Photo: droughtmonitor.unl.edu
(Lincoln, NE) – Overall dry and drought conditions are increasing again in Nebraska.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows severe drought in southeastern and far western Nebraska, about the same as a week ago, but abnormally dry conditions have now spread across the northern half of the state.
More than 67% of Nebraska is in abnormally dry or drought conditions now.
It was 15% three months ago.
Graphic from U.S. Drought Monitor, University of Nebraska Lincoln.