Precipitation Summary for the High Plains Region

The following precipitation maps and data include information from weather stations throughout the High Plains District, including Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, most of Iowa, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.

Precipitation Maps

State Precipitation

Station	6/11 - 6/17 Actual	% of Normal	Jan 1 - 6/17 Actual	% of Normal	Apr 1 - 6/17 Actual	% of Normal	Sep 1 - 6/17 Actual	% of Normal
Northwest District
Agate	0.45	65	4.88	72	4.20	74	5.77	58
Alliance	0.00	0	8.07	105	7.47	116	9.77	89
Big Springs	0.34	50	9.23	116	5.85	95	10.74	92
Harrison	0.12	15	5.51	61	4.50	62	6.94	54
Lodgepole	0.07	7	8.75	100	6.70	100	11.06	88
Scottsbluff	0.00	0	5.22	64	4.65	77	7.17	62
Scottsbluff	0.00	0	5.19	64	4.47	74	7.17	62
Sidney	0.21	22	7.54	94	6.48	101	9.53	84
Sidney	0.00	0	4.74	55	4.18	60	6.02	50
Chadron	0.30	32	7.12	79	5.60	83	9.93	76
Dalton	0.45	48	9.79	105	7.43	104	12.86	94
Harrisburg	0.09	12	4.88	64	3.77	66	6.56	58
Hemingford	0.00	0	7.42	92	6.61	105	9.35	82
Kimball	0.04	5	5.27	69	4.45	73	6.52	59
District_Averages:	0.15	18	6.69	81	5.45	85	8.53	72
North District
Ainsworth	0.23	23	10.51	101	7.72	96	11.94	76
Arthur	0.00	0	9.25	106	7.10	103	10.59	83
Bartlett	0.00	0	10.22	79	8.62	91	11.70	59
Ericson	0.10	9	13.05	109	11.20	126	14.09	76
Stapleton	0.40	36	9.12	82	6.97	86	10.66	65
Taylor	0.02	2	11.66	95	9.26	101	13.01	70
Butte	0.10	10	14.07	119	10.83	120	15.90	87
Chambers	1.25	121	12.97	110	10.71	119	14.81	79
Kilgore	0.21	23	14.66	150	10.42	137	17.44	122
O'Neill	0.17	18	13.63	120	11.54	136	14.60	83
Valentine	0.09	9	9.97	108	7.17	97	11.41	87
District_Averages:	0.23	22	11.74	107	9.23	110	13.29	80
Northeast District
Crofton	2.29	188	14.68	110	12.87	127	17.82	85
Hartington	1.88	155	12.94	102	10.77	117	15.71	78
Elgin	0.05	5	10.19	86	7.98	90	12.01	65
Loretto	0.00	0	10.41	87	9.09	99	11.90	64
Lyons	0.77	63	13.79	98	11.82	113	17.82	81
Norfolk	0.20	15	11.68	92	9.70	101	13.79	69
Wakefield	0.31	24	14.89	107	12.09	120	18.47	84
Wakefield	0.31	24	14.89	107	12.09	120	18.47	84
Walthill	0.31	26	12.04	90	10.38	107	16.46	79
Bloomfield	0.94	83	14.07	108	12.25	128	16.82	84
Norfolk	0.21	19	11.92	98	9.74	109	14.58	77
Oakdale	0.07	6	12.99	106	11.23	120	14.69	78
Tekamah	0.93	78	16.96	122	14.60	142	22.39	103
Wayne	0.34	31	12.55	99	11.00	114	15.22	78
West Point	1.57	120	14.77	107	12.54	124	18.82	88
District_Averages:	0.68	55	13.25	101	11.21	115	16.33	79
Central District
Grand Island	0.07	6	13.57	108	10.80	115	17.01	93
Greeley	0.04	3	12.00	99	10.52	116	13.24	71
Kearney	0.31	29	12.81	111	11.31	131	14.54	85
Loup City	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Wolbach	0.34	31	11.56	98	10.10	111	13.63	74
