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Source/Author: Joseph Brum - High Plains Regional Climate Center 06/08/12

This spring (March, April, May) much the High Plains Region was drier than normal. With the exceptions of eastern South Dakota, central North Dakota, northwestern Wyoming, southeastern Kansas, and pockets in Nebraska, most of the Region had below normal precipitation totals. Many locations in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming had totals that were 2 inches below normal.

Scottsbluff, NE had its driest spring on record and Cheyenne, WY had its 2nd driest spring on record. 

Check out the table below to see rankings from across the High Plains Region. (Records refer to either smallest amount or largest amount of precip depending on the ranking)

 

Location

Total Spring Precipitation  (in) / Rank

Record or Previous Record (in) / Year

Period of Record

Alamosa, CO

1.18 / 30th driest

0.19 / 1972

1906-2012

Colorado Springs, CO

1.69 / 7th driest

1.14 / 2006

1894-2012

Denver, CO

2.43 / 12th driest

1.25 / 1925

1872-2012

Grand Junction, CO

0.58 / 3rd driest

0.57 / 1972

1893-2012

Pueblo, CO

1.83 / 17th driest

0.42 / 2002

1888-2012

Concordia, KS

6.37 / 41st driest

1.40 / 1966

1885-2012

Dodge City, KS

6.72 / 51st wettest

15.70 / 1881

1874-2012

Goodland, KS

3.91 / 33rd driest

1.60 / 1934

1895-2012

Salina, KS

5.20 / 6th driest

1.05 / 1966

1948-2012

Topeka, KS

8.51 / 46th driest

2.49 / 1966

1887-2012

Wichita, KS

11.97 / 34th wettest

19.01 / 1944

1888-2012

Grand Island, NE

4.53 / 18th driest

0.77 / 1934

1895-2012

Lincoln, NE

7.38 / 60th driest

1.41 / 1989

1887-2012

Norfolk, NE

8.05 / 53rd wettest

15.64 / 1977

1893-2012

North Platte, NE

5.24 / 59th driest

 1.63 / 1934

1874-2012

Omaha, NE

8.40 / 62nd wettest

18.49 / 2007

1871-2012

Scottsbluff, NE

1.33 / driest

1.55 / 1966

1893-2012

Valentine, NE

3.99 / 22nd driest

1.90 / 1966

1889-2012

Bismarck, ND

4.22 / 68th driest

0.80 / 1952

1874-2012

Fargo, ND

3.39 / 22nd driest

1.28 / 1980

1881-2012

Grand Forks, ND

4.95 / 46th wettest

14.01 / 1896

1893-2012

Williston, ND

3.76 / 54th wettest

10.45 / 1896

1894-2012

Aberdeen, SD

 5.14 / 46th driest

1.31 / 1948

1893-2012

Huron, SD

8.35 / 24th wettest

14.96 / 1995

1881-2012

Rapid City, SD

5.25 / 34th wettest

11.20 / 1946

1942-2012

Sioux Falls, SD

7.77 / 52nd wettest

14.65 / 1995

1893-2012

Casper, WY

 3.09 / 14th driest

1.84 / 1994

1939-2012

Cheyenne, WY

0.69 / 2nd driest

0.67 / 1880

1872-2012

Lander, WY

3.22 / 12th driest

1.36 / 1919

1891-2012

Sheridan, WY

 4.27 / 32nd driest

1.67 / 1960

1907-2012

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