Temperatures were above normal and precipitation was below normal across much of Colorado during the month of October. As a result, drought conditions persisted across the entirety of the western slope and worsened to the exceptional category in some areas by the end of the month.

Drought in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the eastern and central portions of the zone and worsened to the exceptional (D4) category in the western portion of the zone by the end of October.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the western and southeastern portions of the zone through the end of October while the exceptional (D4) drought continued to expand across the central portion of the zone.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across the eastern half of the zone while the exceptional (D4) category remained over the western half of the zone by the end of October.

Drought in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought over the western portion of the zone expanded to include the entirety of the zone by the end of October.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the majority of the zone through the end of October while the far eastern portion of the zone remained under the exceptional (D4) category.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the far eastern portion of the zone through the end of October while the exceptional (D4) category continued across the remainder of the zone.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the northwest portion of the zone through the end of October while the exceptional (D4) category continued across the remainder of the zone.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought persisted across all but the far western portion of the zone through the end of October.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought continued across all but the far southern portion of the zone through the end of October.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the entirety of the zone through the end of October.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the majority of the zone through the end of October while the exceptional (D4) category continued across the far southeast portion of the zone.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) category persisted across all but the far southwest portion of the zone through the end of October.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across all but the far northern portion of the zone through the end of October where exceptional (D4) conditions continued.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought persisted across the western and central portions of the zone while extreme (D3) conditions continued elsewhere through the end of October.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the western portion of the zone through the end of October while exceptional (D4) conditions continued over the eastern portion of the zone.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought persisted across the entirety of the zone through the end of October.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought across much of the northern tier of the zone worsened to the exceptional (D4) category by the end of October while D4 conditions persisted across the far southern portion of the zone.

Drought in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across the majority of the zone and worsened to the exceptional (D4) category across the far northeast portion of the zone by the end of October. D4 conditions continued over the far southern portion of the zone.

Drought in CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought continued to expand to include all but the far southeast and far southwest portions of the zone by the end of October where the extreme (D3) category persisted.

Drought in LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The extreme (D3) drought persisted across all but the north-central portion of the zone through the end of October where the exceptional (D4) category continued.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-OCT-20 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-20 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The exceptional (D4) drought continued to expand to include all but the far northeast portion of the zone through the end of October where extreme (D3) conditions persisted.