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	5/18 - 5/24 Actual	% of Normal	Jan 1 - 5/24 Actual	% of Normal	Apr 1 - 5/24 Actual	% of Normal	Sep 1 - 5/24 Actual	% of Normal
Northwest District
Agate	0.38	49	3.84	82	3.16	90	4.73	61
Alliance	1.52	197	6.88	134	6.28	164	8.58	102
Big Springs	1.12	178	6.76	115	3.38	82	8.27	86
Harrison	0.88	97	4.44	69	3.43	72	5.87	57
Lodgepole	1.28	186	6.36	103	4.31	105	8.67	87
Scottsbluff	0.81	119	4.31	75	3.74	102	6.26	68
Scottsbluff	0.72	106	4.46	78	3.74	102	6.44	70
Sidney	1.20	158	5.20	97	4.14	111	7.19	84
Sidney	0.65	82	2.67	44	2.11	48	3.95	42
Chadron	0.91	123	6.31	100	4.79	117	9.12	87
Dalton	0.56	69	7.40	111	5.04	113	10.47	95
Harrisburg	0.38	59	4.13	77	3.02	86	5.81	64
Hemingford	1.04	141	5.73	102	4.92	127	7.66	85
Kimball	0.00	0	3.73	70	2.91	78	4.98	57
District_Averages:	0.82	111	5.16	89	3.93	99	7.00	74
North District
Ainsworth	0.97	107	7.43	99	4.64	90	8.86	69
Arthur	2.45	292	6.42	101	4.27	95	7.76	75
Bartlett	0.44	41	6.79	72	5.19	87	8.27	51
Ericson	0.78	74	7.98	94	6.13	112	9.02	60
Stapleton	0.36	41	5.63	72	3.48	72	7.17	54
Taylor	0.13	13	7.43	82	5.03	85	8.78	58
Butte	1.26	126	8.16	93	4.92	83	9.99	66
Chambers	0.77	73	8.16	95	5.90	101	10.00	64
Kilgore	3.97	462	12.49	177	8.25	168	15.27	132
O'Neill	0.62	62	7.22	85	5.13	92	8.19	56
Valentine	1.85	226	8.21	127	5.41	117	9.65	93
District_Averages:	1.24	137	7.81	99	5.30	100	9.36	70
Northeast District
Crofton	1.22	113	9.73	98	7.92	120	12.87	73
Hartington	1.32	125	8.49	91	6.32	107	11.26	67
Elgin	0.48	47	6.90	81	4.69	84	8.72	57
Loretto	0.44	36	7.19	85	5.87	104	8.68	57
Lyons	0.72	62	10.00	95	8.03	115	14.03	76
Norfolk	0.60	55	8.88	100	6.90	121	10.99	68
Wakefield	1.01	99	12.33	120	9.53	149	15.91	86
Wakefield	1.01	99	12.33	120	9.53	149	15.91	86
Walthill	0.39	38	9.34	92	7.68	120	13.76	78
Bloomfield	2.04	179	9.44	97	7.62	122	12.19	73
Norfolk	0.74	70	8.76	99	6.58	116	11.42	73
Oakdale	0.93	85	9.53	108	7.77	133	11.23	73
Tekamah	0.62	57	12.78	123	10.42	153	18.21	100
Wayne	1.63	147	10.50	113	8.95	143	13.17	81
West Point	1.06	99	10.09	99	7.86	121	14.14	80
District_Averages:	0.95	87	9.75	101	7.71	123	12.83	75
Central District
Grand Island	1.05	86	8.84	98	6.07	102	12.28	83
Greeley	0.78	73	7.05	82	5.57	101	8.29	55
Kearney	0.31	27	7.90	94	6.40	117	9.63	69
Loup City	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Wolbach	0.84	70	7.13	85	5.67	99	9.20	61
District_Averages:	0.60	51	6.18	71	4.74	83	7.88	53
East District
Columbus	1.41	119	9.48	101	7.54	124	12.83	78
Malcolm	1.28	108	9.28	95	5.95	94	13.58	80
Osceola	1.32	106	9.22	94	7.19	114	13.97	83
Papillion	0.56	44	11.39	106	8.58	124	17.51	95
Bennington	1.10	93	12.31	121	9.33	143	16.99	93
David City	2.00	182	11.35	117	7.01	117	15.68	92
Fremont	0.97	88	10.17	105	7.51	122	14.12	82
Gretna	0.68	56	11.96	110	8.70	129	17.74	95
Lincoln	1.08	98	9.86	104	6.47	106	15.16	90
Omaha Eppley	0.94	75	11.86	115	8.59	129	17.75	100
Schuyler	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Raymond	1.15	92	10.04	101	6.48	101	13.98	80
Seward	1.44	123	9.32	105	5.30	91	13.48	86
Uehling	0.53	48	9.13	90	5.68	85	14.37	81
Utica	2.13	170	9.74	101	6.14	100	13.77	83
District_Averages:	1.11	93	9.67	97	6.70	105	14.06	81
Southwest District
Hayes Center	0.74	85	4.69	66	3.66	79	5.86	49
Kingsley	3.25	406	7.34	115	4.98	116	8.52	82
Max	0.52	72	6.83	106	4.72	110	9.00	82
North Platte	0.33	37	4.39	65	3.10	66	5.00	45
North Platte	0.38	43	4.85	72	3.08	65	5.65	53
Stratton	0.44	48	2.69	42	1.33	30	4.78	46
Benkelman	0.41	48	6.41	96	4.04	94	8.79	80
Culbertson	0.31	37	5.68	80	4.31	91	7.41	63
Eustis	0.17	17	5.87	73	3.44	66	7.29	55
Imperial	2.24	277	5.95	89	4.36	100	7.64	71
Madrid	2.17	268	5.78	88	3.76	85	7.30	69
McCook	0.09	11	5.04	70	1.98	42	7.24	60
Trenton Dam	0.33	39	5.03	74	3.51	76	6.48	57
District_Averages:	0.88	106	5.43	79	3.56	78	7.00	62
South District
Hastings	0.50	41	7.84	81	4.22	66	11.99	74
Holdrege	0.13	11	6.83	77	3.96	68	9.32	64
Elwood	0.54	53	5.60	74	3.69	74	7.05	56
Franklin	0.16	13	5.47	62	2.63	45	9.48	64
Minden	0.12	9	5.62	67	4.12	74	7.70	54
Oxford	0.36	31	4.46	57	3.33	66	6.04	46
District_Averages:	0.30	26	5.97	69	3.66	65	8.60	59
Southeast District
Auburn	2.21	184	12.10	115	9.10	144	17.35	93
Bruning	0.93	76	8.68	90	4.77	75	13.26	77
Geneva	0.99	80	7.88	83	4.49	70	12.01	71
Rulo	0.78	61	11.49	100	9.29	129	16.50	83
Shickley	0.95	79	7.39	78	3.96	64	11.60	70
Superior	0.77	66	8.65	90	5.11	83	12.40	75
Western	1.00	81	8.99	90	6.38	102	13.75	78
Beatrice	0.68	50	8.95	86	6.28	93	14.15	80
Fairbury	0.84	65	10.13	97	7.64	113	14.47	79
Fairmont	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Friend	0.97	77	8.40	84	5.48	85	12.25	71
Pawnee City	1.41	119	10.21	93	8.33	128	16.20	83
Table	2.73	229	12.92	119	9.40	143	17.98	92
Tecumseh	0.88	64	13.06	117	10.50	155	18.97	99
District_Averages:	1.08	87	9.20	88	6.48	98	13.64	75
District_Averages:	0.94	99	7.28	89	5.18	96	9.68	69

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