Drought in Platte, Nebraska

Extreme (D3) drought conditions were present across Platte County at the beginning of the month, but conditions improved steadily throughout April. Extreme drought coverage was removed completely by the end of the month, while the coverage of severe (D2) drought shrank from nearly 99 percent at the beginning of the month down to around 11 percent. The cooperative observer at Columbus 3 NE recorded 2.85 inches of precipitation, 0.08 inches below average. The CoCoRaHS observer at Humphrey 5.7 SSW recorded 2.83 inches of precipitation, 0.08 inches below 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.