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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. We expect to return to reporting of Nebraska data in tabular and map form in May.

Precipitation Maps

State Precipitation

Station	2/02 - 2/08 Actual	% of Normal	Jan 1 - 2/08 Actual	% of Normal	Apr 1 - 2/08 Actual	% of Normal	Sep 1 - 2/08 Actual	% of Normal
Northwest District
Agate	0.10	143	0.37	90	17.10	132	3.58	121
Alliance	0.00	0	0.20	44	14.91	97	4.37	127
Big Springs	0.34	486	0.38	84	20.68	134	3.13	91
Harrison	0.02	29	0.25	51	18.80	123	4.18	104
Lodgepole	0.44	629	0.60	140	24.72	149	4.29	116
Scottsbluff	0.00	0	0.10	25	17.53	135	2.89	98
Scottsbluff	0.03	43	0.19	33	17.10	124	2.58	70
Sidney	0.39	557	0.49	140	23.05	154	3.95	131
Sidney	0.05	71	0.07	14	25.90	149	2.62	71
Chadron	0.00	0	0.66	143	20.05	141	4.64	130
Dalton	0.35	350	0.73	118	24.42	141	5.22	121
Harrisburg	0.13	186	0.28	62	18.72	145	3.71	119
Hemingford	0.04	57	0.49	89	20.70	132	3.82	105
Kimball	0.00	0	0.08	15	15.12	94	3.30	90
District_Averages:	0.13	182	0.35	74	19.91	132	3.73	106
North District
Ainsworth	0.30	214	0.39	66	26.49	128	6.19	112
Arthur	0.10	143	0.10	24	25.54	147	3.38	86
Bartlett	0.84	933	0.98	185	27.30	122	4.53	72
Ericson	0.70	500	0.70	106	24.96	115	4.13	64
Stapleton	1.38	971	1.51	387	16.78	91	5.28	123
Taylor	0.89	636	0.92	148	24.79	115	6.39	110
Butte	0.18	257	0.39	76	26.82	128	3.01	52
Chambers	0.47	470	0.59	107	29.17	143	4.49	77
Kilgore	0.00	0	0.45	122	23.49	136	3.78	94
O'Neill	0.18	180	0.31	51	25.91	120	3.78	63
Valentine	0.14	200	0.33	89	19.27	114	3.77	100
District_Averages:	0.47	500	0.61	123	24.59	123	4.43	86
Northeast District
Crofton	0.23	164	0.77	143	23.82	109	3.06	50
Hartington	0.00	0	0.21	32	26.68	119	3.04	46
Elgin	0.53	379	0.77	115	22.11	99	4.89	79
Loretto	0.55	393	0.67	118	23.06	99	4.35	69
Lyons	0.58	414	0.84	129	27.76	108	3.28	42
Norfolk	0.40	211	0.58	73	21.82	83	3.04	36
Wakefield	0.14	88	0.33	41	23.50	96	2.50	32
Wakefield	0.14	88	0.33	41	23.50	96	2.50	32
Walthill	0.12	86	0.26	38	19.57	79	1.86	24
Bloomfield	0.34	162	0.72	80	25.36	107	3.59	50
Norfolk	0.39	279	0.57	84	18.63	82	3.17	49
Oakdale	0.69	493	0.91	147	25.17	110	4.82	76
Tekamah	0.75	536	0.92	119	27.22	103	3.61	42
Wayne	0.22	147	0.36	55	20.60	88	2.63	38
West Point	0.62	310	0.73	96	25.84	100	3.38	42
District_Averages:	0.38	250	0.60	87	23.64	98	3.31	47
Central District
Grand Island	0.92	657	1.08	174	25.44	113	5.43	83
Greeley	0.47	336	0.56	97	24.51	105	4.74	72
Kearney	0.86	614	0.89	151	30.43	136	7.18	114
Loup City	0.78	557	0.86	141	24.87	107	5.92	90
Wolbach	0.95	679	1.17	249	33.28	148	6.94	111
