Monsoon moisture advected into the region during the month of August. 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 some zones by the end of the month.

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

The status of the drought remained unchanged through the month of August with abnormally dry to moderate drought (D0 to D1) across the far northeast portion of the zone with severe (D2) conditions in the central portion of the zone. Finally, extreme (D3) conditions persisted across the southwest portion of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions continued across the eastern portion of the zone with moderate (D1) drought elsewhere. The severe (D2) drought across the far northern periphery of the zone improved to the moderate category but persisted across the far southern portion through the end of the month.

Drought in NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. Abnormally dry to moderate (D0 to D1) drought continued across the eastern and central portions of the zone. The severe (D2) drought across the far western periphery of the zone improved to the moderate category by the end of the month.

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

The status of the drought remained unchanged across the entirety of the zone through the month of August. The severe (D2) drought across the northern portion of the zone continued with extreme (D3) conditions elsewhere.

Drought in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 across the zone through the month of August. The exceptional (D4) drought across the southern portion of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category with the extreme drought continuing over the central areas. Elsewhere, the abnormally dry to moderate (D0 to D1) category continued over the northeast portion of the zone.

Drought in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 during the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought over the western areas improved to the severe (D2) category while the severe drought over the central parts improved to the moderate (D1) category. Moderate drought continued over the far southeast portion of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 portions of the zone through the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe (D2) category across the northern and southern peripheries of the zone. Meanwhile, the severe drought elsewhere improved to the moderate (D1) category by the end of the month.

Drought in PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 portions of the zone through the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought across all the far northwest portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category with severe conditions continuing across the western portion of the zone. The severe drought improved to the moderate (D1) category over the eastern portion of the zone by the end of the month.

Drought in UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 across the zone through the month of August. Abnormally dry to moderate (D0 to D1) drought continued over the eastern portion of the zone with severe (D2) drought over the central portions. The extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe category over the far northwest portion of the zone by the end of the month.

Drought in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 portions of the zone through the month of August. Exceptional (D4) drought continued over the western portion of the zone with extreme (D3) conditions improving to the severe (D2) category over the central portions. The severe drought elsewhere improved to the moderate (D1) category by the end of the month.

Drought in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. Exceptional (D4) drought over the southeast portion of the zone improved to the extreme (D3) category with the extreme conditions in the central portion of the zone improving to the severe (D2) category. The extreme drought persisted over the western portion of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August as the extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe (D2) category.

Drought in WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 portions of the zone through the month of August. The extreme (D3) drought over a small sliver of the western portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category while the severe drought over portions of the western areas improved to the moderate (D1) drought. An exception was across the southwestern areas which saw the severe drought continue. Moderate to abnormally dry (D0) drought continued over the eastern portion of the zone through the end of the month.

Drought in GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. The extreme (D3) drought over the northwest portion of the zone improved to the severe (D2) category while the severe drought over the central portions improved to the moderate (D1) category. The moderate drought continued elsewhere through the end of the month.

Drought in ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. Extreme (D3) drought continued across the western and central portions of the zone but improved to the severe (D2) category across the eastern areas.

Drought in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August as extreme (D3) drought improved to the severe (D2) category. An exception was across the far eastern portion of the zone where the extreme drought remained through the end of the month.

Drought in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 during the month of August. The exceptional (D4) drought over the northwest portion of the zone was trimmed back slightly to improve to the extreme (D3) category. Extreme conditions persisted elsewhere through the end of the month.

Drought in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 during the month of August. The exceptional (D4) drought improved to the extreme (D3) category across the northern and central portions of the zone with extreme conditions persisting across the far southern tier of the zone.

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

Drought conditions remained unchanged across the zone during the month of August. Extreme (D3) drought continued across the southern and far northern tiers of the zone with exceptional (D4) conditions elsewhere.

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

Drought conditions remained unchanged across the zone during the month of August. Exceptional (D4) drought continued over the central and northeast portions of the zone while extreme (D3) conditions continued elsewhere.

Drought in FLATTOP MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 01-AUG-21 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-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 August. The exceptional (D4) drought improved to the extreme (D3) category across the far northern portion of the zone with extreme conditions elsewhere. An exception was across the far southern portion of the zone where extreme drought improved to the severe (D2) category.