District_Averages:	0.15	13	9.99	83	8.55	94	11.68	64
East District
Columbus	0.32	25	15.39	117	13.45	137	18.74	92
Malcolm	0.23	19	15.80	120	12.47	128	20.10	98
Osceola	0.30	26	15.14	113	13.11	133	19.89	97
Papillion	2.67	209	18.11	125	15.30	143	24.23	109
Bennington	0.82	61	17.97	128	14.99	145	22.65	103
David City	0.20	15	16.83	125	12.49	127	21.16	102
Fremont	0.71	55	15.98	119	13.32	135	19.93	95
Gretna	1.93	137	18.30	123	15.04	141	24.08	106
Lincoln	0.24	20	17.09	133	13.70	145	22.39	112
Omaha Eppley	1.37	122	17.24	125	13.97	138	23.13	109
Schuyler	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Raymond	0.20	17	17.17	129	13.61	139	21.11	101
Seward	0.59	49	16.20	131	12.18	131	20.36	106
Uehling	1.54	122	13.66	99	10.21	100	18.90	88
Utica	0.24	22	12.89	100	9.29	99	16.92	85
District_Averages:	0.76	59	15.18	112	12.21	122	19.57	93
Southwest District
Hayes Center	0.05	6	7.59	78	6.56	90	8.76	60
Kingsley	0.01	1	11.10	123	8.74	125	12.28	94
Max	0.56	67	8.84	100	6.73	101	11.01	82
North Platte	0.10	10	6.91	71	5.62	73	7.52	54
North Platte	0.00	0	6.63	70	4.86	64	7.43	55
Stratton	0.56	67	4.79	53	3.43	48	6.88	53
Benkelman	0.43	56	8.19	90	5.82	86	10.57	79
Culbertson	0.35	40	8.92	91	7.55	102	10.65	74
Eustis	0.39	41	7.46	68	5.03	62	8.88	55
Imperial	0.07	7	6.51	69	4.92	69	8.20	61
Madrid	0.13	14	8.28	89	6.26	87	9.80	74
McCook	0.20	22	5.97	60	2.91	40	8.17	56
Trenton Dam	0.24	29	6.42	68	4.90	68	7.87	57
District_Averages:	0.24	27	7.51	79	5.64	78	9.08	65
South District
Hastings	0.19	20	12.86	101	9.24	99	17.01	88
Holdrege	0.63	62	9.65	80	6.78	76	12.14	69
Elwood	0.69	69	7.31	70	5.40	68	8.76	56
Franklin	0.00	0	7.56	62	4.72	52	11.57	64
Minden	0.56	53	9.23	80	7.73	87	11.31	65
Oxford	0.54	62	6.32	59	5.19	65	7.90	49
District_Averages:	0.43	44	8.82	75	6.51	74	11.45	65
Southeast District
Auburn	0.33	29	20.20	146	17.20	178	25.45	115
Bruning	0.15	13	13.56	104	9.65	99	18.14	88
Geneva	0.03	3	13.01	101	9.62	98	17.14	84
Rulo	0.96	79	16.31	109	14.11	132	21.32	91
Shickley	0.10	9	13.78	108	10.35	109	17.99	90
Superior	0.26	28	11.95	96	8.41	94	15.70	81
Western	0.44	40	14.19	106	11.58	121	18.95	90
Beatrice	0.34	30	13.65	99	10.98	108	18.85	89
Fairbury	0.26	20	17.67	125	15.18	146	22.01	100
Fairmont	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Friend	0.16	14	12.29	92	9.37	95	16.14	78
Pawnee City	0.05	4	18.13	126	16.25	164	24.12	105
Table	0.12	10	20.63	143	17.11	169	25.69	111
Tecumseh	0.17	16	18.77	129	16.21	160	24.68	110
District_Averages:	0.24	21	14.58	106	11.86	119	19.01	88
District_Averages:	0.32	29	10.72	94	8.62	100	13.12	76

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