With continued dry conditions in September, severe and extreme drought conditions expanded across the eastern Nebraska Panhandle and portions of the western Sandhills and southwestern Nebraska in September. Extreme drought conditions expanded into the western third of Garden and extreme southwestern portions of Sheridan and extreme northwestern portions of Deuel county by the end of September. East of this area to a line from Gordon, to Arthur, to North Platte and Maywood, severe drought conditions had developed by the end of month.

Drought in SHERIDAN, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded to all of Sheridan County. In addition, locations in extreme southwestern Sheridan county were experiencing extreme drought (D3) conditions by the end of September.  The cooperative station at Gordon 6N reported 0.71 inches of rainfall for the month. This was 0.92 inches below the normal of 1.63 inches. The cooperative station at Ellsworth 2W reported 0.60 inches of rain which was 1.00 inches below the normal of 1.60 inches.

Drought in GARDEN, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded to all of Garden County. In addition, locations in the western third of the county were experiencing extreme drought (D3) conditions by the end of September.  The cooperative station at Lisco reported 0.39 inches of rainfall for the month. This was 1.29 inches below the normal of 1.67 inches. The cooperative station at Oshkosh reported 0.48 inches of rain which was 1.13 inches below the normal of 1.61 inches.  At Crescent Lakes NWR, 0.48 inches of precipitation fell for the month. This was 1.20 inches below the normal of 1.68 inches.

Drought in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded to all of Deuel County. In addition, locations in extreme northwestern Deuel county were experiencing extreme drought (D3) conditions by the end of September.

Drought in GRANT, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into southwestern Grant county.

Drought in ARTHUR, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into the western half of Arthur County. The cooperative station in Arthur reported 1.03 inches of precipitation in September. This was 0.81 inches below the normal of 1.84 inches.

Drought in KEITH, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions expanded into all of Keith County. The cooperative station at Kingsley dam reported 0.97 inches of precipitation for September. This was 0.74 inches below the normal of 1.71 inches. The cooperative station at Ogallala reported 0.69 inches of precipitation which was 0.85 inches below the normal of 1.54 inches.

Drought in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into most of Chase County. The cooperative station at Imperial reported 0.66 inches of precipitation. This was 0.75 inches below the normal of 1.41 inches.

Drought in HAYES, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into most of Hayes County.  During the month of September, the cooperative station at Hayes Center reported 0.61 inches of rainfall. This was 1.04 inches below the normal of 1.65 inches.

Drought in LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into southwestern and west central portions of Lincoln county.  For September, the cooperative station at Hershey 5SSE reported 0.90 inches of rainfall. This was 0.62 inches below the normal of 1.52 inches.  The cooperative station at Wallace 2W reported 0.70 inches of rain which was 0.90 inches below the normal of 1.60 inches.  At the North Platte Airport, 0.59 inches of precipitation fell in September, which was 0.82 inches below the normal of 1.41 inches.

Drought in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 01-SEP-20 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

During the month of September, severe drought (D2) conditions, expanded into all of Perkins County.