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	5/11 - 5/17 Actual	% of Normal	Jan 1 - 5/17 Actual	% of Normal	Apr 1 - 5/17 Actual	% of Normal	Sep 1 - 5/17 Actual	% of Normal
Northwest District
Agate	0.09	13	3.46	87	2.78	99	4.35	62
Alliance	0.30	43	5.36	120	4.76	151	7.06	92
Big Springs	0.17	26	5.64	106	2.26	64	7.15	79
Harrison	0.17	20	3.56	63	2.55	65	4.99	53
Lodgepole	0.14	20	5.08	92	3.03	87	7.39	79
Scottsbluff	0.00	0	3.50	68	2.93	96	5.45	64
Scottsbluff	0.03	5	3.74	73	3.02	99	5.72	67
Sidney	0.13	19	4.12	88	3.06	100	6.11	77
Sidney	0.03	4	2.02	37	1.46	39	3.30	38
Chadron	0.36	55	5.76	101	4.24	123	8.57	87
Dalton	0.27	35	6.84	115	4.48	120	9.91	96
Harrisburg	0.05	8	3.75	78	2.64	89	5.43	64
Hemingford	0.03	4	4.69	94	3.88	121	6.62	79
Kimball	0.13	19	3.73	80	2.91	95	4.98	61
District_Averages:	0.14	19	4.38	85	3.14	96	6.22	71
North District
Ainsworth	0.47	52	6.57	98	3.78	87	8.00	66
Arthur	0.50	60	3.97	70	1.82	48	5.31	55
Bartlett	0.12	12	6.35	75	4.75	94	7.83	51
Ericson	0.72	73	7.20	95	5.35	118	8.24	58
Stapleton	0.13	16	5.27	75	3.12	77	6.81	55
Taylor	0.06	6	7.30	90	4.90	98	8.65	60
Butte	0.74	74	6.90	87	3.66	72	8.73	61
Chambers	0.45	46	7.39	96	5.13	104	9.23	63
Kilgore	1.67	196	8.52	135	4.28	103	11.30	105
O'Neill	0.76	79	6.85	90	4.76	101	7.82	57
Valentine	0.47	58	5.69	99	2.89	74	7.13	74
District_Averages:	0.55	61	6.55	91	4.04	88	8.10	64
Northeast District
Crofton	0.42	44	8.57	96	6.76	119	11.71	71
Hartington	0.64	67	7.17	86	5.00	101	9.94	63
Elgin	0.13	14	6.42	84	4.21	91	8.24	58
Loretto	0.20	19	6.75	91	5.43	119	8.24	58
Lyons	0.00	0	9.28	97	7.31	122	13.31	76
Norfolk	0.05	5	8.28	105	6.30	133	10.39	69
Wakefield	0.35	35	11.32	120	8.52	155	14.90	85
Wakefield	0.35	35	11.32	120	8.52	155	14.90	85
Walthill	0.25	24	8.95	97	7.29	133	13.37	80
Bloomfield	0.45	43	7.40	85	5.58	106	10.15	64
Norfolk	0.01	1	8.02	101	5.84	123	10.68	73
Oakdale	0.41	42	8.60	110	6.84	140	10.30	71
Tekamah	0.00	0	12.16	129	9.80	167	17.59	101
Wayne	0.56	52	8.87	106	7.32	138	11.54	76
West Point	0.00	0	9.03	97	6.80	122	13.08	78
District_Averages:	0.25	25	8.81	101	6.77	128	11.89	73
Central District
Grand Island	0.00	0	7.79	98	5.02	102	11.23	81
Greeley	0.03	3	6.27	81	4.79	105	7.51	53
Kearney	0.07	6	7.59	103	6.09	135	9.32	72
Loup City	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Wolbach	0.00	0	6.29	85	4.83	103	8.36	59
District_Averages:	0.02	1	5.59	73	4.15	89	7.28	53
East District
Columbus	0.00	0	8.07	97	6.13	121	11.42	74
Malcolm	0.00	0	8.00	92	4.67	88	12.30	77
Osceola	0.00	0	7.90	91	5.87	112	12.65	80
Papillion	0.00	0	10.83	113	8.02	138	16.95	98
Bennington	0.00	0	11.21	122	8.23	149	15.89	92
David City	0.05	5	9.35	107	5.01	100	13.68	85
Fremont	0.00	0	9.20	105	6.54	126	13.15	81
Gretna	0.00	0	11.28	115	8.02	141	17.06	97
Lincoln	0.00	0	8.78	103	5.39	105	14.08	89
Omaha Eppley	0.15	12	11.07	120	7.80	140	16.96	102
Schuyler	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Raymond	0.00	0	8.89	100	5.33	100	12.83	78
Seward	0.00	0	7.88	100	3.86	81	12.04	82
Uehling	0.00	0	8.60	93	5.15	91	13.84	82
Utica	0.00	0	7.61	89	4.01	80	11.64	75
District_Averages:	0.01	1	8.58	96	5.60	104	12.97	79
Southwest District
Hayes Center	0.45	54	3.95	62	2.92	75	5.12	46
Kingsley	0.25	33	4.09	72	1.73	48	5.27	54
Max	0.40	63	6.31	108	4.20	115	8.48	82
North Platte	0.21	25	4.06	69	2.77	71	4.67	46
North Platte	0.04	5	4.47	76	2.70	68	5.27	53
Stratton	0.22	28	2.25	41	0.89	25	4.34	45
Benkelman	0.41	51	6.00	102	3.63	102	8.38	82
Culbertson	0.14	17	5.37	84	4.00	100	7.10	64
Eustis	0.04	4	5.70	79	3.27	76	7.12	58
Imperial	0.20	26	3.71	62	2.12	58	5.40	54
Madrid	0.09	11	3.61	62	1.59	43	5.13	52
McCook	0.15	19	5.06	78	2.00	50	7.26	64
Trenton Dam	0.04	5	4.70	78	3.18	83	6.15	58
District_Averages:	0.20	26	4.56	74	2.69	70	6.13	58
South District
Hastings	0.00	0	7.34	85	3.72	70	11.49	75
Holdrege	0.10	8	6.70	86	3.83	81	9.19	69
Elwood	0.00	0	5.06	76	3.15	77	6.51	56
Franklin	0.00	0	5.31	68	2.47	52	9.32	68
Minden	0.13	11	5.50	76	4.00	89	7.58	58
Oxford	0.00	0	4.10	60	2.97	73	5.68	47
District_Averages:	0.04	3	5.67	75	3.36	73	8.30	62
Southeast District
Auburn	0.00	0	9.89	104	6.89	130	15.14	86
Bruning	0.00	0	7.75	90	3.84	73	12.33	77
Geneva	0.00	0	6.89	81	3.50	65	11.02	70
Rulo	0.06	5	10.71	103	8.51	140	15.72	83
Shickley	0.00	0	6.44	76	3.01	58	10.65	68
Superior	0.00	0	7.88	91	4.34	84	11.63	75
Western	0.00	0	7.99	89	5.38	104	12.75	77
Beatrice	0.00	0	8.27	90	5.60	100	13.47	82
Fairbury	0.00	0	9.29	99	6.80	121	13.63	80
Fairmont	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0
Friend	0.00	0	7.43	84	4.51	84	11.28	70
Pawnee City	0.01	1	8.80	88	6.92	127	14.79	80
Table	0.00	0	10.19	103	6.67	120	15.25	82
Tecumseh	0.00	0	12.18	122	9.62	172	18.09	101
District_Averages:	0.00	0	8.12	87	5.40	98	12.55	73
District_Averages:	0.22	24	6.34	86	4.24	93	8.74	66

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