Drought — Arthur, Nebraska

2025-06-01 to 2025-06-30 · Arthur, Nebraska

Event narrative

Severe (D2) drought conditions over far southeastern portions of Arthur County, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, moderate (D1) drought and abnormally dry (D0) conditions continued through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Arthur reported 5.70 inches of precipitation in June. This was 2.49 inches above the normal of 3.21 inches.

Wider weather episode

Abundant rainfall fell in June across western and north central Nebraska. This led to improvement in drought conditions across almost all of western and north central Nebraska. By the end of the month, three pockets of severe (D2) drought remained. The first over the eastern Sandhills, the second over western Garden County and the third over southeastern Hayes into most of Frontier County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270969. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.