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2014 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 24 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)

(see bottom tables for winter 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasonal snowfall)

* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

According to 30-year data from NCDC 1981-2010, normal annual precipitation across this 24-county area generally ranges from 23-30 inches, 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.

2014 South Central Nebraska Precipitation Summary:  Probably the best way to describe precipitation during 2014 in this 24-county South Central Nebraska area was "reasonably normal but highly variable". Hardly any locations stood out as being "extremely dry" or "extremely wet", and in fact the majority of the area measured totals within 3-4" either side of the 30-year average/normal annual amount, meaning somewhere between 22-30". Put another way, most places tallied somewhere between 80-120% of normal annual precipitation. Geographically though, there was noticeable variability over short distances (even within the same county), and thus there were no distinct larger portions of the area that truly stood out as being notably above or below normal. That being said, one could argue that the most concentrated zone of slightly above normal precipitation focused along a fairly narrow, diagonal axis running from Furnas and Harlan counties in the southwest, then northeastward through the Grand Island /Hastings area and then into northeastern counties such as Polk and York. Also, despite exceptions, one could also make a case that some of the overall-driest counties within the local area during 2014 (versus their long-term normals) were Thayer (especially eastern), Webster, Valley and Greeley. As for extremes, the driest NWS cooperative observer site within the 24-county area during 2014 was Cozad with only 20.98" (approx. 2.60" below normal), while the wettest site was York 3N with 38.97" (8.74" above normal). 
 

 

