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2021 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 24 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)
(see bottom tables for winter 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasonal snowfall)
The highest reported amount for the month/year indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.
According to official 30-year NCEI "normals" for 1991-2020, normal annual precipitation across the 24-county area generally ranges from 23-30",
with the lowest amounts in this range found in far western counties such as Dawson/Gosper/Furnas,
and the highest amounts in this range including far eastern counties such as Polk/York/Thayer.
Station | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 2021 Total |
Arcadia 2W | 0.71 | 0.66 | 4.75 | 1.73 | 3.72 | 0.15 | 2.23 | 3.92 | 2.86 | 1.37 | 0.40 | 0.29 | 22.79 |
Aurora 4N | 1.25 | 0.62 | 7.91 | MSG | MSG | MSG | 2.37 | 5.04 | 0.61 | 2.63 | MSG | MSG | MSG |
Beaver City | 0.81 | 0.55 | 5.46 | 0.60 | 4.61 | 1.99 | 2.50 | 3.13 | 2.65 | 1.30 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 24.01 |
Belgrade | 0.91 | 0.65 | 6.06 | 0.87 | 3.19 | 1.80 | 3.01 | 3.91 | 1.14 | 2.71 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 24.91 |
Blue Hill 4SW | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | 4.67 | 3.91 | 1.46 | 2.26 | 0.28 | 0.20 | MSG |
Cambridge | 0.65 | 0.82 | 4.97 | 0.72 | 7.34 | 2.52 | 2.19 | 1.50 | 2.67 | 0.83 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 24.65 |
Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) | 0.64 | 0.69 | 4.76 | 1.16 | 3.66 | 0.56 | 2.73 | 2.54 | 4.62 | 0.65 | 0.47 | 0.17 | 22.65 |
Clay Center 6 ESE | 1.17 | 0.84 | 5.81 | 1.91 | 4.13 | 2.52 | 1.93 | 1.48 | 1.31 | 3.16 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 24.80 |
Clay Center | 1.32 | 0.61 | 6.40 | 1.62 | 5.71 | 2.33 | 2.26 | 2.11 | 1.86 | 2.72 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 27.64 |
Edison | 0.52 | 0.55 | 5.53 | 0.73 | 5.83 | 1.62 | 5.55 | 1.28 | 2.70 | 1.14 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 25.80 |
Elwood 8S | 0.56 | 0.65 | 4.75 | 0.84 | 6.69 | 0.89 | 4.96 | 2.35 | 2.99 | 0.66 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 25.73 |
Franklin | 0.98 | 1.03 | 7.01 | 2.29 | 6.71 | 1.83 | 3.69 | 5.61 | 2.50 | 2.53 | 0.32 | 0.12 | 34.62 |
Geneva | 1.14 | 0.46 | 6.61 | 1.53 | 3.03 | 3.02 | 2.24 | 1.97 | 2.08 | 3.54 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 26.61 |
Genoa 2W | 1.27 | 0.59 | 6.61 | 1.55 | 2.87 | 2.83 | 3.11 | 4.72 | 1.08 | 2.53 | 0.31 | 0.68 | 28.15 |
Gothenburg | 0.41 | 0.91 | 4.14 | 1.47 | 4.98 | 0.45 | 2.52 | 2.96 | 3.91 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.22 | 23.10 |
Grand Island Airport | 1.32 | 0.80 | 8.65 | 1.43 | 2.89 | 1.85 | 2.85 | 4.53 | 1.48 | 1.98 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 28.59 |
Greeley | 0.58 | 0.43 | 7.10 | 1.55 | 3.28 | 0.87 | 3.64 | 4.75 | 2.31 | 1.57 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 26.73 |
Gresham 3W | 1.65 | 0.67 | 7.58 | 1.34 | 5.24 | 2.84 | 1.99 | 4.02 | 1.65 | 2.73 | 0.59 | 0.26 | 30.56 |
Harlan County Lake | 0.82 | 0.90 | 6.65 | 1.38 | 5.19 | 1.80 | 4.33 | 4.35 | 2.56 | 1.39 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 29.70 |
Hastings Airport | 1.05 | 0.93 | 8.16 | 1.36 | 4.84 | 0.86 | 2.78 | 4.03 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 28.06 |
Hastings NWS Office | 1.05 | 0.93 | 8.51 | 1.39 | 4.65 | 0.78 | 3.12 | 4.12 | 1.71 | 1.86 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 28.63 |
Hebron | 1.38 | 0.80 | 5.79 | 1.90 | 3.21 | 0.53 | 1.79 | 4.14 | 1.84 | 3.80 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 25.86 |
Holdrege | 0.94 | 0.86 | 6.90 | 1.24 | 5.82 | 3.15 | 3.28 | 5.57 | 3.34 | 1.40 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 32.98 |
Hubbell | 1.01 | 0.56 | 5.39 | 2.21 | 3.70 | 0.93 | 3.85 | 6.38 | 0.93 | 3.78 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 29.19 |
Kearney Airport | 0.89 | 0.69 | 7.55 | 2.11 | 4.78 | 0.88 | 3.32 | 2.18 | 2.06 | 1.10 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 26.20 |
Loup City | 0.79 | 0.73 | 5.56 | 1.82 | 3.42 | 0.66 | 3.05 | 2.55 | 3.14 | 1.40 | 0.47 | 0.23 | 23.82 |
Miller | 0.52 | 0.80 | 6.20 | 1.64 | 4.24 | 0.70 | 2.77 | 5.25 | 2.19 | 1.69 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 26.57 |
Minden | 0.62 | 0.65 | 7.97 | 1.22 | 7.67 | 1.29 | 3.23 | 3.72 | 1.36 | 1.84 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 29.95 |
Naponee | 0.79 | 0.71 | 7.05 | 1.47 | 4.95 | 1.89 | 3.26 | 4.35 | 3.16 | 1.38 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 29.42 |
Nelson | 0.99 | 0.74 | 6.25 | 1.65 | 6.35 | 1.84 | 3.76 | 2.56 | 1.70 | 2.94 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 29.26 |
North Loup | 0.64 | 0.55 | 5.64 | 1.72 | 3.27 | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | 0.25 | MSG |
Orleans 1W | 0.77 | 0.71 | 5.59 | 0.88 | 5.88 | 2.34 | 2.75 | 7.82 | 3.38 | 1.08 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 31.65 |
Ord (airport) | 0.71 | 0.64 | 4.55 | 1.42 | 3.13 | 1.01 | 3.14 | 3.39 | 2.53 | 1.20 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 22.16 |
Ord (in town) | 0.74 | 0.67 | 5.43 | 1.51 | 2.91 | 1.25 | 3.28 | 3.29 | 2.60 | 1.24 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 23.40 |
