Drought in Pierce, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across Pierce County through the month of April, though significant improvements in areal coverage were observed. The coverage of extreme drought shrank from around 87 percent at the beginning of the month down to around 4 percent by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Pierce recorded 2.61 inches of precipitation, 0.23 inches below average. The CoCoRaHS observers at Pierce 2.6 NNE and Pierce 9.1 W recorded 2.28 and 2.26 inches of precipitation, respectively. These values were 0.66 inches below average at both locations.

Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across portions of eastern Nebraska through the month of April. However, there was some slight improvement through the month with only small departures from average precipitation in many locations.