| 3/20/2025 | AZ-AP-22 | AZ | Apache |
Severely Dry
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Fire
| Forest fuels and meadow grass are extremely dry. We are in Stage 1 Fire Restrictions and have been for a couple of weeks. 1-2 month outlook is not good: Below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures. We are entering the spring windy season. Wildland fire Outlook is frightening. |
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| 3/20/2025 | CO-EP-408 | CO | El Paso |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Pretty dry despite the week's snowfall. Some signs of budding and greenery in shrubs and a few annuals beginning to poke up from the soil. |
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| 3/20/2025 | CO-LR-1009 | CO | Larimer |
Severely Dry
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Fire
Plants & Wildlife
| High winds and fire danger for the month so far. Have had to water trees and grapes once a month for the last two months. |
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| 3/20/2025 | GA-EM-4 | GA | Emanuel |
Near Normal
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Agriculture
| Farmers are able to work the land—not to wet and not to dry. My garden condition is the same. Not to wet or dry. No irritation needed. No tillage problems in garden. |
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| 3/20/2025 | IL-WL-63 | IL | Will |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| With 1) 7.38" precipitation this winter, 2) 5.3" in 2025, and 3) 3.77" in the first three weeks of March, conditions in ZIP 60451 finally seen to be near normal. |
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| 3/20/2025 | IN-PS-12 | IN | Posey |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Tourism & Recreation
| There is a little bit of humidity in the air |
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| 3/20/2025 | KS-HV-17 | KS | Harvey |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
| Wheat has adequate moisture at present. November of 2024 we had 5 inches rain and that has carried the crop through the winter. |
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| 3/20/2025 | ME-HN-58 | ME | Hancock |
Moderately Wet
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| Nice and wet with regular rainfall. Some standing water and mud. Trees and shrubs looking really lively, better prospects than last year. Early crocus are blooming. |
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| 3/20/2025 | ME-WS-31 | ME | Washington |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| 3/20/2025 | MA-BE-24 | MA | Berkshire |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
| Dry- ish. Woods are still wet but in the valley at 1300' soil is not March very damp soil. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MA-WR-44 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
| While there has been rain and snow this winter, the ground was so frozen that the moisture did not penetrate. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MI-MT-13 | MI | Montcalm |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| All area lakes, ponds, and rivers are approximately 10 feet or more below normal. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MN-LS-24 | MN | Le Sueur |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Cattails which are usually in one to two feet of water this time of year are standing high and dry. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MN-MW-8 | MN | Mower |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Plants & Wildlife
| Even with yesterday's 5.4" of heavy wet snow, very welcomed, I'm leaving the scale at Mod Dry due to the ongoing D1 drought conditions. Turtle Creek is running below normal. Birds and wildlife are very active in yard, with three kinds of squirrels plus chipmunks in full courting/chasing mode. Unseasonably warm. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MN-WG-20 | MN | Washington |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Fire
| The ground is soggy in low lying areas because the frost has not gone out of the soil but we have had very little moisture this month. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MO-PT-21 | MO | Platte |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
| All plants are sprouting and blooming normally. Some animal activity at pond and bird baths. |
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| 3/20/2025 | MT-JF-1 | MT | Jefferson |
Mildly Dry
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| after an extremly long period of no rain and or snow from end of September to January only one snow storm for winter was all we had. the snow melted and went into the ground hardly ny runoff. all we are getting is snow aqualfs. nothing major. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NJ-UN-42 | NJ | Union |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| Very little rain in 90 days |
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| 3/20/2025 | NM-BR-259 | NM | Bernalillo |
Severely Dry
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Fire
| Dusty wind. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NM-GR-37 | NM | Grant |
Severely Dry
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Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| None of the snippets of moisture received has helped our drought. At 4” depth there is no dampness.wildlife are still coming in for water. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NY-DT-35 | NY | Dutchess |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Some more recent rainfall sets the soil, local stream flow and pond level to near normal. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
| Sunny to partly sunny and warm with moderate winds, then partly cloudy with moderate winds overnight. The high temperature was around seventy three degrees, with a low around fifty three degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feeder full every two days. Intermittent streams are flowing but have thick ice in areas. More songbirds here. Canadian Geese are around in larger flocks. Spring Peepers are out. Liquid manure is being spread. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NC-CM-42 | NC | Cumberland |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| We received a good rain this past week but it is still dry. Plants are beginning to green up though as spring arrives. |
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| 3/20/2025 | NC-JH-89 | NC | Johnston |
Mildly Wet
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Plants & Wildlife
| Wet conditions do not allow brush cutting or disking at this time. Standing water in areas. |
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| 3/20/2025 | OK-GY-9 | OK | Grady |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
| Has been very windy lately, every thing is dry have had several wild fires. Had to water garden to plant early Cole crops. |
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| 3/20/2025 | OK-WW-14 | OK | Woodward |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| 3/20/2025 | RI-NW-18 | RI | Newport |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Over 2 inches of rain on Monday really changed conditions. The yard is muddy now |
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-BEL-74 | TX | Bell |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| My Denton soils have surface cracks in the topsoil. However, the red oaks started budding last week. My Bur oak has yet to bud. Most plants are budding and making new leaves. |
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-GM-11 | TX | Grimes |
Mildly Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
| Wind is vert strong throughout the day. Wildflowers are starting to bloom. |
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-HYS-304 | TX | Hays |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
| Trees need watering, as do vegetable gardens. Very windy days are reducing humidity. Lawn water restriction to once a week.
