Hastings, NE

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2022 Precipitation Recap for Our Entire Coverage Area...Including Map, Tables, Extremes, Tri Cities Details, etc.

2022 Precipitation Recap for Our Entire Coverage Area...Including Map, Tables, Extremes, Tri Cities Details, etc.
(click tabs below narrative for a wealth of 2022 precip data...including totals/extremes for not only the Tri Cities but also for our ENTIRE coverage area)

2022 Precipitation Map and list of several official totals/extremes
(click to enlarge)

- IN BRIEF:
2022 was a notably-dry year across our 30-county coverage area, with most places falling between 5-12" short of 30-year normal precipitation (typically receiving no more than 55-80% of normal). In many places, it was the overall-driest year since at least 2012 or 2002. The overall-worst dryness focused within northern/western portions of our Nebraska coverage area, with somewhat wetter (BUT still solidly below normal) totals found within much of north central Kansas along with southeast parts of our Nebraska area.

- MORE DETAILS:
For many official long-term NWS stations, 2022 ranked between a Top-10 and Top-15 driest year on record. For many places, it was also the overall-driest year since at least 2012 or 2002, but in limited spots one has to go back much farther to find a drier year (for example, Hastings had its driest year in 56 years...since 1966!). Not surprisingly, our entire coverage area found itself in a gradually-worsening drought situation as the year wore on. Per the U.S. Drought Monitor, 2022 began with the majority of our coverage area no worse than Abnormally Dry (D0). However, by year's end the vast majority of our area had degraded to a mix of Moderate (D1), Severe (D2) and Extreme (D3) Drought, with the majority of the worst-off D3 concentrated north of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. Based on data from dozens of NWS and CoCoRaHS/NeRAIN observers and also radar-estimated analysis, the very-driest conditions focused primarily within northern/western portions of our Nebraska coverage area. The following counties were particularly dry (greatest concentration of annual totals under 15"): most of Howard, Merrick, Nance...much of western Dawson...much of southwestern Furnas. On the better-off (but still solidly drier-than-normal) side of things, most (not all) of north central Kansas along with southeastern parts of our Nebraska coverage area had the greatest concentration of annual totals of at least 18-23".

Although the preceding year (2021) was also notably dry the vast majority of the time, 2021 totals were somewhat skewed/"inflated" by a near-record to record-wettest March. However, 2022 DID NOT have any particularly wet months (at least on a widespread basis), with most locations in most months averaging somewhere between modestly drier-than-normal and FAR-drier-than-normal (the overall-driest months versus normal were: January, February, August, October, November). Of all the dry months, February and August were most noteworthy across the area as a whole. In February, the vast majority of places measured LESS THAN 0.10", matching the driest Feb. on record in places such as Grand Island and Kearney (among many others). Due in part to the incredibly dry February, the entire 2021-22 "meteorological winter" season (Dec. 2021-Feb. 2022) ranked among the Top-5 driest in many places (featuring an incredible lack of snow). In August, most of our coverage area received only between 0.20-1.50" of rain, also placing many spots in Top-5 driest territory.

Of course, even in a very dry year there are usually at least brief periods/limited zones of decent precipitation. In 2022, these included: 1) May was fairly wet in roughly the southeast 1/4th of our coverage area (many places with 5-7")...2) July was decently-wet across most (certainly not all) of our area, with most locations tallying between 3-6"...3) September was modestly-wet within much of the southwestern half of our area (many places 2.50-4.50")...4) the year ended with a somewhat-wet December especially within the western half of our Nebraska coverage area (most places between 0.70-1.15").

HANDY TIPS:
- You can look up official daily/monthly/annual temp/precip data for ALL NWS cooperative observer and airport stations in our area with NOWData
- You can find maps of daily/weekly/monthly etc. precipitation on a page maintained by NWS Hastings at: www.weather.gov/gid/Precipitation
- You can do your own daily/monthly/annual precipitation analysis (including generating maps) using the NWS AHPS page

Grand Island 2022
Hastings 2022
Kearney 2022
Nebraska 2022 (45 sites)
Kansas 2022 (15 sites)
2022 Extremes Entire Area

Grand Island - 2022 Monthly Data/Annual Extremes at Central Nebraska Regional Airport (KGRI):

Nearly all data is from the official automated ASOS sensor. The only exception involves all snowfall measurements and some associated liquid equivalent (melted snow), which is manually measured by our official NWS observer. All data is collected on a "calendar day" basis (midnight-to-midnight CST).

