The mean April streamflow in the Platte River at Grand Island was 2,055 cfs (provisional USGS data), or at the 62.9 percentile level of 1947-1994 April flows.

The mean February streamflow for the Platte River near Grand Island gage (provisional USGS data) was 1,710* cubic feet per second, equivalent to the 51.3 percentile level of 1947-1994 February conditions. (*The USGS streamflow gage at Grand Island reported "ICE" conditions for the entirety of February.  Data from the Overton gage was used as a surrogate)

To set the hydrologic condition for June, an index of conditions is computed using four Platte basin variables. These variables and their corresponding values were as follows:

1. The mean May streamflow in the Platte River at Grand Island was 1,883 cfs (provisional USGS data), or at the 62.6 percentile level of 1947-1994 April flows.
2. The mean May Palmer Drought Severity Index for four zones (NCDC climate divisions Colorado #1, Wyoming #8, and Nebraska #1 and #7) was 2.13* equivalent to the 81.7 percentile level of 1947-1994 May conditions.
3. The mean May streamflow in the South Platte River at Julesburg (CO-NE stateline) was 412 cfs (provisional data), equivalent to 59.9 percentile of 1947-1994 May flows.
4. The April 1 percent-of-normal snowpack in the North Platte Basin of Wyoming* (seven specific NRCS locations) was 101.4% of normal, equivalent to the 58.3 percentile level of 1947-1994 conditions. 

The mean July Palmer Drought Severity Index for two climate stations in Nebraska (NCDC Nebraska Divisions 5 and 8) was 1.32 equivalent to 45.3% of the 1947-1994 July conditions.