Significant strides were made during a very wet September against the lingering drought in western Colorado. This was due to a lingering monsoonal flow which brought abundant rainfall to all climate reporting sites across the region. Many locations received in excess of an inch of water above that which normally occurs in September.

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

The southeast portion of the zone Improved from severe to moderate drought conditions by the end of the month, while the northwest part of the zone remained in severe drought conditions throughout the month.

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

Small improvement was seen across the southeast portion of this zone to moderate drought conditions. Otherwise, severe drought conditions remained in place across the rest of the zone through the end of September.

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

Severe to moderate drought conditions improved significantly to the abnormally dry category by the end of the month.

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

The small western portion of this zone in severe drought at the beginning of the month improved to the moderate category, while the remainder of the zone remained in moderate drought conditions throughout September.

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

Drought conditions improved from the moderate to severe categories to abnormally dry conditions by the end of the month.

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

Severe drought conditions in the northern portion of the zone improved to the moderate category, while moderate drought conditions in the southern portion of this zone improved to abnormally dry conditions by the end of the month.

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

Severe drought conditions improved significantly into the moderate to abnormally dry categories by the end of the month.

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

Moderate drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry category across the areas by the end of September.

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

Moderate drought conditions persisted across the zone, except the far western portion of the Grand Mesa where conditions improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of the month.

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

Moderate drought conditions at the beginning of the month improved across the zone during the month, with the western portion of the zone in the abnormally dry category and the eastern portion of the zone no longer in drought conditions by the end of the month.

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

Moderate drought conditions improved significantly to the abnormally dry category across the area by the end of September.

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

Moderate drought conditions at the beginning of the month improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of month.

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

Severe to moderate drought conditions across the Flat Tops improved to the moderate or abnormally dry categories by the end of September.

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

Moderate drought was eased to abnormally dry conditions across the Gunnison River basin by the end of September.

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

Moderate drought was eased to abnormally dry conditions across the Uncompahgre Plateau by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the northwest San Juan Mountains as severe drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the southwest San Juan Mountains as severe to extreme drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the area as severe to extreme drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the area as extreme drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry category by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the area as severe to extreme drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry to moderate drought categories by the end of September.

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

Major changes in the drought situation occurred across the area as severe to extreme drought conditions improved to the abnormally dry to moderate drought categories by the end of September.