Drought in Lincoln, Nebraska

Across far eastern portions of Lincoln County, extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Hershey 5SSE reported 3.83 inches of precipitation in June. This was 0.01 inches above the normal of 3.82 inches. The cooperative observer at Wallace 2W reported 3.76 inches of precipitation for June. This was 0.07 inches below the normal of 3.83 inches. At the North Platte Regional Airport, 2.68 inches of precipitation was reported in June. This was 0.86 inches below the normal of 3.54 inches. The cooperative observer at Brady reported 2.14 inches of precipitation for June. Cocorahs stations at North Platte 0.9 ENE, North Platte 0.6 WNW, Wellfleet 7.6 NNE and North Platte 2.4 WNW reported 3.72, 3.18, 3.07, and 3.19 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.