Nebraska, 2022Drought in Nebraska, October 1 to 31, 2022
October 1 to 31, 2022 · NWS GLD · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
The drought status remained unchanged through the month. D3 Extreme Drought persisted over Dundy and parts of Hitchcock and Red Willow counties.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The drought status remained unchanged through the month. D3 Extreme Drought persisted over Dundy and parts of Hitchcock and Red Willow counties. A broad corridor of D4 Exceptional Drought continued over parts of Hitchcock and Red Willow counties. Precipitation amounts ranged from a hundredth to one inch. This was up to two inches below normal.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 4:56 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 4:56 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Drought, Hitchcock
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The precipitation for the month ranged from a tenth to a half inch. This was two inches below normal. Normal precipitation ranges from one to two inches.
Drought, Red Willow
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter to an inch. This was two inches below normal. Normal precipitation ranges from one and a half to two inches.
Drought, Dundy
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM MST to October 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Dundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The precipitation for the month ranged from a hundredth to a quarter inch. This was two inches below normal. Normal precipitation ranges from one to two inches.
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1057845, 1057846, 1057844.