Station Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2014
Arcadia MSG  0.23 0.22 0.83 0.78 9.46 2.84 5.38 1.82 1.04 0.11 1.49 MSG
Aurora 4N 0.10 0.43 0.21 4.69 2.57 8.28 1.23 5.78 2.95 1.53 0.21 0.75 28.73
Beaver City 0.32 0.71 0.47 3.35 2.40 9.42 1.29 3.91 2.04 0.62 0.07 1.19 25.79
Belgrade 0.12 0.19 0.14 3.52 0.93 9.04 1.26 7.89 3.06 1.71 0.22 1.34 29.42
Blue Hill 4SW 0.13 0.98 0.19 2.63 1.41 6.95 3.73 6.61 0.98 1.26 0.23 0.57 25.67
Bradshaw 0.22 0.47 0.25 5.29 5.80 5.30 1.14 10.98 3.68 1.90 0.33 0.58 35.94
Bruning 0.28 0.62 Trace 3.22 2.04 7.63 1.44 3.74 2.44 2.48 0.73 0.53 25.15
Cambridge 0.31 0.85 0.81 1.85 1.93 10.55 1.53 5.04 2.88 0.37 0.05 1.33 27.50
Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) 0.26 0.45 0.38 1.76 1.44 9.45 0.60 5.84 1.98 0.77 0.04 1.25 24.22
Central City 0.14 0.43 0.28 3.40 1.64 9.33 0.59 6.82 4.34 1.66 0.43 0.78 29.84
Clay Center 6ESE 0.14 0.26 0.06 2.22 1.21 5.70 1.43 7.71 1.75 1.11 0.11 0.59 22.29
Clay Center 0.37 0.31 0.07 2.17 2.31 7.63 1.76 8.87 2.03 1.00 0.13 0.54 27.19
Cozad 0.16 0.41 0.63 1.87 0.99 7.27 0.47 4.95 1.54 1.68 Trace  1.01 20.98
Edison 0.33 0.98 0.31 2.07 1.37 9.71 3.78 5.07 1.69 0.53 0.08 1.26 27.18
Elwood 8S 0.31 0.72 0.73 2.40 0.93 8.92 0.84 6.85 2.33 0.64 0.06 0.78
25.51
Franklin 0.07 0.91 0.36 2.78 0.89 7.77 1.37 6.23 0.97 2.31 0.04 0.47 24.17
Fullerton MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG
Geneva 0.10 0.13 0.08 3.70 2.26 6.06 2.21 6.06 2.98 1.84 0.13 0.61
26.16
Genoa 2W 0.14 0.44 0.22 3.12 0.90 9.58 1.10 4.52 2.19 1.11 0.49 1.32
25.13
Gothenburg 0.26 0.58 1.30 2.19 0.94 8.31 0.36 4.64 1.40 0.94 0.04 1.14
22.10
Grand Island Airport 0.32 0.33 0.19 2.91 0.74 9.65 2.19 5.87 3.03 1.28 0.29 0.76
27.56
Greeley 0.06 0.12 0.09 2.24 0.62 7.47 1.66 4.68 2.23 0.72 0.18 1.02
21.09
Gresham 3W 0.16 0.40 0.22 3.53 5.18 5.01 0.86 9.09 5.00 1.29 0.31 0.62
31.67
Harlan County Lake 0.07 0.44 0.09 2.80 0.84 7.82 1.86 4.60 1.01 1.03 MSG 0.64
MSG 
Hastings Airport 0.37 0.34 0.15 3.93 2.15 8.69 1.48 7.79 1.78 1.76 0.23 0.54 29.21
Hastings NWS 0.35 0.34 0.20 4.56 2.82 8.93 1.22 7.41 1.82 1.47 0.29 0.57
29.98
Hebron 0.05 0.49 0.03 2.18 2.91 8.48 2.85 3.90 2.55 2.95 0.31 0.31
27.01
Holdrege 0.32 0.79 0.33 4.05 0.91 9.32 1.18 6.03 2.98 0.75 0.05 1.52
28.23
Hubbell 0.04 0.36 0.05 1.50 0.49 5.94 2.04 4.42 3.55 3.00 0.09 0.48
21.96
Kearney Airport 0.28 0.36 0.11 3.35 0.71 8.53 0.17 7.60 2.40 0.99 0.06 0.69
25.25
Miller 0.18 0.48 0.29 2.75 1.38 7.65 1.04 6.83 2.08 1.16 0.13 0.98
24.95
Minden 0.22 0.40 0.35 3.88 1.38 7.35 0.51 5.66 2.73 1.68 0.05 0.91
25.12
Naponee 0.21 0.67 0.19 3.08 0.78 6.69 2.31 5.03 1.06 2.38 0.03 0.55
22.98
Nelson 0.19 0.45 0.18 2.37 2.86 7.69 1.03 7.32 1.09 2.08 0.11 0.67
26.04
Ord 0.10 0.25 0.29 1.50 0.61 9.54 2.70 4.25 1.86 1.20 0.12 1.55
23.97
Ord (airport) 0.06 0.19 0.20 1.26 0.51 8.08 2.07 5.27 1.68 1.14 0.06 1.56 22.08
Osceola 0.09 0.50 0.35 4.53 2.81 6.80 0.71 10.50 6.16 1.65 0.50 0.92
35.53
Oxford 6NNW 0.11 0.24 0.16 2.36 0.81 10.19 2.38 5.64 2.27 0.79 Trace 0.55
25.50
Polk MSG 0.22 MSG 5.21 2.68 7.00 0.66 5.93 4.25 1.03 0.14 0.81
27.98
Ravenna 0.26 0.37 0.42 2.98 1.00 9.69 2.72 6.24 4.66 2.14 0.08 1.08
31.64
Red Cloud 0.01 0.78 Trace 2.07 1.55 7.73 0.20 4.95 1.46 2.08 0.02 0.37
21.22
St. Paul 0.22 0.45 0.42 3.95 1.06 8.13 2.12 6.31 2.62 2.67 0.25 1.45
29.65
Shelby 3NE 0.06 0.38 0.36 3.60 3.27 8.79 0.80 5.72 4.94 1.35 0.32 0.82
30.65
Shickley 4S 0.12 0.47 Trace 3.26 1.85 6.64 1.56 5.37 2.36 3.75 0.30 0.60
26.28
Superior 4E 0.28 0.69 0.23 1.88 2.96 7.18 1.65 5.37 2.56 1.40 0.15 0.75
25.10
Upland 2NE 0.43 1.03 0.36 2.00 1.60 10.20 0.00 8.00 2.39 1.06 MSG MSG MSG
Wilsonville 0.24 1.05 0.71 2.99 2.45 9.22 1.71 4.27 2.26 0.65 0.01 1.24
26.80
Wolbach 0.08 0.33 0.28 3.34 1.20 8.27 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG
York 3N 0.28 0.60 0.32 3.56 6.47 6.56 1.18 12.86 3.50 2.20 0.52 0.92 38.97


