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- Watch the Latest Midwest and Great Plains Drought Update Webinar
- Drought Condtions in the High Plains Region-Update May 16
- May 14, 2013 Daily High Temperatures
- NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8: Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States, Midwestern States has been released
- Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 9
- Sign up for the next drought update webinar
- Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 2
- April Temperature Rankings
- Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update April 25
- Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update April 18
AWDN
- April 2013 Climate Summary
- Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - September 19, 2011
- U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record
- Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - September 12, 2011
- Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - August 29, 2011
National News
Looking at the Drought Through Pictures 2007 vs. 2012
Source/Author: Joseph Brum - High Plains Regional Climate Center 09/14/12
Sparks Station 2007 vs. 2012
Image © Glen Roebke-High Plains Regional Climate Center
Arapahoe Station 2007 vs. 2012
Image © Glen Roebke-High Plains Regional Climate Center
Cedar Point Station 2007 vs. 2012
Image © Glen Roebke-High Plains Regional Climate Center
Cozad Station 2007 vs. 2012
Image © Glen Roebke-High Plains Regional Climate Center
Curtis Station 2007 vs. 2012
Image © Glen Roebke-High Plains Regional Climate Center
The drought this year has hit the High Plains Region hard. Looking at numbers and colorful graphs may not always give everyone a full understanding of how bad it actually is. Here at the High Plains Regional Climate Center we have put together some pictures of our AWDN weather stations across Nebraska to put into perspective the drought this year.
The five pictures to the right are a comparison from 2007 to this summer. Looking at the 2007 pictures you can see the grass is thick, tall and green. Looking at this year’s pictures the grass is thin, short and very brown. The Curtis station in 2007, with its tall, green grass, received 19.43 inches of precipitation from the beginning of the year to July 27, which was 128% of normal. This year the Curtis station, with its short, brown grass, received only 2.99 inches from the beginning of the year to June 26, which was 25% of normal.
We hope these pictures give everyone a better perspective of how bad the drought is in our Region.
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