Grand Island (Regional Airport ASOS) - 2022 Monthly Details

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2022

Average High (F)

42.2

44.1

54.7

65.0

74.3

88.5

89.5

88.7

84.7

70.8

51.6

36.5

Average Low (F)

14.0

14.9

26.2

35.9

51.8

62.6

66.4

63.3

55.7

39.1

24.9

14.4

Overall Avg. Temperature (F)

28.1

29.5

40.4

50.5

63.1

75.6

77.9

76.0

70.2

54.9

38.3

25.4

52.5

Departure From Normal

+2.2

-0.2

-0.3

-0.5

+1.1

+2.8

+0.9

+1.4

+3.6

+1.8

-1.3

-3.5

+0.7

Precipitation (in)

0.16

0.01

1.01

1.60

2.45

2.41

4.62

0.45

1.29

0.54

0.20

0.46

15.20

Departure From Normal

-0.45

-0.73

-0.38

-0.92

-2.25

-1.60

+1.11

-2.75

-0.71

-1.45

-0.90

-0.38

-11.41

Snowfall (in)

2.7

0.5

5.2

0.1

1.2

0.0

0.4

1.8

11.9

Departure From Normal

-4.1

-6.8

+1.4

-1.5

+1.2

0.0

-0.1

-1.1

-1.9

-2.9

-15.8

Hottest HIGH Temperature:	103°...June 13, July 23
Warmest LOW Temperature:	78°...June 20
Coldest LOW Temperature:	-15°...December 22
Coldest HIGH Temperature:	-5°...on December 22
Annual 2022 Average Temperature:	52.5°
This was 0.7° ABOVE normal...tied for 18th-warmest year on record out of 127

Highest Daily Rainfall:	1.62"...July 26
Highest 2-Day Rainfall:	2.08"...July 25-26
Wettest Calendar Month:	July...4.62"
Driest Calendar Month:	February...0.01"
This is tied with 1904 for DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD out of 127 years!
Annual 2022 Precipitation:	15.20"
This was 11.41" BELOW normal...making 2022 the 9th-driest year on record out of 127 !!
2022 was the driest year since 11.55" in 2012 (which was the driest year on record)

Highest Daily Snowfall:	1.5"...January 1, March 30
Highest 2-Day Snowfall:	1.9"...March 9-10
Deepest Snow Depth (6AM CST):	2"...March 10
Snowiest Calendar Month:	March...5.2"
Annual 2022 Snowfall (spans 2 seasons):	11.9"
This was 15.8" BELOW normal...the 9th-least-snowy calendar year on record out of 122
This was the least-snowy calendar year since 11.6" in 2008

Highest Wind Gust:

65 MPH...April 23 (out of the west)

Hastings - 2022 Monthly Data/Annual Extremes at Hastings Municipal Airport (KHSI):

Nearly all data is from the official automated ASOS sensor. The only exception involves all snowfall measurements and most associated snowfall liquid equivalent (melted snow), which is manually measured here at NWS Hastings. All data is collected on a "calendar day" basis (midnight-to-midnight CST).

Hastings (Municipal Airport ASOS) - 2022 Monthly Details

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2022

Average High (F)

41.5

43.4

54.4

64.7

73.0

86.6

88.6

88.5

82.8

68.9

50.7

37.3

Average Low (F)

13.0

14.1

25.5

36.0

51.5

61.8

66.1

62.9

56.0

40.0

24.3

14.2

Overall Avg. Temperature (F)

27.2

28.7

39.9

50.4

62.2

74.2

77.4

75.7

69.4

54.4

37.5

25.7

51.9

Departure From Normal

+0.8

-1.3

-1.0

-0.6

+0.4

+1.5

+0.4

+1.2

+3.0

+1.2

-2.2

-3.5

+0.0

Precipitation (in)

0.28

0.01

1.06

1.12

3.37

2.95

3.25

0.46

2.27

0.53

0.13

0.66

16.09

Departure From Normal

-0.27

-0.74

-0.27

-1.58

-0.98

-0.72

-0.37

-2.96

+0.21

-1.43

-1.00

-0.20

-10.31

Snowfall (in)

4.0

0.3

3.5

T

T (hail)

