Now that the calendar has flipped to November and limited parts of our 30-county coverage area have already seen their first few snowflakes of the season, it's time to rewind and examine last winter's snow season (Oct. 2021-May 2022). As covered in more detail below, by far the most notable thin" about last winter was simply the INCREDIBLE LACK OF SNOW! In fact, most of especially our Nebraska coverage area was at least 10-20" below normal...with many sites recording one of their Top-10 least-snowy seasons on record!
Below are various graphics and tables that outline seasonal totals, departures from normal/average etc. for the 2021-22 snow season. Before continuing though, and in order to give last season's totals some perspective, official 30-year normals/averages within our coverage area are:
"Normal"/average seasonal snowfall within our coverage area (based on 1991-2020 NCEI data):
** Note: You can access daily/monthly/seasonal local snow total maps (updated DAILY) at this page: https://www.weather.gov/gid/Snow
NWS Hastings Coverage Area (24 Nebraska counties/6 Kansas counties)
2021-22 Seasonal Snow and Departure From Normal
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| LOCAL 2021-22 Snow Season Totals | LOCAL 2021-22 Snow Departure From Normal |
Regional (Central Plains)
2021-22 Seasonal Snow and Departure From Normal
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| REGIONAL 2021-22 Snow Season Totals | REGIONAL 2021-22 Snow Departure From Normal |
WINTER 2021-2022 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.
T* indicates hail was reported during the month.
| Station | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Season |
| Arcadia 2W | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | T | 9.8 |
| Beaver City | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.5 | T | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Belgrade | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | T | 0.5 | T* | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Blue Hill 4SW | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 | T* | T | 9.2 |
| Cambridge | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 6.4 | T | 4.9 | T* | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| Clay Center 6ESE | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | T* | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| Clay Center | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 | T | 4.5 | T* | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| Edison | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 6.0 | T | 5.0 | T* | T | 13.5 |
| Elwood 8S | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | T | 4.2 | T* | T | 12.9 |
| Franklin | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| Geneva | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 3.0 | T | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Genoa 2W | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | T | 1.3 | T | T | 4.1 |
| Grand Island Airport | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| Greeley | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | T | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Gresham 3W | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | T | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| Harlan County Lake | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| Hastings NWS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.5 | T | T | 9.1 |
| Hebron | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| Holdrege | 0.0 | T* | T | 3.0 | 3.0 | T | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Hubbell | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| Kearney Airport | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
| Loup City | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | T | 1.4 | T* | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| Miller | 0.0 | T* | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | T* | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| Minden | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | T | 2.7 | T* | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| Naponee | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | T* | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| Nelson | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 | T | 4.4 | T* | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| North Loup | MSG | MSG | MSG | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | T | MSG |
| Orleans 1W | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 6.9 | T | 4.7 | 0.4 | T | 13.6 |
| Ord | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | T | T | 8.0 |
| Osceola | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.8 | T | T | 6.4 |
| Oxford 6NNW | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 4.9 | T | 3.7 | 0.0 | T | 11.6 |
| Polk | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Ravenna | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | T | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| Red Cloud | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | T | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| St. Paul | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 2.5 | 1.5 | T | 1.6 | T | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Shelby 3NE | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 2.4 | T | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Shickley 4S | 0.0 | T* | T | T | 3.0 | T | 2.0 | T* | T | 5.0 |
| Superior | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| Wilsonville | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 9.5 | T | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| York 3N | 0.0 | T* | T | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | T | 0.0 | 4.7 |
WINTER 2021-2022 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.
T* indicated hail was reported during the month.
| Station | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Season |
| Beloit | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | T | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 |
| Burr Oak 1N | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG |
| Cawker City | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | T | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| Covert Rural | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | T | MSG | MSG | 0.0 | MSG |
| Ionia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | T | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| Kirwin Dam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | T | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 |
| Lebanon | 0.0 | T* | T | T | 6.5 | T | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 |
| Logan | 0.0 | T* | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 | T | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Lovewell Dam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | T | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Natoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| Phillipsburg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.5 |
| Plainville 4WNW | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 10.8 | 0.3 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.2 |
| Smith Center | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 8.0 | T | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| Webster Dam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
The 2021-22 snowfall season (Oct. 2021-May 2022) was highlighted/defined by the following "fun facts":
Within our 24 South Central/Central Nebraska counties (per NWS observers):
- The highest official 2021-22 seasonal snow totals were 17.1" at Wilsonville (Furnas County) and 14.7" in Cambridge (Furnas County). It was actually quite unusual to have the highest local snow totals occur SOUTH of Interstate 80).
- Meanwhile, the lowest official seasonal totals included merely 3.6" at Polk (Polk County) and 4.0" at Belgrade (Nance County).
Within our six North Central Kansas counties (per NWS observers):
- The highest 2021-22 seasonal totals featured 34.2" four miles west-northwest of Plainville (Rooks County) and 21.1" at Natoma (Osborne County). The unusually-high total near Plainville was largely due to a localized 12.7" snowfall on the night of March 9th into the morning of March 10th.
- The lowest official seasonal totals included merely 5.2" at Lovewell Dam (Jewell County) and 9.2" in Ionia (Jewell County).
In the Nebraska Tri Cities (official NWS observers):
- Grand Island: 12.1" (15.6" BELOW normal). This was the 8th-least-snowy season on record out of 114 seasons with the most complete records (less than 30 days of missing data), and the least since 9.2" in 2016-17.
- Hastings: 9.1" (19.5" BELOW normal). This was the 4th-least-snowy season on record out of 73 seasons with the most complete records (less than 30 days of missing data), and the least since 8.5" in 1960-61.
- Kearney: 8.3" (13.5" BELOW normal). This was the 2nd-least-snowy season on record out of 98 seasons with the most complete records (less than 30 days of missing data), and the least since 7.5" in 1927-28.
- The EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW within our coverage area occurred on Nov. 1 (at least 2-4" in parts of mainly Dawson/Gosper/Furnas counties).
- The LATEST MEASURABLE SNOW occurred on May 2 (up to around 1" in limited areas).
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