There are 111 years of data.
It was the 103rd (out of  111 years) coldest or, 8th warmest year on record for Nebraska.
All of the dark orange states had temperatures that averaged much above normal.
None of the states average below normal for the year.

All of the temperatures for all of the reporting locations in Alaska (for June through August) were averaged to
one average value for each Summer, 1918=2005 and then graphed.  The blue line shows the actual yearly values and
the red line is a "smoothed" curve which reduces the year to year variability and is better for showing long term trends.
It is fairly obvious that Alaska's Summer have been much above normal in recent years.

There are 111 years of data.
It was the 76th (out of  111 years) driest or, 35th wettest year on record for Nebraska.
All of the green states had above normal precipitation, and the yellow and orange states had below normal precipitation.
Maine and New Hampshire had its wettest year ever and several other New England states had a top ten wettest year.
Of note, despite the hurricanes, Louisiana still experienced its 10th driest ever year,
Arkansas was particularly hard hit by drought and experienced   its 2nd most dry year on record.

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