An active Southwest Monsoon continued to bring some relief to portions of western Colorado through August. The heavy rainfall was spotty but the majority of the climate reporting stations received monthly precipitation totals in the positive compared to normal. The largest of these amounts was in Cortez with 2.32 inches, though most of this could be attributed to one event. Overall drought conditions changed little through the month with some slight improvement seen mainly across the central valleys and central mountain locations west of the continental divide.

Drought in LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 lower Yampa River basin during the month of August.

Drought in CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 central Yampa River basin during the month of August.

Drought in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 Yampa River basin during the month of August.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 high plateaus of northwest Colorado during the month of August.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 mountain ranges of northwest Colorado during the month of August.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Some small portions of this zone improved to moderate drought conditions. However, severe drought conditions remained across most of this zone throughout August.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Some small portions of this zone improved to moderate drought conditions. However, severe drought conditions remained across most of this zone throughout August.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

A small portion of the area with severe drought conditions at the beginning of the month improved to moderate conditions by the end of the month.  The rest of this zone remained in moderate drought conditions throughout the month.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The high mesas of west-central Colorado made an improvement from severe to moderate drought conditions during the month of August.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions at the beginning of the month improved to moderate drought conditions by the end of the month.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained unchanged through the month of August.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Moderate drought conditions remained in place throughout the month of August.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe to moderate drought conditions remained in place across the Flat Tops Mountains throughout the month of August.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions improved to moderate drought conditions across the Upper Gunnison River basin during the month of August.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions improved to moderate drought conditions across the southern high plateau area of western Colorado during the month of August.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme to severe drought conditions persisted across the San Juan Mountains during the month of August.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme to severe drought conditions persisted across the San Juan Mountains during the month of August.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme to severe drought conditions persisted across area during the month of August.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the area during the month of August.

Drought in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the area during the month of August.

Drought in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-13 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-13 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the area during the month of August.