0.0

0.5

2.5

10.8

Departure From Normal

-2.5

-7.2

-0.3

-1.7

0.0

-1.2

-1.8

-3.1

-17.8

Hottest HIGH Temperature:	103°...June 13
Warmest LOW Temperature:	76°...June 19, June 20
Coldest LOW Temperature:	-15°... December 22
Coldest HIGH Temperature:	-4°...December 22
Annual 2022 Average Temperature:	51.9°
This equaled the 30-year normal...tied for 45th-warmest year on record out of 115

Highest Daily Rainfall:	1.45"...May 2
Highest 2-Day Rainfall:	Same as highest daily rainfall
Wettest Calendar Month:	3.37"...May
Driest Calendar Month:	0.01"...February
This was the 3rd-driest February on record out of 124 years!
Annual 2022 Precipitation:	16.09"
This was 10.31" BELOW normal...making 2022 the 6th-driest year on record out of 128 !!
2022 was the driest year in 56 years...since 15.41" in 1966!

Highest Daily Snowfall:	2.3"...January 1
Highest 2-Day Snowfall:	same as highest daily snowfall
Deepest Snow Depth (6AM CST):	2"...several times...first occurrence Jan. 2 / last Dec. 23
Snowiest Calendar Month:	January...4.0"
Annual 2022 Snowfall (spans 2 seasons):	10.8"
This was 17.8" BELOW normal...the least-snowy calendar year since 10.3" in 1986 !
Unfortunately, Hastings snowfall records contain too much missing data to allow official rankings of least-snowy years

Highest Wind Gust:

75 MPH...June 14 (out of the west during a severe storm)

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Kearney - 2022 Monthly Data/Annual Extremes from NWS COOP Observer at Kearney Airport (KRNN1):

PLEASE NOTE: ALL data is from the OFFICIAL NWS Cooperative Observer stationed at Kearney Regional Airport. Unlike the automated ASOS systems at Grand Island/Hastings, this data is not collected on a true "calendar day" (midnight-to-midnight) basis, but is instead from once-daily observations taken around 7am (covering the 24 hours since 7am the previous day).
Although the automated AWOS (KEAR) at the airport also collects weather data, NWS Hastings considers it UNOFFICIAL for various reasons, including: 1) it is not an NWS-maintained ASOS (such as Grand Island/Hastings), and thus NWS Hastings lacks the ability to "dial in" to collect data during occasional communications outages...2) the precipitation sensor is not designed to accurately melt most snowfall, and because manual snowfall measurements are only taken ONCE DAILY at 7am...instead of four times a day including Midnight CST such as at Grand Island/Hastings...there is often no way to accurately determine true CALENDAR DAY precipitation/snowfall during the winter months.

Kearney Airport (NWS COOP Observer) - 2022 Monthly Details

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2022

Average High (F)

40.0

42.5

53.6

64.5

72.1

85.6

88.6

87.5

82.4

68.9

50.4

35.5

Average Low (F)

11.4

12.8

25.4

33.4

49.1

60.2

64.8

61.8

53.5

38.7

22.8

13.0

Overall Avg. Temperature (F)

25.7

27.6

39.5

49.0

60.6

72.9

76.7

74.6

68.0

53.8

36.6

24.3

50.8

Departure From Normal

+0.9

-0.5

+1.2

+0.4

+1.1

+2.5

+1.9

+2.0

+3.5

+2.5

-1.3

-3.1

+1.0

Precipitation (in)

0.12

T

0.59

1.88

3.07

3.97

3.86

0.13

1.87

1.26

0.14

0.73

17.62

Departure From Normal

-0.39

-0.59

-0.87

-0.80

-1.33

+0.07

+0.50

-2.88

+0.03

-0.87

-0.86

+0.05

-7.94

Snowfall (in)

1.5

0.2

2.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.3

2.5

7.0

Departure From Normal

-2.2

-5.4

-1.2

-1.9

+0.1

0.0

-0.8

-2.5

-0.9

-14.8

Hottest HIGH Temperature:	104°...reported June 14 (actually occurred on the 13th)
Warmest LOW Temperature:	75°...June 20
Coldest LOW Temperature:	-16°...reported Dec. 23 (actually occurred on the 22nd)
Coldest HIGH Temperature:	-4°...reported Dec. 23 (actually occurred on the 22nd)
Annual 2022 Average Temperature:	50.8°
This was 1.0° ABOVE normal...tied for 42nd-warmest year on record out of 120