Osceola | 1.32 | 0.67 | 8.93 | 1.96 | 3.46 | 3.70 | 3.14 | 7.75 | 1.85 | 2.91 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 36.10 |
Oxford 6NNW | 0.54 | 0.51 | 5.87 | 0.83 | 6.74 | 1.64 | 6.72 | 3.19 | 4.09 | 0.82 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 31.22 |
Polk | 1.13 | 0.70 | 8.25 | 1.48 | 3.96 | 3.69 | 1.18 | 6.42 | 1.77 | 2.57 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 31.57 |
Ravenna | 0.84 | 0.76 | 6.18 | 1.84 | 4.16 | 0.95 | 1.75 | 2.71 | 1.39 | 1.48 | 0.46 | 0.24 | 22.76 |
Red Cloud | 1.00 | 0.62 | 6.50 | 2.32 | 5.92 | 2.54 | 4.00 | 4.90 | 1.43 | 2.29 | 0.32 | 0.12 | 31.96 |
St. Paul | 0.95 | 0.70 | 8.07 | 1.23 | 3.72 | 0.53 | 2.34 | 5.15 | 1.77 | 2.37 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 27.82 |
Shelby 3NE | 1.21 | 0.66 | 8.50 | 1.80 | 4.28 | 3.75 | 2.09 | 8.23 | 1.82 | 3.30 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 36.05 |
Shickley 4S | 1.24 | 0.68 | 6.34 | 1.76 | 4.67 | 2.33 | 1.95 | 2.60 | 1.35 | 2.90 | 0.28 | 0.44 | 26.54 |
Superior | 0.91 | 0.47 | 5.59 | 1.41 | 4.72 | 1.18 | 4.22 | 5.01 | 1.50 | 2.76 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 28.22 |
Wilsonville | 0.81 | 0.80 | 5.35 | 0.66 | 4.69 | 2.09 | 1.84 | 2.04 | 1.81 | 1.12 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 21.69 |
York 3N | 1.79 | 0.69 | 9.02 | 1.62 | 5.41 | 1.60 | 2.61 | 3.49 | 0.78 | 2.54 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 30.33 |
WINTER 2020-2021 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
The highest reported amount for the month/season 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 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 14.2 | 0.7 | T | 0.0 | 43.0 |
Beaver City | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 29.0 |
Belgrade | T* | 4.2 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 32.4 |
Blue Hill 4SW | 0.0 | MSG | 0.4 | 8.3 | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG | MSG |
Cambridge | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 10.0 | T | 3.0 | T* | 35.4 |
Lexington 6SSE (Canaday) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 |
Clay Center 6ESE | 0.0 | 1.8 | T | 7.2 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | T* | 35.8 |
Clay Center | 0.0 | 2.0 | T | 8.3 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 35.4 |
Edison | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 10.0 | T | 2.0 | 0.0 | 27.2 |
Elwood 8S | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | T | 3.5 | 0.0 | 31.9 |
Franklin | 0.0 | 1.5 | T | 3.5 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 |
Geneva | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 33.9 |
Genoa 2W | 0.0 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 43.3 |
Grand Island Airport | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 39.7 |
Greeley | 0.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 38.5 |
Gresham 3W | 0.0 | 1.0 | T | 8.5 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 35.8 |
Harlan County Lake | 0.0 | 3.0 | MSG | 3.9 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | MSG |
Hastings NWS | T* | 2.8 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 40.1 |
Hebron | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 |
Holdrege | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 37.3 |
Hubbell | 0.0 | 0.2 | T | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 31.7 |
Kearney Airport | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 36.8 |
Loup City | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 40.8 |
Miller | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 42.2 |
Minden | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | T* | 40.7 |
Naponee | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 |
Nelson | 0.0 | 0.4 | T | 5.5 | 11.6 | 14.6 | T | 2.4 | T* | 34.5 |
North Loup | 0.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 38.3 |
Orleans 1W | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | T* | 31.9 |
Ord | 0.0 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 13.5 | T | T | 0.0 | 48.9 |
Osceola | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | T* | 37.8 |
Oxford 6NNW | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 32.8 |
Polk | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 34.0 |
Ravenna | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 35.1 |
Red Cloud | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 29.6 |
St. Paul | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 13.7 | T | T | T* | 39.8 |
Shelby 3NE | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 16.1 | 11.0 | 15.2 | T | T | T* | 44.8 |
Shickley 4S | 0.0 | T | T | 7.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | T | T* | 29.0 |
Superior | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 30.8 |
Wilsonville | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 37.5 |
York 3N | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | T* | 38.6 |
WINTER 2021-2022 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
The highest reported amount for the month/season indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.
T* indicates snowfall was actually hail
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 |
MSG...Missing due to no data available for month, or data appears unrepresentative
(*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).
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