A prolonged monsoon pattern persisted across much of the region the last couple of weeks of July. This led to cooler and unsettled conditions and brought some much needed precipitation to the Western Slope. As a result, drought conditions improved by one or more categories across many zones by the end of the month.

Drought in LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Drought conditions improved across some of the zone during the month of July. Exceptional (D4) drought over the southern tier of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category as well as over the north-central portion of the zone. The exceptional drought continued over the central portion of the zone and expanded to include the far northeast corner. The extreme drought that was in place over the northwest portion of the zone at the beginning of July remained unchanged.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought across all but the far southern portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category. An exception was the far northwest portion of the zone which improved to the extreme (D3) category. The extreme drought that was present at the beginning of July over the far southern portion of the zone improved to the severe category.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across some of the zone through the month of July. The severe (D2) drought improved to the abnormally dry to moderate (D0 to D1) category over the eastern portion of the zone. Meanwhile, the extreme (D3) drought continued over the far northwest portion of the zone with the severe drought persisting elsewhere.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone during the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought improved to the extreme (D3) category across all but the far northern portion of the zone where the exceptional conditions prevailed.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across some of the area during the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought over the northwest and southern portion of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category over the south, but persisted across the northwest. The extreme drought that was in place at the beginning of the month across the northeast also remained unchanged during July.

Drought in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved slightly during the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought improved to the extreme (D3) category across the far southern tier of the zone. Elsewhere, the exceptional drought persisted.

Drought in CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Drought conditions improved across some of the zone during the month of July. Exceptional (D4) drought improved to the extreme (D3) category across the southern tier of the zone. Meanwhile, exceptional conditions continued over the central areas and even expanded slightly further northward, though the originally present extreme drought over the far north remained unchanged.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought remained largely unchanged through the month of July with extreme (D3) conditions across all but the far southeast portion of the zone where the exceptional (D4) drought continued and even expanded slightly northwest.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought across all but the far southwest portion of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category. The extreme drought over the far southwest portion of the zone at the beginning of the month remained the same.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The extreme (D3) drought over the northwest portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category except for a small sliver of the western portion which remained the same. The severe drought over the eastern portion of the zone improved to the abnormally dry to moderate drought (D0 to D1) category. The severe conditions that were in place across the southwest portion of the zone at the beginning of the month remained unchanged.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought across the eastern half of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category. The extreme drought that was in place over the western half of the zone at the beginning of the month remained unchanged.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought across the northern half of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category. The extreme drought that was in place over the southern half of the zone at the beginning of the month remained unchanged.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The severe (D2) drought across the eastern portion of the zone improved to the moderate (D1) category. The extreme (D3) drought elsewhere improved to the severe category across all but the northwest portion of the zone where the extreme drought prevailed.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought remained largely unchanged through the month of July with exceptional (D4) drought persisting over the western portion of the zone and extreme (D3) conditions continuing over the central portions. The severe (D2) drought elsewhere improved to the moderate (D1) category over the far southeast portion of the zone.

Drought in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of July. Severe (D2) conditions across the far northeast portion of the zone improved to the abnormally dry to moderate drought (D0 to D1) categories. The extreme (D3) drought in the central portion of the zone improved to the severe category. Finally, the exceptional (D4) drought across the southwest portion of the zone improved to the extreme category.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of July. The moderate to severe (D1 to D2) drought across the eastern portion of the zone improved to the abnormally dry (D0) category. The extreme (D3) drought elsewhere improved to the moderate to abnormally dry category for all but the far northern and southern peripheries of the zone which improved to the severe drought.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across some of the zone during the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought over the west-central areas improved to the extreme (D3) category resulting in extreme conditions for the entire western portion of the zone by the end of the month. The extreme drought over the eastern portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category while the severe drought over the far southeast portion improved to the moderate (D1) category.

Drought in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of July. The extreme (D3) drought across the northern portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category. The exceptional drought (D4) elsewhere improved to the extreme category.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across much of the zone through the month of July. The exceptional (D4) drought across the southern portion of the zone persisted with the extreme (D3) category continuing over some central areas. Elsewhere, the extreme drought improved to the abnormally dry to moderate (D0 to D1) category over the northeast portion of the zone.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the entirety of the zone through the month of July. The moderate to severe (D1 to D2) drought across much of the eastern and central portions of the zone improved to the abnormally dry (D0) category. The extreme (D3) drought across the western portion of the zone improved to the moderate to abnormally dry category for all but the far western periphery of the zone which improved to the severe drought.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The status of the drought improved across the majority of the zone through the month of July. The extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe (D2) category across the far eastern portion of the zone. The exceptional (D4) drought over the central areas improved to the extreme category across the northern and southern peripheries while the central portion of the zone improved to the severe category.