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.