June 2013 proved to be a very dry and warm month across western Colorado. These conditions had some impact on agricultural interests, though the spring snow pack run off temporarily aided hydrologic interests. The biggest impact however was a noticeable increase in wildfire activity, with several large fires reported across the western part of the state through the month. All climate stations in Western Colorado received less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall for the month, with half of these recording only a trace. This allowed extreme drought conditions to move back into portions of southwest Colorado by the end of the month.

Drought in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were replaced by extreme conditions across the southern foothills and adjacent valleys of the San Juan mountains by the end of June.

Drought in CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained in place across the Yampa River basin through the month of June.

Drought in LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained in place across the Yampa River basin through the month of June.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe to moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the northern Colorado Elkhead and Park mountains in June.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe to moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the high plateaus of northwest Colorado in June.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the Flat Top mountains through the month of June.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the high mesas in western Colorado through the month of June.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe to moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the upper Gunnison River valley in the month of June.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the Grand Valley of the Colorado River basin through the month of June.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the middle section of the  Colorado River basin through the month of June.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the upper section of the   central Colorado River basin through the month of June.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the central Colorado Gore and Elk mountain ranges through the month of June.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across the central Colorado West Elk and Sawatch mountain ranges through the month of June.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe to moderate drought conditions remained unchanged across delta region of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre River basins through the month of June.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the southwest Colorado high plateau region during the month of June.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme drought conditions pushed into the southern portion of the San Juan mountains, pushing out the moderate conditions by the end of the month.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were pushed out of the southwestern San Juan mountains by extreme conditions by the end of the month.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were joined by extreme conditions across the southern Paradox valley by the end of June.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were replaced by extreme conditions across Four Corners region by the end of June.

Drought in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUN-13 00:00:00 to 30-JUN-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were replaced by extreme conditions across the southern foothills and adjacent valleys of the San Juan mountains by the end of June.