Soil is dry.
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-KN-166 | TX | Kendall |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
| There are cracks in the ground that are approximately 1" wide and several inches deep. Last fall Oct. 30, 2024 we top seeded a native Blackland prairie seed mixture in the hopes of getting some better coverage for moisture retention but
we have not had enough rain to help. We have also planted some White Oak germinated acorns and water by hand only. |
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-WM-278 | TX | Williamson |
Severely Dry
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Plants & Wildlife
| This entire area is suffering from a lack of rain. Texas wildflowers which are normally abundant by this time of year are not present in areas that receive no irrigation. |
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| 3/20/2025 | TX-WM-369 | TX | Williamson |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| Not much effect in my community, but wildfires west of me are a concern. |
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| 3/20/2025 | VA-WYC-5 | VA | Waynesboro (city) |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
| Since 2/28/25, our area has received 1.21 inches of precipitation. We have had numerous days of wind advisories, which cause the soil to dry out. Temperatures are at or above normal for this time of year. We had a cold snap in late February. We are expecting showers this afternoon, then will be under a wind advisory overnight. We are also under a daytime burn ban due to the aforementioned conditions.
Despite the dryness (tractors in local fields cause dust to emanate behind them), plants and animals are doing their usual springtime activities. Hyacinths, daffodils, and tulips are either blooming or are close to it. The birds are zipping about, searching for nest materials and squabbling with each other. We have not heard the spring peepers this year. Perhaps the dry conditions are affecting their presence, or nearby construction (housing units and road development) have caused their silence.
We have started seeds indoors for planting in either window boxes or raised beds. They include lettuces (3 types) and "tryouts" of outdated peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers. The lettuces will go in a couple window boxes (on a table outside) and the others will get put into larger pots once they have true leaves. They will go out on sunny days and stay inside at night. Once the soil temperatures are adequate, they can move to the raised beds.
We are getting the strawberry patch ready by clearing it out and replanting baby plants. The patch also includes two pear trees that have been pruned so that they are manageable and will focus on fruiting (if the blossoms don't get blown off or frozen). |
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| 3/20/2025 | WA-CH-22 | WA | Chelan |
Near Normal
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Plants & Wildlife
| Location is narrow mountain valley (15 road miles up Entiat river Valley from Columbia river North of Wenatchee). Conditions change rapidly as you go up river. Currently about 80% of snow has melted and we are in a period of rainy, snowy, sunny mix with night time temps. +/- 32° and daytime 35-60°. Snow in deep shade up to 12 inches. Time to clear gardens for early blooming flowers as crocus and daffodils are trying to break through. River is up moderately. March saw little snow here but high mts. are getting late snow. |
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| 3/20/2025 | WA-KG-143 | WA | King |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| Here in the high foothills of the Cascade Mountains of Washington for this time in March and the first day of spring it’s colder than normal. Surface Soil moisture seems to be near normal however January precip was 7” below normal, February was 2” above normal and March so far is about 4” below normal. Forest duff under the forest canopy is dry but open field soil is wet. |
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| 3/20/2025 | WA-KG-248 | WA | King |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
| Near normal but DEX says otherwise re precip: for the month, 2.53", down .22"; for the year, 8.57", down 3.85"; and for the water year, 24.20", down 4.39", grass is green and mowed once already so... |
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| 3/20/2025 | WI-PC-25 | WI | Pierce |
Mildly Dry
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Agriculture
| Had some rain last week. 1/4 inch and about .10” last weekend. Otherwise nothing terrible for now. |
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| 3/20/2025 | WI-RC-61 | WI | Racine |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Grass is beginning to green up. More birds arriving every day and they are on the ground pecking at the turf. Buds are swelling and chickadees are finding insects on tree and shrubs upper branches. Temperatures have wild swings from 29 to 61 degrees in a day. |
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| 3/20/2025 | CAN-BC-48 | CAN | British Columbia |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
| The past ten days has seen the arrival of spring. Buds on trees including apple have begun to swell. Some cherries have blossomed. Some evergreens are showing signs of new growth. Migratory birds have returned. Numerous birds of various species can be heard by 4:15a. The average daily mean was low 3.1°C and high 8.5°C. Average temperatures are up approx 1°C since last week. Rains have been seasonally normal this past week, the total for the month so far remains slightly above normal. The local mountains have a snow base of approx 2 metres and top of approx 3 metres at 1000m elevation. People are still skiing. There was a threat of snow at higher elevations in the city the end of last week. Spring is in the air. |
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| 3/20/2025 | CAN-NS-159 | CAN | Nova Scotia |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| SPRING STARTS TODAY IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. OUR SNOW, WHAT LITTLE WE HAD HAS ALL MELTED AWAY. WE DONT GET ANYWHERE THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WE USED TO YEARS AGO. SO FAR THIS YEAR WE ARE BELOW AVERAGE FOr RAINFALL. |
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| 3/20/2025 | CAN-ON-178 | CAN | Ontario |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| soil is moist but not mud, puddles in low areas of the bush, pond is full |
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