Current Drought Conditions for Nebraska - July 14, 2026
Nebraska Drought Report
As of July 14, 2026 approximately 74% (57,159 square miles) of Nebraska is under active drought conditions, with an additional 16% (12,016 square miles) classified as Abnormally Dry (D0).
Breaking down current drought conditions across Nebraska: 13.2% (10,179 sq mi) Moderate Drought (D1); 36.7% (28,365 sq mi) Severe Drought (D2); 21.1% (16,355 sq mi) Extreme Drought (D3); 2.9% (2,260 sq mi) Exceptional Drought (D4).
The interactive map below shows current Nebraska drought boundaries. Click any shaded area for its drought category, or browse conditions by city and town in the list below.
| Drought Category | Area (sq mi) | % of State | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormally Dry | 12,016 | 15.5% | 15.5% |
| Moderate Drought | 10,179 | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| Severe Drought | 28,365 | 36.7% | 36.7% |
| Extreme Drought | 16,355 | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| Exceptional Drought | 2,260 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
Nebraska Drought Conditions Map
Click on a drought area for its category. Use the legend icon (lower right) to view drought categories. Toggle additional layers with the icon in the upper right.
Drought boundary shapefiles sourced from the U.S. Drought Monitor GIS Data, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in partnership with the USDA and NOAA. Area and percentage calculations by PlantMaps.com.
Drought Conditions by City and Town in Nebraska
| Location | Drought Conditions |
|---|---|
| Ainsworth | Severe Drought |
| Albion | Abnormally Dry |
| Alda | Abnormally Dry |
| Allen | Severe Drought |
| Alliance | Severe Drought |
| Alma | Severe Drought |
| Alvo | Abnormally Dry |
| Anselmo | Severe Drought |
| Ansley | Moderate Drought |
| Arapahoe | Severe Drought |
| Arcadia | Moderate Drought |
| Arlington | Abnormally Dry |
| Arnold | Severe Drought |
| Arthur | Extreme Drought |
| Ashland | Abnormally Dry |
| Ashton | Abnormally Dry |
| Atkinson | Severe Drought |
| Avoca | Abnormally Dry |
| Axtell | Severe Drought |
| Bancroft | Moderate Drought |
| Bartlett | Severe Drought |
| Bartley | Severe Drought |
| Bassett | Severe Drought |
| Battle Creek | Moderate Drought |
| Bayard | Extreme Drought |
| Beaver City | Severe Drought |
| Beaver Crossing | Abnormally Dry |
| Bee | Abnormally Dry |
| Beemer | Moderate Drought |
| Belden | Severe Drought |
| Belgrade | Abnormally Dry |
| Bellwood | Abnormally Dry |
| Belmar | Severe Drought |
| Benedict | Abnormally Dry |
| Benkelman | Abnormally Dry |
| Bertrand | Severe Drought |
| Big Springs | Severe Drought |
| Blair | Abnormally Dry |
| Bloomfield | Extreme Drought |
| Bloomington | Moderate Drought |
| Brady | Extreme Drought |
| Brainard | Abnormally Dry |
| Bridgeport | Extreme Drought |
| Broadwater | Exceptional Drought |
| Broken Bow | Severe Drought |
| Brule | Severe Drought |
| Bruno | Abnormally Dry |
| Brunswick | Extreme Drought |
| Burwell | Severe Drought |
| Bushnell | Extreme Drought |
| Butte | Severe Drought |
| Cairo | Abnormally Dry |
| Callaway | Extreme Drought |
| Cambridge | Severe Drought |
| Campbell | Abnormally Dry |
| Carroll | Severe Drought |
| Cedar Bluffs | Abnormally Dry |
| Cedar Creek | Abnormally Dry |
| Cedar Rapids | Abnormally Dry |
| Central City | Abnormally Dry |
| Ceresco | Abnormally Dry |
| Chadron | Extreme Drought |
| Chambers | Severe Drought |
| Chapman | Abnormally Dry |
| Chappell | Extreme Drought |
| Clarks | Abnormally Dry |
| Clarkson | Moderate Drought |
| Clay Center | Abnormally Dry |
| Clearwater | Severe Drought |
| Cody | Moderate Drought |
| Coleridge | Extreme Drought |
| Colon | Abnormally Dry |
| Columbus | Moderate Drought |
