work. But for a few oak trees, foliage is now on the ground. The saturated surface may lead to an interesting spring in '22. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MD-HR-23 | MD | Harford |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Temps were below normal to above normal the last 7 days...Total Precip this week: 0.01" of Rain...Surface Soils are dry and hard... Trees are about 95% bare..
Soil Temps & Soil Moisture fell slightly...
**High Centibar Readings mean drier soil...ie; 0 = Saturated Soil..120 or above = Severe Drought
**Current Soil Readings @ 7am:
Current Surface Soil Temp: 30.2F...Grass Temp: 30F...
2 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 38F...Soil Moisture: 45 Centibars..
6 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 40F...Soil Moisture: 22 Centibars..
24 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 44F...Soil Moisture: 19 Centibars..
36 in. Depth: Soil Temp: 47F...Soil Moisture: 29 Centibars..
Birds were more active at the feeders...All Bluebird houses have Bluebirds. 0 Bog Turtles were seen and are hibernating.
Creek Status: Water Level & Flow are slightly below normal. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MA-BA-2 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Only a tiny bit of rain this week but the soil is still moist and there are patches of mud and standing water in depressions in the woods. Animal activity normal, and plants appear healthy. A normal early Dcemeberm here. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Soils nice and moist (ground unfrozen); been pretty dry these past few weeks but everything looks about as it should for this time of year. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Water Supply & Quality
| .15 precipitation the past seven days, local streams at normal levels, ponds a bit higher than normal for early December with a thin skim of ice on top of them, top layer of ground frozen. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| We received 0.29" of precipitation this past week, most that came as 3.3" of snow. Our conditions are Near Normal. Lawn mole activity continues with furious burrowing in the yard. For unknown reasons, there have been very few birds seen at the bird-feeder this week. Temperatures have been seasonably cool. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MI-BN-3 | MI | Berrien |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| For the week ending 12/5/2021, conditions were SEVERELY DRY. The 7-day cumulative precipitation total of 0.02 inches was 98% below the expected 12-year (2009-2020) average of 0.81 inches and in the “severely dry” range; the 30-day total of 2.15 inches was 30% below the expected 12-year average of 3.28 inches and in the “moderately dry” range; and the 90-day total of 10.44 inches was 0% above average and in the “near normal” range. There were two days of measurable precipitation, with maxima of 0.01 inches on the 2nd & 3rd. Snow accounted for a mere Trace of total precipitation (0%), with flurries on the 29th & 30th. Temps ranged from 58 F (on the 2nd) to 26 F (on the 29th), with average Hi/Lo temps of 46/34 F (+1/+4 relative to last week). After a final round of leaf fall this week, the landscape now appears very naked and exposed. A few American Robins still remain in the area, and a flock of six Mourning Doves on the 4th were the first seen at the feeders all fall. November 2021 closed with 2.15 inches of precipitation (38% below the 30-year PRISM average of 3.46 inches) and 1.2 inches of snow. The severity of winter weather at the nearest AWSSI station (South Bend, IN) was in the Moderate category as of the 3rd. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MI-BN-5 | MI | Berrien |
Mildly Wet
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| harvest corn on sand wet ground clouds and sun cold windy am windy all day upper 47 |
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| 12/5/2021 | MI-EM-8 | MI | Emmet |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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Business & Industry
Energy
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Relief, Response & Restrictions
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Tourism & Recreation
| Trace of precipitation. Cold and overcast. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MI-VB-13 | MI | Van Buren |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| normal lawn garden moisture |
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| 12/5/2021 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Energy
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Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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Tourism & Recreation
| A quick snowfall (1.6"/0.16 water content) provides little relief to the dry conditions. Very similar to last year at this time when we had zero precip from 11/12 - 12/23, then over 8" on Christmas Eve. I heard someone from NOAA say this only happens every 3-4 years, but were 2 in a row now since there's nothing in sight so far. Area lakes are barely frozen over if at all, and of course we have people breaking through whatever thin ice there is. It has been unusually warm, with another 40's suggested around mid week. Haven't heard what they go up North, but there was supposed to be blizzard conditions with a potential 6+". |
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| 12/5/2021 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
| ~0.22" of rain during this week. Today's report- 32°, 58% humidity, dry & overcast with 6-16 mph ESE gusty winds and a good air quality index of 3 at the 6:00 a.m. observation time. NWS Wind Advisory issued- https://tinyurl.com/ycnpy4h3 Minnesota Weathertalk- https://tinyurl.com/2crwpp6s Douglas Weatherblog- https://tinyurl.com/2m5cpufb MN Drought Map- https://tinyurl.com/ycnpy4h3 |
