| 4/25/2025 | AZ-PM-82 | AZ | Pima |
Moderately Dry
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| Humidity levels have cratered again this week as temperatures warm up and the storm track moves back to the north. We got a little rain (.05") a week ago, and it managed to conjure up some weeds that have already dried up. |
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| 4/25/2025 | CA-HM-214 | CA | Humboldt |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Wet after light drizzle |
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| 4/25/2025 | FL-OK-2 | FL | Okaloosa |
Mildly Dry
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Fire
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| Fire Danger Rating: Currently HIGH. No rainfall fell over the past week. Last measurable rainfall fell 17 days ago. Total April 2025 rainfall is 0.85 inch. Normal April (1991-2020) is 5.99 inches. No rainfall forecast through the end of the month. Keetch-Bryam Drought Index is 256 (Okaloosa County) is a Low Seasonal Value. April 2025 daily mean temperatures averaging +0.5F above 1991-2020 normal.
Start of D0 Drought (Abnormally dry) conditions this week.
Prescribed Fire: One control burn this past week for 2,400 acres. Currently 74,937 acres (83%) of annual target goal.
Wildlfire: Responded to and suppressed two mission caused wildfires this past week for 2,395 acres. One wildfire was finally contained at 1,965 acres after a burnout operation was conducted to contain the wildfire. The second wildfire was 430 acres along US Highway 87, south of Yellow River. Both wildfires were result of training aids used for ground training operations. |
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| 4/25/2025 | FL-PS-65 | FL | Pasco |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
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| We have measured less than an inch of rain in the past six weeks with high temperatures, low RH, and high winds at times. The lake that I walk around daily is down considerably and the grasses are brown. |
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| 4/25/2025 | FL-PN-79 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| I am observing more and more lawns that are browning and dying in spots been very hot and dry |
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| 4/25/2025 | ID-AD-9 | ID | Ada |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| April 17 - 25, 2025: A trace of rain observed (quickly evaporated) on April 20, otherwise dry. No significant rain since March 31st. Windy to calm, sunny to overcast, and snow on the upper foothills and mountains in SW Idaho are rapidly melting. Days and nights have been cool but are beginning to warm up this week. Nearly all trees and shrubs have either new leaves on the branches or opened leaf buds. The 'greening' of the tree canopy has happened. Some, like oaks and black locust, continue to look dormant. Water storage reservoirs in the upper Boise River basin are filling with snowmelt but Lucky Peak, Arrowrock, and Anderson Ranch reservoirs are only 67%, 41%, and 90% full at this point. Yard irrigation systems are now on in most of the Boise area because the soil is so dry. Birds continue to migrate through to to the area, arriving hungry. Tree pollen counts have been extreme (1000 total a week ago) but are beginning to slow down. Anna's hummingbirds have been visiting the feeders during the past week but not often. Black chinned hummers should be arriving soon. It's dry with little rain in upcoming forecasts and getting warmer, day and night. |
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| 4/25/2025 | KY-LL-3 | KY | Laurel |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| This week has seen several days of rain of less than one inch. Pasture and hayland continue to grow very well. Dogwoods are in full bloom |
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| 4/25/2025 | MD-CR-39 | MD | Carroll |
Mildly Dry
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| Mostly green from the initial spring growth, but when digging up the flower beds it’s clear the underlying soil is extremely dry. |
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| 4/25/2025 | MD-HW-44 | MD | Howard |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| No effect yet |
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| 4/25/2025 | MA-PL-79 | MA | Plymouth |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| soil is dry to the touch. The winds have been increasing through the day causing it to dry rapidly. |
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| 4/25/2025 | MN-SH-39 | MN | Sherburne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| Cloudy and 43 Hi 59 Wind NNE 9 mph. Sunshine about 6:00 P. M |
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| 4/25/2025 | MO-CP-7 | MO | Cooper |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Soil is finally drying out some after last weekend's deluge (4.35 in.). It was cool early in the week then warm/hot most of the week and very humid. Wild cherry and tree peony are blooming now and spirea is in full bloom. Some of my iris started blooming this week as well. Birds are not coming to the feeders as much. Squirrels and rabbits are active still. |
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| 4/25/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Mostly sunny and warm with a light breeze, then partly cloudy and cool overnight with light winds becoming calm. The high temperature was around seventy five degrees, with a low around fifty degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feeder full every day. Intermittent streams are flowing. Bloodroot and Serviceberries are blooming, Meadow Rue, Stinging Nettles, Canada Lilies, Trilliums, and Blue Cohosh are emerging further. Liquid manure is being spread and some plowing occurring. |
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| 4/25/2025 | NC-WK-203 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Rainfall for the week was 0.31 inches with temperatures well above normal. The soil is drying out and stream flow is again falling below normal. |
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| 4/25/2025 | CAN-SK-91 | CAN | Saskatchewan |
Near Normal
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| Spring has arrived in a slow methodical manner and with it some snow events but not much additional precipitation.
The field snow cover melted in about a week with little water accumulating and larger snow drifts and banks taking somewhat longer. We still have quite a bit of snow in the shelterbelt tree rows. Migrating birds have been back for quite some time and the larger flocks that will be moving to the North have mostly moved on. Moisture I would guess is quite normal. The early deep snow prevented the landscape from freezing to its normal winter depth, thus allowing the melting snow to soak into the soil.
Fire hazard to this point has been low because of the below normal temperatures but that could change soon.
The herd of white tail deer that spent the coldest parts of the winter here in the yard with us, left after the first warm spell that allowed some bare ground to show up in the fields. There were about 40 animals at one time and they forced us to cover our feed supplies to prevent damage. The deer eat very little but manage to foul any feed supplies that are not tarped over. Large operators have to keep much more feed around than they expect to use because of these losses.
Activities around the yard have been limited due to deep snow in some parts of the farm.
I did some snow measurements early in March and the nearest 30 acres that I was able to get to without some kind of snow machine gave me 2.7 inches of water using 5 measurements, 80 feet apart and not sampling the heavy snow drifts that appeared during the first powerful winter storm.
Field snow cover was maintained over most of the winter. |
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