Blaine storm history

Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to as high as 70 mph were common across Blaine County during the late evening hours on December 17th through the morning hours on December 18th. The strongest winds occurred during the late evening hours on December 17th. A nearby mesone…

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across Blaine County during the morning hours into the mid afternoon hours. A nearby mesonet site near Sargent recorded the highest peak wind gust of 67 mph at 106 pm CST, while the nearby Broken Bow ASOS sit…

Mesonet measured 60 MPH wind gusts at this location.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over southern Blaine County, improved to moderate (D1) and abnormally (D0) drought conditions by the end of July. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 3.26 inches of precipitation for July.

Half dollar sized hail along with wind gusts of 35 to 45 MPH were reported at this location.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over southern Blaine County, persisted through the end of June. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 9.50 inches of precipitation for the month.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over north central Blaine County, improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of May. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 8.03 inches o…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of April. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 2.56 inches of precipitation for April.

Across Blaine County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 20 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 18th through the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined to produc…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of February. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.27 inches of precipitation for February.

Across Blaine County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the evening hours on January 20th through the early morning hours on January 21st. As winds diminished to light southwest and temperatures fell to 10 to 15 below zero, the winds combined to produ…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of January.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of December.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of November.

Abnormally dry (D0) and moderate (D1) drought conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of October over all of Blaine County.

Emergency management reports a cattle truck blown over on highway 91 along with a transformer pole broke off. Time estimated from radar.

General public located in Dunning reported a storm total snowfall of 8.0 inches. Freezing rain and sleet began during the evening hours on March 24th and transitioned to heavy snow during late evening hours, continued into the daytime hours on March 25th. Visibility fell below a …

Across Blaine County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the evening hours on January 12th through the morning hours on January 16th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred at times during the event. The winds combined to p…

Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph at times occurred during the event, causing blizzard conditions across Blaine County with visibility of a quarter mile or less at times. Considerable blowing and drifting occurred. Blizzard conditions began at 4 pm CST on Decem…

Severe (D2) drought conditions, over central portions of Blaine County, improved to abnormally dry (D0) conditions by the end of October. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 3.49 inches of precipitation for October.

Severe (D2) drought conditions, persisted over central portions of Blaine County through the end of September. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 1.67 inches of precipitation for September.

Severe (D2) drought conditions, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions over far northwestern and southeastern portions of Blaine County by the end of August. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought persisted. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 3.84 in…

Nebraska department of roads camera.

Public reported quarter size hail north of Brewster.

Public reported hail to half dollar size northwest of Brewster.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of July.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Blaine County through the end of June.

Pea to walnut sized hail covered the ground at this location. Tree damage was also reported at this location.

Marble to quarter sized hail covered the ground. Time estimated from radar.

Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of May.

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of April over the northern third of Blaine County. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported …

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of March over the northern third of Blaine County. Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the remainder of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.48 inches of precipit…

Across Blaine County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 23nd through the morning hours on February 23rd. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred to produce a lowest wind chill of 32 below at the nearby Brok…

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of February over the northern third of Blaine County. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued over the southern two-thirds of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.56 inche…

General public located in Dunning reported 20 inches of snowfall. The nearby Broken Bow ASOS reported visibilities of a quarter mile or less from 9 am CST through 6 pm CST on January 18th. Snowfall across Blaine County ranged from 15 to 20 inches. Northerly winds of 15 to 30 mph …

General public located 5 miles southwest of Dunning reported 12 inches of snowfall. A light glaze of ice from freezing rain preceded the snow. Total snowfall amounts across Blaine County ranged around 12 inches. North winds gusting to 35 to 45 mph caused considerable blowing and …

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of January over the northern third of Blaine County. Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions over the southern two-thirds of the county by the end of the month. The cooperative observer a…

Across Blaine County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early afternoon hours on January 21st and continued until the early morning hours on January 24th. Northerly winds as high as 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph occur…

Winter storm conditions occurred across Blaine County as northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused areas of blowing and drifting and visibility of a quarter mile or less at times. Total snowfall ranged from 2 to 5 inches. Winter storm conditions began at 10 am C…

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of December. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.95 inches of precipitation for December. This was 0.30 inches above the normal of 0.65 inches.

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of November. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.15 inches of precipitation for November. This was 0.46 inches below the normal of 0.61 inches.

Severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions over all of Blaine county by the end of October. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 0.45 inches of precipitation for October. This was 1.41 inches below the normal of 1.86 inches.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over all of Blaine county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Purdum reported 1.60 inches of precipitation for September. This was 0.74 inches below the normal of 2.34 inches.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all, but far southwestern portions of Blaine county in August. Across far southwestern portions of the county, drought conditions worsened from moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of August. The cooperative ob…

All but the southwest corner of Blaine County was designated as D2 (severe drought) through the month of July.