Last month was the 19th driest November in U.S. records dating back to

1895*. Outside of the Northwest and the eastern Great Lakes, most of the

contiguous U.S. was drier than average (see Figure 3 below), with large

swaths of “much below average” precipitation. A mere 0.08” of moisture was

observed in Lincoln, NE, from October 15 through December 7; it’s the least

precipitation on record.