The drought that began in June of 2012 lingered in May, although thunderstorms produced some significant rainfall to further ease the ongoing drought. All areas received a minimum of two inches of rainfall and some over eight inches. The areal coverage of the Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions in western Nebraska was reduced to focus over the south central sandhills, while a larger portion of northern and north central Nebraska were lowered into the category of Severe Drought.

Drought in EASTERN CHERRY, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 3 to 10 inches with the highest amounts across the north. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to a Moderate (D1) Drought in the far north, while most of the central and southeast remained in Extreme (D3) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in FRONTIER, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts in the north central to 6 inches. The rain while beneficial wasn't enough to ease Extreme (D3) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in HOLT, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 3 to 8 inches with locally lower amounts in the north central. The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in GARDEN, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 2 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts in the northeast. The rain was beneficial where the extreme northeast was lowered into the category of Severe (D2) Drought, while the remainder of the county remained in Extreme (D3) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in GARFIELD, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 4 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts to 10 inches.  The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in GRANT, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 3 to 8 inches with higher amounts in the northwest. The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) Drought conditions in the northwest and Extreme (D3) Drought conditions across all but the extreme southeast where the Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions lingered by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in HAYES, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced a range of rainfall amounts from 2 to 5 inches with locally lower amounts in the northwest. est. The rain while beneficial was not enough to ease the Extreme (D3) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in HOOKER, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts to 6 inches in the northwest and extreme south. The rain while beneficial helped lower the far northwest into the Extreme (D3) Drought category. The remainder of the county remained in the Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in KEITH, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 5 to 10 inches. The rain was beneficial that helped lower the drought impacts with Extreme (D3) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 10 inches with the higher amounts in the east. The rain was beneficial that helped lower the drought impacts with a range from Severe (D2) Drought conditions in the east to Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions in the northwest by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in KEYA PAHA, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 5 to 10 inches with the higher amounts in the north. The rain was beneficial that helped lower the drought impacts with Severe (D2) Drought conditions by the end of the month for all but the far southwest where Extreme (D3) Drought conditions remained. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in LOGAN, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 6 inches with the higher amounts in the far southeast. The rain was beneficial that helped lower the drought impacts with a range from Severe (D2) Drought conditions in the far southeast to Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions in the far northwest by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in LOUP, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 6 inches with the higher amounts in the far southeast. The rain was beneficial that helped lower the drought impacts with a range from Severe (D2) Drought conditions in the far southeast to Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions in the far northwest by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 2 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts in the far north central. The rain was beneficial with Extreme (D3) Drought conditions throughout the county by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in ROCK, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 8 inches with lower amounts in the southeast. The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) Drought conditions throughout all but the far northwest where Extreme (D3) conditions remained by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in SHERIDAN, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 6 inches. The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) Drought conditions over all but the northwest portion of the county, where Extreme (D3) conditions remained by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in ARTHUR, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 4 to 8 inches across the county that helped to ease drought conditions to Extreme (D3) Drought by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in BLAINE, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 4 to 8 inches across the county, with local amounts to 10 inches. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Severe (D2) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in THOMAS, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 6 inches. The rain was beneficial with Severe (D2) Drought conditions over east and Extreme (D3) Drought conditions in the west by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in WESTERN CHERRY, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts to 10 inches. The rain was beneficial with Moderate (D1) Drought conditions in the north central, Severe (D2) Drought conditions over much of the west and Extreme (D3) Drought conditions in the south central by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in WHEELER, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 4 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts to 10 inches. The rain was beneficial Severe (D2) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in BROWN, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 4 to 8 inches with the higher amounts across the southern portion of the county. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Severe (D2) Drought in the southeast half of the county, while Extreme (D3) conditions lingered in the northwest by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in BOYD, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 3 to 5 inches across the county, with local amounts to 6 inches. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Severe (D2) Drought conditions by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 2 to 4 inches with spotty amounts to 8 inches. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Extreme (D3) conditions across the county by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in CUSTER, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 4 to 10 inches with spotty amounts near 3 inches in the far northwest. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Severe (D2) conditions across the county by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced rainfall amounts from 3 to 4 inches with spotty amounts near 2 inches in the far southwest. The rain helped to ease drought conditions to Extreme (D3) conditions across the county by the end of the month. The drought lingered into June.

Drought in MCPHERSON, NEBRASKA
From 01-MAY-13 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The drought that began in June 2012 lingered into May. Convective rainfall produced  rainfall amounts from 3 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts in the far east central. The rain was beneficial to ease the extreme southwest into Extreme (D3) Drought conditions while the rest of the county remained in Exception (D4) Drought conditions by end of the month. The drought lingered into June.