Drought in Seward, Nebraska

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across Seward County through the month of May, with an expansion in areal coverage observed. The coverage of severe drought expanded from around 95 percent at the beginning of the month up to around 99 percent by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Seward recorded 2.96 inches of precipitation, 1.91 inches below average. The CoCoRaHS observers at Seward 4.7 NE and Utica 0.1 SSE recorded 3.87 and 3.57 inches of precipitation, respectively. These values were 0.67 and 1.37 inches below average.

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