Drought in Custer, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across west central and southwestern Custer County through the end of June. Over southeastern portions of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of the month. Over the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of June. At the Broken Bow Airport, 4.77 inches of precipitation was reported in June. This was 1.25 inches above the normal of 3.73 inches. The cooperative observer at Broken Bow 2W reported 3.96 inches of precipitation for June. This was 0.23 inches above the normal of 3.73 inches. The cooperative observer at Callaway 8WSW reported 2.16 inches of precipitation for June. Cocorahs stations at Berwyn 5.9 SSW, Anselmo 9.2 NW, Gothenburg 24.1 N, Merna 11.4 W and Callaway 0.2 S reported 4.82, 4.78, 2.04, 3.99 and 2.93 inches of precipitation in June respectively.

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.