Drought — Blaine, Nebraska

2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Blaine, Nebraska

Event narrative

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of December.

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions remained largely unchanged across western and north central Nebraska in December. Locations generally north of a line from Oshkosh, to Tryon, to North Platte and Brady, saw severe (D2) drought continuing through the end of December. There was some extreme (D3) drought expansion into northwestern Cherry County during December. December 2024 was very dry across western and north central Nebraska with most location seeing well below normal precipitation.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226663. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.