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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Republican River Flood of May 30, 1935

 This website is dedicated to preserving the history of the Republican River Flood of 1935.

 

To view annual precipitation charts for the following communities, click the link:

Benkelman, Nebraska
Culbertson, Nebraska
Haigler, Nebraska
Saint Francis, Kansas
Stratton, Nebraska 

To view handwritten weather logs from 1935, click the link: 

 

Alma, Nebraska

Arriba, Colorado Beaver City, Nebraska
Benkelman, Nebraska Burlington, Colorado Byers, Colorado
Calhan, Colorado Cambridge, Nebraska Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado Cope, Colorado Culbertson, Nebraska
Curtis, Nebraska Haigler, Nebraska Hayes Center, Nebraska
Holdrege, Nebraska Holyoke, Colorado Imperial, Nebraska
Lebanon, Nebraska Limon, Colorado Madrid, Nebraska
McCook, Nebraska Monument, Colorado Orleans, Nebraska
Red Cloud, Nebraska Sterling, Colorado Stratton, Colorado
Stratton, Nebraska Wauneta, Nebraska Wilsonville, Nebraska
Wray, Colorado Yuma, Colorado  



To view the annual and monthly Climatological Data click the link below

 

Colorado

Annual

May 1935

June 1935

Kansas

Annual

May 1935

June 1935

Nebraska

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May 1935

June 1935