Drought in Frontier, Nebraska

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions improved to extreme (D3) drought by the end of June across the southern half of the county. Over the remainder of the county extreme (D3) drought persisted or improved to severe (D2) drought by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Curtis reported 2.49 inches of precipitation for June. This was 1.17 inches below the normal of 3.66 inches. The cooperative observer at Eustis 2NW reported 1.70 inches of precipitation for the month of June. This was 1.80 inches below the normal of 3.50 inches. Cocorahs stations at Maywood, Maywood 10.4 S, Cambridge 7.3 N and Eustis 7.9 SW reported 2.74, 1.67, 1.22, a 1.28 inches for 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.