For the first time in several months, some parts of the local area saw a decrease in the drought level from severe to moderate drought.
Per the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update, all of Gosper County and the eastern and southern edge of Dawson County are now under moderate drought, D1, conditions.
However, the northwestern part of Dawson County remains under severe drought, D2, conditions.
The last week featured highly variable rainfall due to the scattered coverage of thunderstorm activity.
“The majority of our coverage area received somewhere between 0.10-1.50”. However, pockets of the area measured at least 2-3 inches (including parts of Phelps/Sherman counties), while various other localized areas saw less than 0.10” (including small parts of several counties such as: Smith, Osborne, Phillips, York),” the National Weather Service – Hastings noted.
Between June 1 – 27, the community in the NWS Hastings area with the most rainfall was Rockville, with 6.29 inches, the Kearney airport reported 5.49 inches during the same time period.
On the other side, areas to the south and east saw much drier conditions; Stromsburg only posted 0.35 inches, while York recorded barely 0.68 inches. Over the past 30 days, the majority of the NWS Hastings coverage area, “received somewhere between 1.25-5.50 inches (generally 35-145 percent of normal). However, limited areas within mainly northern, western and southern counties tallied at least 6 inches, while parts of mainly far eastern local Nebraska counties failed to even measure one inch,” per NWS Hastings.
Source: lexch.com
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