Highest 24-Hour Rainfall (7am-7am)	1.53"...reported April 30
Highest 48-Hour Rainfall (7am-7am):	1.70"...reported June 6-7
Wettest Calendar Month:	3.97" in June
Driest Calendar Month:	Trace...February
This tied several years for DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD out of 125 years...most recently 1996
Annual 2022 Precipitation:	17.62"
This was 7.94" BELOW normal...making 2022 the 17th-driest year on record out of 127
However, one only has to go back 2 years to 2020 to find a drier year (17.30")

Highest Daily Snowfall:	1.5"...reported March 10
Highest 2-Day Snowfall:	same as highest daily snowfall
Deepest Snow Depth (6AM CST):	1"...several times...first occurrence Jan. 1 / last Dec. 30
Snowiest Calendar Month:	2.5"...December
Annual 2022 Snowfall (spans 2 seasons):	7.0"
This was 14.8" BELOW normal...the least-snowy calendar year since 4.1" in 1933 !
Unfortunately, Kearney snowfall records contain too much missing data to allow official rankings of least-snowy years

2022 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 24 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)
The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

According to 30-year NCEI data for 1991-2020, "normal" annual precipitation across this 24-county area generally ranges from 23-30", with the lowest part of this range including far western locations such as Gothenburg and Cambridge, and the highest part of this range including far eastern locations near Highway 81 such as York and Hebron.

