Drought in Saline, Nebraska

Drought May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026 · Saline, Nebraska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across Saline County through the month of May, though improvements in areal coverage were observed. The coverage of severe drought shrank from 24 percent at the beginning of the month down to around 8 percent by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Friend 3E recorded 4.17 inches of precipitation, 0.73 inches below average. The CoCoRaHS observer at Tobias 4.7 SSW recorded 4.81 inches of precipitation, 0.95 inches below average.

The wider storm

Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across portions of eastern Nebraska through the month of May.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1340356. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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