Drought — Boyd, Nebraska

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Boyd, Nebraska

Event narrative

Severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions over northern Boyd county by the end of October. Over southern Boyd county, extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lynch reported 0.23 inches of precipitation in October.

Wider weather episode

Abnormally dry and warm conditions continued across western and north central Nebraska in October. Drought conditions deteriorated across all of western and north central Nebraska. With the exception of moderate (D1) drought conditions in most of Sheridan County, all of western and north central Nebraska had drought conditions ranging from severe (D2) to exceptional (D4) drought by the end of October.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1060707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.