Station	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	2022 Total
Arcadia 2W	0.11	0.02	0.40	1.82	4.94	1.32	3.60	0.21	1.25	0.64	0.10	1.00	15.41
Beaver City	0.58	T	0.74	1.03	3.40	2.28	4.26	0.49	1.99	0.53	0.02	0.59	15.91
Belgrade	0.07	0.03	0.33	3.16	3.20	1.80	2.25	0.67	1.06	0.92	0.22	0.65	14.36
Blue Hill 4SW	0.26	T	1.38	1.20	5.38	1.36	3.76	1.29	1.65	0.60	0.22	0.72	17.82
Bradshaw	0.12	0.02	0.85	2.37	5.02	4.01	4.63	0.99	1.50	0.42	0.25	0.19	20.37
*Cambridge*	0.46	0.02	0.84	0.84	3.21	2.99	2.76	0.53	3.96	0.34	0.19	0.72	16.86
*Lexington 6SSE (Canaday)*	0.12	0.00	0.45	0.05	3.93	1.82	3.30	0.23	3.96	0.35	0.07	0.81	15.09
Clay Center 6 ESE	0.22	0.01	0.75	1.70	5.29	1.80	3.76	0.94	1.11	0.76	0.34	0.47	17.15
Clay Center	0.33	T	1.41	1.86	5.99	3.23	5.58	0.73	1.82	0.61	0.35	0.55	22.46
Edison	0.34	0.02	0.56	2.10	3.47	1.52	3.62	0.99	2.18	0.32	0.04	0.56	15.72
Elwood 8S	0.27	T	0.54	0.91	3.21	1.18	2.85	0.47	2.00	0.32	0.04	0.82	12.61
Franklin	0.36	0.00	1.33	0.50	3.83	1.30	5.20	1.57	2.55	0.67	0.26	0.69	18.26
Geneva	0.22	0.01	1.08	0.86	5.32	3.56	3.33	1.13	0.92	0.51	MSG	MSG	MSG
Genoa 2W	0.09	0.07	0.74	3.84	3.26	2.88	1.58	1.49	1.45	0.69	0.14	0.64	16.87
Gothenburg	0.24	0.02	0.82	1.04	3.75	1.20	4.43	0.51	1.43	0.48	0.06	1.52	15.50
Grand Island Airport	0.16	0.01	1.01	1.60	2.45	2.41	4.62	0.45	1.29	0.54	0.20	0.46	15.20
Greeley	0.03	0.01	0.19	1.19	2.67	0.80	5.26	0.58	1.63	0.88	0.24	0.85	14.33
Gresham 3W	0.18	0.02	1.62	3.17	5.55	3.53	2.89	1.19	3.35	0.30	0.27	0.34	22.41
Harlan County Lake	0.38	0.00	1.20	1.91	2.81	1.24	4.69	1.38	3.04	0.69	0.08	0.80	18.22
Hastings Airport	0.28	0.01	1.06	1.12	3.37	2.95	3.25	0.46	2.27	0.53	0.13	0.66	16.09
Hastings NWS Office	0.28	0.01	1.11	1.28	3.57	3.63	3.91	0.44	2.19	0.58	0.12	0.64	17.76
Hebron	0.40	0.01	2.35	0.16	5.59	3.01	4.03	1.20	1.58	0.77	0.23	0.61	19.94
Holdrege	0.21	0.01	0.75	1.02	3.40	1.94	6.01	0.22	2.61	1.19	0.14	1.05	18.55
Hubbell	0.29	0.01	2.17	0.43	5.64	2.91	7.49	1.59	2.95	0.87	0.92	0.51	25.78
Kearney Airport	0.12	T	0.59	1.88	3.07	3.97	3.86	0.13	1.87	1.26	0.14	0.73	17.62
Loup City	0.03	T	0.44	3.47	3.65	2.11	4.35	0.62	1.19	0.99	0.13	1.01	17.99
Miller	0.10	0.01	0.67	0.69	3.80	2.04	4.36	0.42	0.93	0.91	0.14	0.92	14.99
Minden	0.17	T	0.90	1.73	3.14	2.22	3.46	0.43	2.15	0.98	0.48	0.63	16.29
Naponee	0.32	0.00	1.28	1.32	3.18	1.21	4.94	1.57	2.51	0.63	0.03	0.75	17.74
Nelson	0.32	T	1.48	1.04	5.95	2.18	3.79	1.29	1.46	0.49	MSG	MSG	MSG
North Loup	0.07	0.02	0.34	1.37	3.39	1.14	5.29	0.70	1.04	0.64	0.28	0.93	15.21
Orleans 1W	0.40	0.03	0.83	2.51	3.07	1.48	3.16	0.96	2.61	0.94	0.02	0.59	16.60
Ord Airport	0.09	0.01	0.28	1.28	5.55	0.80	5.27	0.17	1.00	0.78	0.20	0.82	16.25
Ord	0.09	0.01	0.27	1.00	4.61	0.92	4.33	0.20	1.11	1.07	0.21	1.05	14.87
Osceola	0.15	0.10	1.11	2.24	4.74	4.41	1.64	0.54	1.27	0.11	0.44	0.43	17.18
Oxford 6NNW	0.30	T	0.60	1.92	3.42	1.43	4.23	0.36	2.48	0.74	0.04	0.59	16.11
Polk	0.13	0.02	1.01	2.71	4.64	3.08	6.10	0.84	2.39	0.31	0.28	0.53	22.04
Ravenna	0.13	T	0.55	2.39	3.03	3.81	4.25	0.11	0.69	0.39	0.30	0.87	16.52
Red Cloud	0.34	T	1.52	0.73	5.63	1.14	6.43	1.39	2.46	0.52	0.18	0.79	21.13
St. Paul	0.16	T	0.51	3.52	2.72	0.72	3.23	0.25	2.16	0.84	0.25	0.89	15.25
Shelby 3NE	0.16	0.09	0.97	2.19	4.92	4.88	2.50	1.15	1.54	0.05	0.28	0.36	19.09
Shickley 4S	0.46	T	1.73	0.92	5.66	2.26	6.02	1.40	1.12	0.31	0.23	0.65	20.76
Superior	0.28	0.00	1.63	0.46	6.11	2.37	8.72	0.83	2.76	0.48	0.10	0.67	24.41
Wilsonville	0.79	T	0.89	0.48	3.47	1.93	3.23	0.21	2.13	0.43	0.18	0.72	14.46
York 3N	0.12	0.03	1.06	2.39	6.09	4.27	3.95	1.48	1.69	0.28	0.20	0.53	22.09

2022 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 6 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)
The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

According to 30-year NCEI data for 1991-2020, "normal" annual precipitation across this 6-county area generally ranges from 25-29", generally lowest in the western-most counties (Phillips/Rooks) and highest in the eastern-most counties (Jewell/Mitchell).

