NORMAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FOR SELECTED CITIES

NORMAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FOR SELECTED CITIES
Inches
Nebraska - 1961 to 1990 & 1971 to 2000
	Omaha Eppley	Lincoln	Grand	North							State Average
Month	Airfield	UNL	Island	Platte	Scottsbluff	Chadron	Valentine	Norfolk	McCook	Falls City	1961-1990	1971-2000
January	0.74	0.50	0.46	0.36	0.50	0.38	0.29	0.52	0.44	0.85	0.45	0.51
February	0.77	0.77	0.72	0.43	0.47	0.39	0.43	0.77	0.49	0.88	0.57	0.60
March	2.04	2.10	1.89	1.20	1.09	0.84	1.04	1.86	1.35	2.13	1.55	1.66
April	2.66	2.68	2.50	1.99	1.58	1.71	1.67	2.29	1.98	2.90	2.20	2.38
May	4.52	4.01	3.82	3.43	2.77	2.79	3.16	3.68	3.37	4.24	3.61	3.75
June	3.87	4.21	3.91	3.37	2.64	2.75	2.89	4.46	3.24	4.18	3.63	3.45
July	3.51	3.52	2.83	3.06	2.06	2.10	3.06	3.22	3.27	4.29	3.08	3.27
August	3.24	3.54	2.82	1.74	1.07	1.35	2.28	2.55	2.46	4.47	2.59	2.62
September	3.72	3.35	2.85	1.61	1.10	1.41	1.53	2.45	1.61	4.45	2.27	2.10
October	2.28	2.21	1.35	0.98	0.81	0.86	0.91	1.60	1.13	2.72	1.40	1.56
November	1.49	1.21	1.04	0.66	0.62	0.46	0.60	1.01	0.85	1.88	0.90	1.14
December	1.02	0.86	0.71	0.47	0.56	0.39	0.37	0.74	0.52	1.09	0.62	0.56
Annual	29.86	28.96	24.90	19.30	15.27	15.43	18.23	25.15	20.71	34.08	22.90	23.60
Note: Normals presented here are based on records for the 30-year period 1961-1990. The maximum 24-hour precipitation in
Nebraska through 1997 was 13.15 inches on July 8-9, 1950, in York.
Sources: U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Climate Normals 1991, and U.S. Climate Normals 1971-2000, 2003.
Last Updated: December 2, 2003
by Nebraska Databook
email: mlundeen@neded.org