Above normal precipitation and cooler than normal temperatures occurred across much of western Colorado in October. This allowed for some improvement in the state of the drought, generally north of Interstate 70. However, there was no change in the drought conditions across southwest and portions of west-central Colorado where the exceptional (D4) drought status persisted.

Drought in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the western portion of the forecast zone. Additionally, the drought improved from exceptional (D4) to severe (D2) drought across the eastern half of the zone.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the western and central portions of the forecast zone. The extreme drought persisted over the eastern portion of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the northwest portion of the forecast zone. Additionally, the drought improved from exceptional (D4) to extreme (D3) drought across part of the southwest portion of the zone. However, the extreme drought continued across the central and northeast tier and the exceptional drought persisted over the southeast portion of the zone.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the eastern portion of the forecast zone. The extreme drought persisted over the remainder of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from exceptional (D4) to extreme (D3) across a small sliver of the far western perimeter of the forecast zone. Elsewhere, the exceptional drought persisted through the end of the month.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month across all but the far western portion of the zone where exceptional (D4) conditions remained.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across much of the western and central portions of the forecast zone. The extreme drought persisted over the east and southeast portions of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month across all but the far western portion of the zone where exceptional (D4) drought conditions remained.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2), and even from exceptional (D4) to severe across the west and northwest portions of the forecast zone. Additionally, the drought improved from exceptional to extreme across the central portion of the zone. However, the exceptional drought continued across the east and southeast portions of the zone.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions persisted across all but the far northeast portion of the forecast zone through the end of the month where extreme (D3) conditions remained.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought in the northwest portion of the zone where areas of extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4) drought all became severe (D2). Additionally, the drought improved from exceptional (D4) to extreme (D3) across the central and west-central portions of the zone. However, the exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across the east and southeast portions of the zone.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional (D4) drought conditions persisted across the forecast zone through the end of the month.

Drought in LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across all but the far northern portion of the zone at the end of the month. A small area of the far southwest portion of the zone saw an improvement to severe (D2) drought conditions around mid October.

Drought in CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The second week of October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across all but the far western and east-central perimeters of the zone.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The second week of October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the forecast zone, though a small sliver of extreme drought conditions persisted over the far east-central perimeter.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-18 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-18 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mid October saw an improvement in the state of the drought from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) across the northern and eastern portions of the forecast zone. The extreme drought persisted along the western perimeter of the zone through the end of the month.