Part of what the Nebraska State Climate Office does is record climate events each month for the historic record. In March, this took on a new level of complexity with both a major blizzard and a major flood in Nebraska.

The historic flooding was the result of more than just the “bomb” cyclone that struck the state; rather the long, cold winter played a huge role. Read more about how the climatic stream of events led to the catastrophe that followed in this month’s edition of the Climate Update.