Drought in Seward, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions were present across a trace of Seward County at the beginning of the month, but conditions improved slightly throughout April. Extreme drought coverage was reduced to zero by the end of the month, while the coverage of severe (D2) drought shrank from 100 percent at the beginning of the month down to around 95 percent. The cooperative observer at Seward recorded 2.32 inches of precipitation, 0.14 inches below average. The CoCoRaHS observers at Utica 0.1 SSE and Seward 4.7 NE recorded 2.44 and 3.03 inches of precipitation, respectively. These values were 0.27 inches below and 0.40 inches above average, respectively.

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.