Drought in Colfax, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions were initially present across a trace of Colfax County at the beginning of April. Conditions improved steadily throughout the month, eliminating the extreme drought and shrinking the coverage of severe (D2) drought from nearly 48 percent down to just over 1 percent by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Howells recorded 3.11 inches of precipitation (0.01 inches above average). The CoCoRaHS observer at Clarkson 9.3 SSW recorded 3.27 inches of precipitation (0.31 inches above average).

Severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across portions of eastern Nebraska through the month of April. However, there was some slight improvement through the month with only small departures from average precipitation in many locations.