Nebraska Precipitation Totals Compared to Normal
January 1, 2005 - July 31, 2005
All values are in inches.
Nebraska
January 1 - 
July 31, 2005
January 1 - 
July 31, 2005
January 1 - 
July 31, 2005
January 1 - 
July 31, 2004
city
observed
normal
difference
observed
Chadron
14.13
11.48
+2.65
6.46
Grand-Island
20.07
16.80
+3.27
13.26
Hastings
18.10
18.16
-0.06
16.49
Kearney
11.59
16.90
-5.31
12.16
Lincoln
16.45
17.72
-1.27
14.61
Norfolk
16.73
17.80
-1.07
20.66
North-Platte
14.05
13.79
+0.26
14.89
Omaha-Epp
15.25
18.89
-3.64
25.76
Omaha-Valley
24.48
18.89
+5.59
19.51
Scottsbluff
14.30
11.55
+2.75
6.29
Sidney
12.79
13.53
-0.74
8.56
Valentine
20.27
13.44
+6.83
11.75

Nebraska Precipitation Totals Compared to Normal
January 1, 1999 - July 31, 2005 (79 months)
All values are in inches.
Total
Total
79 months
Nebraska
79 months
79 months
Deficit -
city
obs
Normal
Surplus +
Chadron
114.79
111.26
+3.53
Grand-Island
144.64
172.14
-27.50
Hastings
161.56
185.80
-24.24
Kearney
137.90
168.10
-30.20
Lincoln
174.89
187.94
-13.05
Norfolk
161.04
177.76
-16.72
North-Platte
123.19
131.75
-8.56
Omaha-Epp
192.89
200.21
-7.32
Omaha-Valley
194.56
200.21
-5.65
Scottsbluff
88.49
109.53
-21.04
Sidney
106.79
126.21
-19.42
Valentine
129.05
130.56
-1.51

6 Year (1999-2004)
Annual Precipitation Totals -
Official National Weather Service Observation
Locations in Nebraska. All amounts are in inches

All red numbers indicate a deficit or below normal amount

City
Annual 
   Normal 
Year
2004
Year 
2003
Year 
2002
Year 
2001
Year 
2000
Year 
1999
6-year
Total
   6-year 
   Normal 
6-year 
Deficit (-)
Surplus (+)
Chadron
16.63
14.22
17.12
7.78
17.94
22.99
20.61
100.66
99.78
+0.88
Grand-Island
25.89
20.89
18.05
17.14
23.11
20.09
25.29
124.57
155.34
-30.77
Hastings
27.94
25.71
20.99
17.05
28.84
22.90
27.97
143.46
167.64
-24.18
Kearney
25.20
18.90
18.17
11.80
26.51
21.56
29.37
126.31
151.20
-24.89
Lincoln
28.37
23.49
26.09
26.62
31.81
23.18
27.25
158.44
170.22
-11.78
Norfolk
26.66
27.35
22.06
19.98
27.52
23.54
23.86
144.31
159.96
-15.65
North-Platte
19.66
20.46
18.26
11.07
23.69
16.32
19.34
109.14
117.96
-8.82
Omaha-Epp
30.22
33.81
23.27
26.06
28.68
27.11
38.71
177.64
181.32
-3.68
Omaha-Valley
30.22
30.23
25.31
25.08
29.76
30.20
29.50
170.08
181.32
-11.24
Scottsbluff
16.33
11.98
10.00
7.58
13.02
14.79
16.82
74.19
97.98
-23.79
Sidney
18.78
13.70
14.81
12.14
21.59
13.65
18.11
94.00
112.68
-18.68
Valentine
19.52
17.35
15.81
11.31
25.44
19.48
19.39
108.78
117.12
-8.34

Grand Island has had below normal precipitation all 6 years.
Grand Island has a deficit of 30.77 inches of precipitation for the 6-year time period.
Kearney has a deficit of 24.89 inches of precipitation for the 6-year time period.
Chadron, is the only NWS observation location that has a surplus after 6 years.
Chadron only had 2 years with below normal precipitation.
Five of the above 12 locations have only had one year out of the past 6 with above normal precipitation.


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