| Comstock | Moderate Drought |
| Concord | Severe Drought |
| Cozad | Severe Drought |
| Craig | Abnormally Dry |
| Crawford | Extreme Drought |
| Creighton | Extreme Drought |
| Creston | Moderate Drought |
| Crofton | Severe Drought |
| Culbertson | Moderate Drought |
| Curtis | Extreme Drought |
| Dakota City | Abnormally Dry |
| Dalton | Exceptional Drought |
| Dannebrog | Abnormally Dry |
| David City | Abnormally Dry |
| Decatur | Abnormally Dry |
| Dix | Exceptional Drought |
| Dixon | Extreme Drought |
| Dodge | Moderate Drought |
| Doniphan | Abnormally Dry |
| Duncan | Abnormally Dry |
| Dunning | Severe Drought |
| Dwight | Abnormally Dry |
| Eagle | Abnormally Dry |
| Edgar | Abnormally Dry |
| Edison | Severe Drought |
| Elba | Abnormally Dry |
| Elgin | Severe Drought |
| Elm Creek | Severe Drought |
| Elmwood | Abnormally Dry |
| Elsie | Severe Drought |
| Elwood | Extreme Drought |
| Emerson | Severe Drought |
| Ericson | Moderate Drought |
| Eustis | Severe Drought |
| Ewing | Extreme Drought |
| Fairfield | Abnormally Dry |
| Farnam | Severe Drought |
| Farwell | Abnormally Dry |
| Fordyce | Extreme Drought |
| Fort Calhoun | Abnormally Dry |
| Franklin | Moderate Drought |
| Fremont | Abnormally Dry |
| Fullerton | Abnormally Dry |
| Funk | Severe Drought |
| Garland | Abnormally Dry |
| Genoa | Abnormally Dry |
| Gering | Extreme Drought |
| Gibbon | Severe Drought |
| Glenvil | Abnormally Dry |
| Goehner | Abnormally Dry |
| Gordon | Severe Drought |
| Gothenburg | Severe Drought |
| Grand Island | Abnormally Dry |
| Grant | Severe Drought |
| Greenwood | Abnormally Dry |
| Gresham | Abnormally Dry |
| Guide Rock | Abnormally Dry |
| Gurley | Exceptional Drought |
| Hadar | Moderate Drought |
| Haigler | Abnormally Dry |
| Hardy | Abnormally Dry |
| Harrison | Extreme Drought |
| Hartington | Extreme Drought |
| Harvard | Abnormally Dry |
| Hastings | Moderate Drought |
| Hay Springs | Severe Drought |
| Hayes Center | Severe Drought |
| Hemingford | Severe Drought |
| Herman | Abnormally Dry |
| Hershey | Severe Drought |
| Hildreth | Severe Drought |
| Holbrook | Severe Drought |
| Holdrege | Severe Drought |
| Holstein | Moderate Drought |
| Homer | Abnormally Dry |
| Hooper | Moderate Drought |
| Hoskins | Moderate Drought |
| Howells | Moderate Drought |
| Hubbard | Moderate Drought |
| Humphrey | Moderate Drought |
| Hyannis | Extreme Drought |
| Imperial | Moderate Drought |
| Indianola | Severe Drought |
| Inglewood | Abnormally Dry |
| Jackson | Moderate Drought |
| Juniata | Moderate Drought |
| Kearney | Severe Drought |
| Kenesaw | Moderate Drought |
| Kennard | Abnormally Dry |
| Kimball | Exceptional Drought |
| Laurel | Extreme Drought |
| Lawrence | Abnormally Dry |
| Leigh | Moderate Drought |
| Lemoyne | Severe Drought |
| Lewellen | Severe Drought |
| Lexington | Severe Drought |
| Lincoln | Abnormally Dry |
| Lindsay | Abnormally Dry |
| Linwood | Abnormally Dry |
| Litchfield | Moderate Drought |
| Lodgepole | Extreme Drought |
| Long Pine | Severe Drought |
| Loomis | Severe Drought |
| Loretto | Abnormally Dry |
| Louisville | Abnormally Dry |
| Loup City | Moderate Drought |
| Lyman | Extreme Drought |
| Lynch | Extreme Drought |
| Lyons | Moderate Drought |
| Macy | Abnormally Dry |
| Madison | Moderate Drought |
| Madrid | Severe Drought |
| Malcolm | Abnormally Dry |
| Malmo | Abnormally Dry |
| Manley | Abnormally Dry |
| Mason City | Moderate Drought |
| Maxwell | Severe Drought |
| Maywood | Severe Drought |
| McCook | Moderate Drought |
| McGrew | Extreme Drought |
| Meadow Grove | Moderate Drought |
| Melbeta | Extreme Drought |
| Merna | Severe Drought |
| Merriman | Moderate Drought |
| Milford | Abnormally Dry |
| Miller | Severe Drought |
| Minatare | Extreme Drought |
| Minden | Severe Drought |