Station	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	2022 Total
Beloit	0.35	T	2.11	0.46	6.07	2.35	3.60	0.49	1.90	0.52	0.39	0.58	18.82
Burr Oak 1N	MSG	T	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG
Cawker City	0.52	T	2.11	0.30	5.52	1.27	3.85	0.42	2.98	0.57	0.21	0.63	18.38
Covert Rural	0.71	T	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG
Glen Elder Lake	0.57	T	2.01	0.81	7.44	1.99	3.93	0.50	2.23	0.49	0.42	0.53	20.92
Ionia	0.43	T	1.74	0.49	5.58	3.25	5.57	0.12	2.78	0.73	0.15	0.51	21.35
Kirwin Dam	0.79	T	2.04	1.56	5.05	3.00	4.59	0.65	2.58	0.80	0.06	0.51	21.63
Lebanon	0.49	T	1.60	0.73	4.69	2.97	4.59	0.75	4.43	0.62	0.31	0.47	21.65
Logan	0.53	T	1.58	0.37	4.27	2.01	3.61	0.65	1.82	0.15	0.06	0.37	15.42
Lovewell Dam	0.43	T	1.65	1.40	5.85	2.63	4.12	0.93	3.86	0.72	0.13	0.55	22.27
Natoma	0.63	0.00	2.72	0.41	4.94	3.40	3.00	1.50	2.59	0.94	0.15	0.37	20.65
Phillipsburg	0.58	0.02	1.88	1.23	3.71	4.11	4.26	0.99	2.35	0.54	0.27	0.41	20.35
Plainville 4WNW	0.80	0.04	3.21	0.83	3.39	4.42	2.01	0.47	3.12	1.03	T	0.30	19.62
Smith Center	0.46	T	1.53	0.50	4.81	2.65	4.05	0.26	3.24	0.76	0.10	0.37	18.73
Webster Dam	0.64	T	2.46	0.25	6.75	3.46	1.30	0.26	1.57	0.70	0.00	0.16	17.55

2022 Annual Precipitation Extremes
NWS Hastings 30-County Coverage Area

(data mainly from NWS Cooperative Observers & CocCoRaHS/NeRAIN observers)

(*Please Note: All data presented here are preliminary and subject to revision. Final and certified climate data is available through National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Extremes Across our ENTIRE 30-County Area:

Highest 2022 TOTAL Precipitation ("normal" annual precip across our area generally ranges 23-30"...lowest west/highest east)

25.78"...Hubbell
24.45"...10 miles SSW Beloit KS
24.41"...Superior
23.20"...1ENE York
22.81"...4NNE Byron
22.56"...9NW Ord
22.46"...Clay Center NE
22.41"...3W Gresham
22.27"...Lovewell Dam KS
22.18"...4E Hardy

Lowest 2022 TOTAL Precipitation (only includes stations with no more than 6 days of missing data for the year)

11.96"...9 miles NE Palmer
12.61"...8S Elwood
13.33"...3NE Central City
14.33"...Greeley
14.36"...Belgrade
14.46"...Wilsonville
14.74"...8NNE Scotia
14.76"...St. Paul
14.77"...1E Lexington
14.87"...Ord (observer in town...interestingly the airport just north of town received modestly more with 16.25")

Wettest Calendar Month in 2022

9.65"...Superior (July)
8.90"...10SSW Beloit KS (May)
7.49"...Hubbell (July)
7.44"...Glen Elder Lake KS (May)
7.44"...4NNE Byron (July)
7.30"...9NW Ord (July)
7.05"...6NW Barnard KS (May)
6.85"...2NNW Hunter KS (May)
6.77"...Spalding (July)
6.65"...2N Nora (May)

Highest 24-HOUR Rainfall in 2022 (covering a 24-hour period ending around 7am on the specified date)

4.45"...Superior (July 1)
3.70"...4SE Waco (Aug. 16)
3.59"...Lawrence (July 6)
3.45"...4NNE Byron (July 7)
3.25"...Spalding (July 4)
3.22"...Formoso KS (July 25)
3.13"...4E Waco (Aug. 16)
3.05"...Arapahoe (April 29)
3.05"...3W Gresham (Sep. 10)
2.98"...6SSE Lexington/Canaday Plant (Sep. 16)

Please visit the following sites for a wealth of additional local climate information:
- NOWData....official temp/precip/snow data for any NWS observation site in our coverage area
- Daily/Monthly/Annual Precipitation Maps (page maintained by NWS Hastings)
- Daily/Monthly/Seasonal Snowfall Maps (page maintained by NWS Hastings)
- NWS Hastings Local Climate Page (various additional weather/climate info)
- High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC)...information for the entire High Plains region (not just our coverage area)

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