Drought — Brown, Nebraska

2023-08-01 to 2023-08-31 · Brown, Nebraska

Event narrative

Over the southern third of Brown county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of August. Over far southern Brown County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Ainsworth reported 1.77 inches of precipitation for August. This was 1.04 inches below the normal of 2.81 inches. The cooperative observer at Elsmere 9ENE reported 1.25 inches of precipitation for August. This was 1.69 inches below the normal of 2.94 inches.

Wider weather episode

Near normal to above normal precipitation fell across western and north central Nebraska in August. This led to improving drought conditions across the area. Rainfall totals were generally in the 2 to 4 inch range for the month with some pockets of 1 to 2 inches noted in Custer, Chase, Perkins and portions of Holt county. Burwell was the driest station with 0.41 inches of precipitation for August. With the exception of a small area from northeastern McPherson county to southern Brown County, a one category improvement in drought conditions occurred during August across most of western and north central Nebraska.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1133103. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.