| Mitchell | Extreme Drought |
| Monroe | Abnormally Dry |
| Morrill | Extreme Drought |
| Morse Bluff | Abnormally Dry |
| Mullen | Extreme Drought |
| Murdock | Abnormally Dry |
| Murray | Abnormally Dry |
| Naponee | Moderate Drought |
| Nehawka | Abnormally Dry |
| Neligh | Severe Drought |
| Nelson | Abnormally Dry |
| Newcastle | Extreme Drought |
| Newman Grove | Abnormally Dry |
| Nickerson | Moderate Drought |
| Niobrara | Extreme Drought |
| Norfolk | Moderate Drought |
| North Bend | Moderate Drought |
| North Loup | Abnormally Dry |
| North Platte | Severe Drought |
| O'Neill | Extreme Drought |
| Oakdale | Severe Drought |
| Oakland | Moderate Drought |
| Oconto | Severe Drought |
| Octavia | Abnormally Dry |
| Ogallala | Severe Drought |
| Orchard | Extreme Drought |
| Ord | Abnormally Dry |
| Orleans | Severe Drought |
| Osceola | Abnormally Dry |
| Oshkosh | Extreme Drought |
| Osmond | Extreme Drought |
| Overton | Severe Drought |
| Oxford | Severe Drought |
| Page | Extreme Drought |
| Palisade | Moderate Drought |
| Palmer | Abnormally Dry |
| Paxton | Severe Drought |
| Pender | Moderate Drought |
| Petersburg | Moderate Drought |
| Pierce | Moderate Drought |
| Pilger | Moderate Drought |
| Plainview | Extreme Drought |
| Platte Center | Moderate Drought |
| Pleasant Dale | Abnormally Dry |
| Pleasanton | Moderate Drought |
| Ponca | Severe Drought |
| Potter | Exceptional Drought |
| Prague | Abnormally Dry |
| Randolph | Severe Drought |
| Ravenna | Moderate Drought |
| Raymond | Abnormally Dry |
| Red Cloud | Abnormally Dry |
| Republican City | Severe Drought |
| Richland | Moderate Drought |
| Rising City | Abnormally Dry |
| Riverdale | Severe Drought |
| Rockville | Moderate Drought |
| Rogers | Moderate Drought |
| Rosalie | Moderate Drought |
| Roscoe | Severe Drought |
| Roseland | Moderate Drought |
| Rushville | Severe Drought |
| Santee | Extreme Drought |
| Sarben | Severe Drought |
| Sargent | Severe Drought |
| Schuyler | Moderate Drought |
| Scotia | Abnormally Dry |
| Scottsbluff | Extreme Drought |
| Scribner | Moderate Drought |
| Seward | Abnormally Dry |
| Shelby | Abnormally Dry |
| Shelton | Moderate Drought |
| Sidney | Extreme Drought |
| Snyder | Moderate Drought |
| South Sioux City | Abnormally Dry |
| Spalding | Abnormally Dry |
| Spencer | Severe Drought |
| Springview | Moderate Drought |
| Stamford | Severe Drought |
| Stanton | Moderate Drought |
| Staplehurst | Abnormally Dry |
| Stapleton | Extreme Drought |
| Stratton | Abnormally Dry |
| Stromsburg | Abnormally Dry |
| Stuart | Severe Drought |
| Sumner | Severe Drought |
| Superior | Abnormally Dry |
| Sutherland | Severe Drought |
| Taylor | Severe Drought |
| Tekamah | Abnormally Dry |
| Terrytown | Extreme Drought |
| Thedford | Extreme Drought |
| Thurston | Moderate Drought |
| Tilden | Moderate Drought |
| Trenton | Moderate Drought |
| Trumbull | Abnormally Dry |
| Uehling | Moderate Drought |
| Ulysses | Abnormally Dry |
| Union | Abnormally Dry |
| Upland | Moderate Drought |
| Utica | Abnormally Dry |
| Valentine | Abnormally Dry |
| Valparaiso | Abnormally Dry |
| Venango | Moderate Drought |
| Verdigre | Extreme Drought |
| Waco | Abnormally Dry |
| Wahoo | Abnormally Dry |
| Wakefield | Severe Drought |
| Wallace | Severe Drought |
| Walthill | Abnormally Dry |
| Walton | Abnormally Dry |
| Wauneta | Moderate Drought |
| Wausa | Extreme Drought |
| Waverly | Abnormally Dry |
| Wayne | Moderate Drought |
| Weeping Water | Abnormally Dry |
| West Point | Moderate Drought |
| Weston | Abnormally Dry |
| Whitney | Extreme Drought |
| Wilcox | Severe Drought |
| Winnebago | Abnormally Dry |
| Winside | Moderate Drought |
| Wisner | Moderate Drought |
| Wolbach | Abnormally Dry |
| Wood River | Abnormally Dry |
| Wynot | Severe Drought |