| 5/1/2025 | AR-LW-2 | AR | Lawrence |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
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| Rain move into the area last night with more forecast for today. Green up will dry some of this soil moisture fast. |
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| 5/1/2025 | FL-LE-72 | FL | Lee |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
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| Less than an inch of rain since late February. Everything is brown and dried out. |
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| 5/1/2025 | IL-CP-154 | IL | Champaign |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Plants are happy, grass is green (neighbors mowing ~1x/week). Soil is moist but not saturated. Rain totaling around .5"/week for past few weeks. River levels near normal. |
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| 5/1/2025 | KS-SA-78 | KS | Saline |
Moderately Dry
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Agriculture
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| Even after last night's .28, I took my soil moisture probe out to the wheat field and could only put it down about 2 inches. I don't know how the wheat can still be holding on |
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| 5/1/2025 | LA-CD-12 | LA | Caddo Parish |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
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| wet conditions here, outdoor mowing restricted but everything is growing. Stations Precipitation totals MTD= 11.93", YTD= 24.92", one hail report entered for the month.
PM TRS w/RA 4/30/2025= 4.04" |
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| 5/1/2025 | MA-ES-12 | MA | Essex |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| Ground is drying out a little and is about right for this time of year. Trees, shrubs and garden plants are doing well with the warmer weather. Local brook about half full. Saw our first hummingbird on 4/30. |
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| 5/1/2025 | MO-MY-2 | MO | Montgomery |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Rec’vd 5.07 rain total for April, w/March at 3.1. We have some minor standing water in ditches from last 2 days of rain— little pond is quite full and all is green and healthy in the pasture and woods. Picture of farm field across our street and our woods and decorative grasses. |
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| 5/1/2025 | MO-SL-79 | MO | St. Louis |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
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| Condition Monitoring Report – April 2025
Location: Maryland Heights, MO
Reporting Period: January 1 – April 30, 2025
As of April 30, total precipitation for the month reached 228% of normal, marking the wettest Jan 1–Apr 30 period I’ve recorded in the past five seasons. This significant rainfall has led to very moist soils, vigorous vegetative growth, and no observable signs of drought stress.
Grasses are growing rapidly, including in unmanaged areas, and seasonal water features (ponds, ditches, streams) are full or near capacity. The landscape is noticeably greener than usual for this time of year.
Conditions are currently favorable, though continued monitoring will be important as evapotranspiration increases with the onset of warmer temperatures in May and June. |
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| 5/1/2025 | MO-WS-2 | MO | Washington |
Severely Wet
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Too wet to step in garden! |
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| 5/1/2025 | NH-GR-1 | NH | Grafton |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Have had improvement with some rain we received. Lake and river still a bit below what we expect for the end of April. Trees are leafing out, Tulip, Daffodils are blooming. |
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| 5/1/2025 | NY-CQ-22 | NY | Chautauqua |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
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| We had nearly normal precipitation (0.29" above expected) |
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| 5/1/2025 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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| Sunny and cool with light winds, then partly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds. The high temperature was around fifty five degrees, with a low around thirty eight degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feeder full every day. Intermittent streams are flowing. Bloodroot, Mayapples, Trilliums and Serviceberries are blooming, Meadow Rue, Stinging Nettles, Canada Lilies, and Blue Cohosh are emerging further. Weeping Willow leaves are appearing. Rock removal and field plowing is occurring. |
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| 5/1/2025 | NC-RW-17 | NC | Rowan |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
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| After a nice April, temperature wise, we had only 3.26" of our normal 3.76" of rain. Wed had 3 frosts mid month and only two days in the mid 80's the entire month for our warmest days: (85 on the 4th and 84 on the 5th). It was one of the nicest Aprils in recent history. No killer frost(s) for our big strawberry producing county. Best strawberry crop in years. Crops and livestock in good shape. Wildlife , crops and yards all in good shape. Water quality and quantity good . |
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| 5/1/2025 | NC-WK-13 | NC | Wake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
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| The soil was mildly dry. |
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| 5/1/2025 | OR-JC-74 | OR | Jackson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
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| Soil is drying in certain areas, still very moist in the forest. Seasonal creek is drying. Cool nights (39-44), warmer days (65-70). |
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| 5/1/2025 | SD-MH-71 | SD | Minnehaha |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Agriculture
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| Recent rains are keeping soil moisture adequate. Field drainage tiles are flowing. |
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| 5/1/2025 | TX-BXR-437 | TX | Bexar |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
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| For the month of April, 1.91 inches of rain was reported in the San Antonio area. This is 0.51 inch less than the April historical average. Rain gauge total was 2.40 inches. The lack of rainfall created severely dry conditions, resulting in more landscape watering and less water available for plants and wildlife. The Edwards Aquifer levels ranged from 625.3-630.6 feet with an average of about 628.2 feet. April historical average is 666.2 feet. Stage 3 Year Round watering restrictions remained in effect and the region is still in a five year drought. Wildfire threat was slightly lower. Average low and high temperatures were 60 and 80 degrees, with low and high temperatures recorded at 39 and 93 degrees, respectively. Energy costs were moderate due to milder temperatures. |
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| 5/1/2025 | WA-KG-248 | WA | King |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
Plants & Wildlife
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| Near normal although still below averages for April: precip for the month - 2.49", down .83" or 75% of normal; for the year to date - 14.12", down 3.13" or 82% of normal; and for the water year to date - 29.75", down 3.67" or 89% of normal (data obtained from DEX for this location) trees and plants are greening out and blooming like they should... |
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