Drought easing, but still rated ‘exceptional’

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Most of Hamilton County remains in D4 drought category
 

  • The latest Nebraska Drought Monitor map shows the Panhandle completely out of drought but Hamilton County in one of two areas of the state in the D4 category.
    The latest Nebraska Drought Monitor map shows the Panhandle completely out of drought but Hamilton County in one of two areas of the state in the D4 category.
While recent rains have brought some improvement to the drought impacting much of Nebraska this year, the situation is still dire and 2023 is turning out to be the driest year even older Hamilton County farmers can remember. Ironically, the latest National Drought Monitor map for Nebraska shows that most of the region of the state that is usually the driest -- the western third including the…

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