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| 12/5/2021 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Weekly precipitation was 0.01 inches. After last Sunday and Monday saw a high of 59 the weather turned warm and highs have been in the upper 60s and mid 70s the past 5 days. November 2021 ended with 1.66 inches of rain. The average is 4.36 for November according to the updated PRISM numbers. Although there has been a rainfall deficit of late, overall conditions are pretty well normal-being the time of year when nothing is actively growing. I like seeing fronts with rain amounts of just a few tenths this time of year (less muddy water and erosion in our fields). I'm sure this won't last much longer (I've never seen a winter that didn't eventually turn into a sea of mud around here). Trees are either bare or losing leaves like crazy. Most vegetation that is not winter hardy has turned brown. Still hasn't been cold enough to kill the roses in the yard though! They are actually covered with more blooms now than in the middle of summer (Thursday and Friday the honey bees were out visiting the blooms). Lady bugs are out in the yard by the hundreds too. |
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| 12/5/2021 | MO-BR-3 | MO | Barton |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| 11-28 through 12-4. Precipitation for the week was 0.0. Grass is not growing even though the temp has been very mild. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees. High temp was 78 and low was 34. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NE-LA-19 | NE | Lancaster |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| No rain in the past three weeks. Only 0.56” in the past 30 days. Much above Normal temperatures with a record high set this week. The soil surface is dry and has formed cracks, which seems unusual for this time of year. I watered perennials and shrubs to help keep them alive until snowcover arrives. Rabbits are already eating branches off of shrubs. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NH-MR-9 | NH | Merrimack |
Near Normal
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Energy
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Water Supply & Quality
| Hard to tell if conditions are dry or wet. Ground is frozen. Have had little rain. Nothing is growing. No change in energy use. Furnace only. Strawberry plants are still green, but not growing. With the state’s COVID cases being the highest in the nation, we’re not going anywhere except for doctor appointments and food. Wearing masks with any contact with others. Merrimack River measured at Loudon Road bridge is 4.0 feet and remaining steady. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NJ-OC-90 | NJ | Ocean |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| Near Normal - Nov 28 - Dec 4 _ with the 0.01" of rain this week conditions are still near normal _ last 7 days precipitation 0.01" average temp hi/lo 49/33 normal 51/30 _ previous 7 day precipitation 0.38" _ last 28 days precipitation 0.79" average temp hi/lo 53/34 normal 55/33 _ previous 28 day precipitation 0.87" November total precipitation 0.87 Prism 30 year November normal 3.70" _ ground surface moist _ most leaves on trees have fallen _ grasses are green _ bird activity normal at the feeders _ people are out and about with cooler fall conditions
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| 12/5/2021 | NM-BR-183 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Unseasonably warm, very dry. Going to start watering some trees (a first). |
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| 12/5/2021 | NM-CH-37 | NM | Chaves |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| Still dry. Fire Danger high. If you have cattle left, you are going to be feeding them. The current forecast is for some possible moisture north of us in the coming week but it may not be enough to measure. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NM-HR-8 | NM | Harding |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| After returning from an extended Thanksgiving weekend, it was observed that a couple of colored insects were part of the small collection of insects caught in the cylinder. Yesterday in the protection of tall grasses, a grasshopper was slowly moving. Wasps & houseflies continue longer lives into the season on the passive solar heated porch. The insect world is adapting to this station's dryer & warmer conditions; perhaps that's the new normal. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NM-SF-102 | NM | Santa Fe |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Another warmer than normal week without rain. No change in observable conditions: soil dry, plants seem OK, birds and other animals scarce. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| No precipitation, .54" in the last three months, mostly in September. There still is water in one branch of the creek locally and some water still in deeper dirt stock tanks. When that changes, I'll certainly call our conditions "severely dry". Bird numbers in our yard are still low compared with most years. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NY-CB-16 | NY | Columbia |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
| the ground is still very moist - post holes dug down 2+feet brought up wet soil that stuck like mud. Fire pound is full and again the low areas of the woods that are usually dry this time of year are still partially flooded, all while rain fall in OCT. was normal at 2.2" (10yr avg is 2.75") |
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| 12/5/2021 | NY-OG-10 | NY | Onondaga |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| 0.33 inches precipitation, 0.5 inches snowfall over past week. Usual conditions for this time of year. No snow cover at this time. Area streams running at normal levels. Fields do not have any noticeable puddles. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NY-SR-57 | NY | Saratoga |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Precipitation fell 6 of 7 days last week with the first decent accumulation of 2.8” of new snowfall. Temps turned warm after that and the 5” on the ground quickly diminished. |
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| 12/5/2021 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Near Normal
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| Conditions in yard, garden, and landscape as expected for this time of the season. |
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