Drought in Eastern Cherry, Nebraska

Over northeastern portions of Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) and abnormally dry (D0) conditions by the end of the June. Over east central and southeastern portions of Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to (D2) drought by the end of June. At the Valentine Airport, 6.89 inches of precipitation was reported in June. This was 2.93 inches above the normal of 4.53 inches. At the Valentine Lakes NWR, 3.00 inches of precipitation was reported for the month. This was 1.53 inches below the normal of 4.53 inches. The Cocorahs station at Valentine 15.6 SSW reported 4.88 inches of precipitation for June.

Above normal rainfall in portions of north central, central, southwestern and western Nebraska led to improvements in drought conditions across western and north central Nebraska in June. There were a few local areas where drought conditions remained unchanged in June.