District_Averages:	0.80	568	0.91	162	27.71	121	6.04	94
East District
Columbus	0.10	71	0.18	31	28.15	112	4.49	57
Malcolm	1.81	293	1.89	259	31.04	119	6.59	77
Osceola	1.30	867	1.50	214	30.12	119	5.05	64
Papillion	1.40	000	1.54	223	26.85	101	6.27	73
Bennington	1.26	900	1.40	187	29.46	110	5.97	67
David City	1.18	656	1.31	170	30.60	114	5.25	60
Fremont	0.66	471	0.74	85	25.98	94	4.06	44
Gretna	1.29	921	1.50	217	27.80	105	6.51	75
Lincoln	1.54	100	1.70	243	28.35	111	7.20	85
Omaha Eppley	0.96	686	1.02	113	27.29	100	5.42	58
Schuyler	0.11	79	0.11	17	24.15	96	3.32	42
Raymond	1.87	336	1.97	318	31.52	121	6.44	79
Seward	2.54	814	2.66	397	29.99	121	6.89	86
Uehling	1.03	736	1.14	136	31.76	117	5.44	61
Utica	0.96	686	1.08	193	28.81	118	5.63	76
District_Averages:	1.20	841	1.32	186	28.79	110	5.64	66
Southwest District
Hayes Center	0.72	029	0.79	168	25.74	138	2.86	65
Kingsley	0.28	400	0.34	60	22.42	133	3.38	84
Max	0.82	171	0.87	189	23.64	130	3.61	90
North Platte	0.51	729	0.61	149	23.50	132	4.52	106
North Platte	1.06	514	1.18	268	22.17	125	4.78	115
Stratton	0.62	886	0.64	133	21.01	114	2.70	62
Benkelman	0.61	871	0.70	137	23.86	143	3.58	86
Culbertson	0.57	814	0.66	120	23.57	121	4.41	93
Eustis	0.98	400	1.20	226	26.07	132	5.86	119
Imperial	0.59	843	0.71	134	23.91	136	3.53	87
Madrid	1.07	529	1.13	226	27.79	160	4.56	118
McCook	0.32	457	0.32	62	21.04	111	3.19	69
Trenton Dam	0.59	843	0.64	128	18.75	99	2.91	62
District_Averages:	0.67	960	0.75	153	23.34	128	3.84	88
South District
Hastings	1.61	150	1.75	261	25.15	100	5.53	75
Holdrege	1.59	136	1.65	284	29.65	130	8.68	141
Elwood	1.06	964	1.22	218	23.30	112	5.79	111
Franklin	1.03	792	1.15	209	28.50	129	5.42	89
Minden	1.01	918	1.06	241	27.66	123	6.83	112
Oxford	0.43	391	0.54	98	30.20	142	8.64	154
District_Averages:	1.12	891	1.23	218	27.41	122	6.82	113
Southeast District
Auburn	1.71	814	1.90	186	29.69	103	7.69	77
Bruning	1.96	400	2.21	320	27.60	105	5.89	68
Geneva	1.55	107	1.66	234	23.55	90	4.69	56
Rulo	1.56	743	1.61	149	32.88	101	9.01	77
Shickley	1.98	414	2.11	346	25.69	103	5.30	67
Superior	0.00	0	0.00	0	24.93	99	3.54	42
Western	1.54	100	1.57	257	26.63	104	7.20	90
Beatrice	1.57	047	1.65	214	27.09	94	7.46	79
Fairbury	1.65	100	2.14	268	30.86	112	7.48	84
Fairmont	1.97	407	2.08	330	24.79	102	5.53	70
Friend	1.71	221	1.83	273	28.29	109	6.76	82
Pawnee City	2.08	095	2.22	247	22.98	78	8.65	87
Table	2.09	995	2.17	213	24.93	84	6.24	62
Tecumseh	2.02	962	2.29	216	25.50	87	8.09	80
District_Averages:	1.67	028	1.82	232	26.82	97	6.68	72
District_Averages:	0.68	585	0.82	139	24.60	118	4.74	85

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