All records from the last ten years were set at new stations which didn’t exist during the 1930s.
August 14 Nebraska USHCN record temperatures Temp Year(s) HASTINGS 4N 110 1936 FRANKLIN 108 1936 PAWNEE CITY 108 1936 TECUMSEH 1S 108 1913 AUBURN 5 ESE 107 1936 FAIRBURY 5S 107 1913 RED CLOUD 107 1936 YORK 107 1913 BEAVER CITY 106 1900 1936 2000 GENEVA 106 1913 GENOA 2 W 106 1936 IMPERIAL 106 1913 MC COOK 106 1937 MINDEN 106 1913 SYRACUSE 106 1913 1936 ALLIANCE 1WNW 105 1937 ATKINSON 3SW 105 2000 GOTHENBURG 105 1919 HOLDREGE 105 1913 LODGEPOLE 105 1935 1937 MERRIMAN 105 1935 1937 SEWARD 105 1936 WEEPING WATER 105 1913 ASHLAND NO 2 104 1913 1934 CRETE 104 1913 CURTIS 3NNE 104 1936 HEBRON 104 1913 1936 1978 KIMBALL 2NE 104 1935 PURDUM 104 1931 ALBION 103 1911 1937 FAIRMONT 103 1913 MADISON 103 1936 SAINT PAUL 4N 103 1944 BEATRICE 1N 102 2007 (Active since 1984) BRIDGEPORT 102 1898 1935 1937 BROKEN BOW 2 W 102 1936 1937 DAVID CITY 102 1936 HARRISON 102 1937 NORTH LOUP 102 1936 OAKDALE 102 1934 WAKEFIELD 102 1988 TEKAMAH 101 1911 HARTINGTON 100 1934 1936 1970 1988 LOUP CITY 100 1965 STAPLETON 5W 98 2007 (Active since 1989) HAY SPRINGS 12 94 1988 2000 (Active since 1963)
Think you might be interested in these graphs that weather.com has out from this article concerning the drought ranking. 2012 ranks, but nothing like the 30’s and 50’s, not that that wasn’t known.
http://www.weather.com/news/drought-climbs-historical-rankings-20120813
Images:
Peak % area in drought
http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnews29_ltst_4namus_enus_650x366.jpg
Peak % area, severe to extreme drought
http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnews30_ltst_4namus_enus_650x366.jpg
I think that all government weather data is inflated now, including the drought data.