WINTER 2013-2014 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Season
Arcadia 0.0 0.0 3.0 Trace 3.8 5.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 16.3
Aurora 4N 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.9 2.3 5.9 0.4 5.1 0.0 19.0
Beaver City 0.0 0.0 Trace 6.5 4.0 12.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 29.5
Belgrade 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.9 3.8 2.7 5.0 0.0 15.4
Blue Hill 4SW 0.0 0.0 Trace 5.5 2.6 7.3 3.6 3.0 0.0 22.0
Bradshaw 0.0 0.0 0.5 7.5 3.8 6.7 2.3 2.4 0.0 23.2
Bruning 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 4.0 5.5 Trace Trace 0.0 16.5
Cambridge 0.0 0.0 0.4 6.5 3.5 14.6 10.9 3.3 0.0 39.2
Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) 0.0 0.0 Trace 1.0 4.5 7.3 3.5 3.0 0.0 19.3
Central City
 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.3 2.1 5.9 1.1 2.3 0.0 12.9
Clay Center 6ESE
 0.0 0.0 Trace 7.2 2.9 5.9 0.2 0.6 0.0 16.8
Clay Center
 0.0 0.0 Trace 8.0 2.2 4.3 0.5 2.0 0.0 17.0
Cozad
 0.0 0.0 Trace 1.4 2.6 9.0 8.0 2.0 0.0 23.0
Edison
 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.3 3.0 13.4 3.0 1.0 0.0 27.2
Elwood 8S
 0.0 0.0 Trace 5.5 5.5 13.5 6.5 4.0 0.0 35.0
Franklin 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 3.0 10.0 3.0 Trace 0.0 23.2
Fullerton
 0.0 0.0 2.0 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG 0.0 MSG
Geneva
 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 5.7 0.0 3.0 0.0 17.7
Genoa 2W
 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 1.9 5.7 1.8 7.0 0.0 18.3
Gothenburg
 0.0 0.0 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG
Grand Island
 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.2 4.5 6.6 1.2 1.7 0.0 16.4
Greeley
 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.8 3.6 1.0 2.5 0.0 10.4
Gresham 3W
 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 2.0 4.1 Trace 0.5 0.0 11.1
Harlan County Lake
 0.0 0.0 Trace 9.0 2.0 10.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 23.0
Hastings NWS
 0.0 0.0 0.4 5.0 5.4 7.5 1.2 2.2 0.0 21.7
Hebron
 0.0 0.0 0.3 7.1 2.4 6.7 0.6 1.0 0.0 18.1
Holdrege
 0.0 0.0 Trace 6.5 2.8 7.5 2.4 5.0 0.0 24.2
Hubbell
 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 3.0 14.0 3.5 Trace 0.0 25.5
Kearney Airport
 0.0 0.0 Trace 2.7 2.8 5.8 1.3 0.7 0.0 13.3
Miller
 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.7 3.5 8.5 3.7 5.5 0.0 23.7
Minden
 0.0 0.0 Trace 7.5 5.2 9.2 3.9 2.0 0.0 27.8
Naponee
 0.0 0.0 Trace 8.0 2.1 10.5 2.2 1.2 0.0 24.0
Nelson
 0.0 0.0 Trace 6.5 3.3 8.2 1.8 0.5 0.0 20.3
Ord
 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.5 2.5 5.5 4.0 2.5 0.0 18.5
Osceola
 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.6 1.7 7.0 2.0 5.0 0.0 18.8
Oxford 6NNW
 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.3 4.5 9.6 4.1 2.3 0.0 27.3
Polk
 0.0 0.0 Trace 4.0 MSG 5.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 MSG
Ravenna
 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 5.4 3.8 6.2 0.0 21.4
Red Cloud
 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 1.0 11.5 0.5 Trace 0.0 20.5
St. Paul
 0.0 0.0 Trace 1.2 2.4 5.8 2.4 6.1 0.0 17.9
Shelby 3NE
 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.2 1.3 7.6 3.1 3.7 0.0 19.3
Shickley 4S
 0.0 0.0 Trace 5.0 1.5 4.0 Trace Trace 0.0 10.5
Superior 4E
 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.3 2.9 8.3 2.1 0.5 0.0 20.2
Upland 2NE
 0.0 0.0 Trace 8.5 5.0 10.0 4.0 Trace 0.0 27.5
Wilsonville
 0.0 0.0 MSG 10.0 3.5 16.0 9.5 6.0 0.0 45.0
Wolbach
 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.5 5.3 2.4 7.4 0.0 17.7
York 3N
 0.0 0.0 Trace 7.6 2.6 6.8 2.3 2.0 0.0 21.3

 

