Drought in Chase, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions across northeastern portions of Chase County improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) and abnormally dry (D0) drought conditions by the end of June. The cooperative observer at Imperial reported 2.86 inches of precipitation for June. This was 0.44 inches below the normal of 3.30 inches. At the Imperial Airport, 2.38 inches of precipitation fell in June. This was 0.67 inches below the normal of 3.05 inches. Cocorahas stations at Imperial 7.6 S, Champion 3.7 SSE, Enders 1.0 NNW, Champion 2.6 SW and Imperial 12.8 ENE reported 2.09, 2.16, 4.14, 2.62 and 4.57 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.