Drought — Brown, Nebraska

2025-01-01 to 2025-01-31 · Brown, Nebraska

Event narrative

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Brown County through the end of January. The cooperative observer at Elsmere 9ENE reported 0.10 inches of precipitation in January. This was 0.44 inches below the normal of 0.54 inches. The cooperative observer at Ainsworth reported 0.18 inches of precipitation in January. This was 0.24 inches below the normal of 0.42 inches.

Wider weather episode

Moderate (D1) drought conditions expanded somewhat into portions of southwestern Nebraska in January. Across the remainder of western and north central Nebraska, drought conditions remained unchanged during the month of January.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1235088. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.