WINTER 2014-2015 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Season
Arcadia 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 0.5 8.5 Trace 2.0 0.0 16.5
Aurora 4N 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.5 1.4 19.0 0.7 Trace 0.0 29.4
Beaver City 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 10.5
Belgrade 0.0 0.0 3.0 7.8 1.0 7.5 Trace 2.0 0.0 21.3
Blue Hill 4SW 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.6 1.0 5.1 1.4 Trace 0.0
11.4
Bradshaw 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.4 1.1 11.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 18.2
Bruning 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.1 2.0 15.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
24.4
Cambridge 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.3 1.4 4.2 1.7 0.0 0.0
14.6
Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) 0.0 0.0 1.5 4.7 0.5 3.2 0.5 Trace 0.0 10.4
Central City
 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.8 1.8 12.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
22.0
Clay Center 6ESE
 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.2 1.3 12.9 1.4 0.0 0.0
19.0
Clay Center
 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.7 1.0 12.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
19.2
Cozad
 0.0 0.0 Trace 4.8 0.6 5.7 1.0 0.0 0.0
12.1
Edison
 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 Trace 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
7.0
Elwood 8S
 0.0 0.0 1.2 5.4 0.9 2.6 0.6 Trace 0.0
10.7
Franklin 0.0 0.0 Trace 0.5 1.5 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 6.5
Fullerton
 0.0 0.0 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG 0.0
MSG
Geneva
 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.0 4.5 11.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
23.2
Genoa 2W
 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.9 3.2 8.5 0.4 1.0 0.0
19.4
Gothenburg
 0.0 0.0 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG 0.0
MSG
Grand Island
 0.0 0.0 2.2  5.9  3.7 11.1 0.6 0.8 0.0
24.3
Greeley
 0.0 0.0 2.3 8.9 0.8 5.8 Trace 1.0 0.0
18.8
Gresham 3W
 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.4 2.1 13.8 Trace Trace 0.0
22.3
Harlan County Lake
 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 1.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
9.0
Hastings NWS
 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.4 5.7 5.4 0.8 Trace 0.0
17.0
Hebron
 0.0 0.0 3.6 2.3 1.2 8.5 1.6 0.0 0.0
17.2
Holdrege
 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.3 2.2 4.3 1.2 0.0 0.0
15.0
Hubbell
 0.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 13.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
27.0
Kearney Airport
 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.0 0.8 5.6 0.5 Trace 0.0
12.6
Miller
 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.8 0.5 9.8 0.8 0.8 0.0
19.0
Minden
 0.0 0.0 0.9 3.8 2.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 0.0
12.1
Naponee
 0.0 0.0 Trace 3.0 1.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
8.0
Nelson
 0.0 0.0
1.9
 3.3 2.1 5.3 1.2 0.0 0.0
13.8
Ord
 0.0 0.0
4.0
 10.8 1.5 8.3 Trace 1.0 0.0
25.6
Osceola
 0.0 0.0
3.0
 3.7 2.0 14.7 0.6 1.4 0.0
25.4
Oxford 6NNW
 0.0 0.0
0.8
 5.6 0.5 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0
9.6
Polk
 0.0 0.0
2.5
 3.5 MSG 11.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
MSG
Ravenna
 0.0 0.0
2.0
 6.8 1.0 14.5 0.7 1.1 0.0
26.1
Red Cloud
 0.0 0.0
0.5
 3.0 0.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
8.0
St. Paul
 0.0 0.0
3.2
 10.8 1.7 13.6 Trace 1.6 0.0
30.9
Shelby 3NE
 0.0 0.0
3.3
 4.5 2.0 13.6 0.6 1.4 0.0
25.4
Shickley 4S
 0.0 0.0
1.0
 2.0 1.0 10.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
15.0
Superior 4E
 0.0 0.0
1.5
 3.4 3.1 6.3 2.5 0.0 0.0
16.8
Upland 2NE
 0.0 0.0 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG 0.0
MSG
Wilsonville
 0.0 0.0 0.5 8.5 1.2 6.7 2.0 0.0 0.0
18.9
Wolbach
 0.0 0.0
MSG
 MSG MSG MSG MSG MSG 0.0
MSG
York 3N
 0.0 0.0
4.3
 5.7 1.4 13.9 0.8 Trace 0.0 26.1


( )... Partial month total due to some missing data

MSG...Missing due to no data available for month, or data appears unrepresentative

(*Please Note: All climate data presented here are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at: WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV)

 

 

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