Drought in Garden, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions deteriorated to exceptional (D4) drought across portions of southwestern Garden County by the end of April. Across the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Crescent Lakes NWR reported 0.85 inches of precipitation in April. This was 1.28 inches below the normal of 2.13 inches. The cooperative observer at Oshkosh 8SW reported 0.59 inches of precipitation for April. This was 1.47 inches below the normal of 2.06 inches. The cooperative observer at Oshkosh reported 0.42 inches of precipitation in April. This was 1.58 inches below the normal of 2.00 inches. The cooperative station at Oshkosh 10NE reported 0.29 inches of precipitation in April.

Above normal temperatures persisted in April across western and north central Nebraska. This coupled with a continuation of well below normal precipitation, led to drought expansion across all of western and north central Nebraska in April.