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The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday issued its most recent map showing a lack of drought in all regions of Colorado. The week prior, a small swath of the southeast corner of the state remained in … ...
Although most of recent rain and snow in Colorado has not yet been captured by the drought map, all four drought categories in the state have improved from a week ago.
It is possible the Colorado drought map could be blank in the coming weeks particularly if a wet June translates into a healthy monsoon season in July and August. More from CBS News.
The National Interagency Fire Center has released fire weather predictions for July through October, forecasting a status-quo ...
COLORADO, USA — All the recent snow is putting a solid dent in our drought. In the last 12 months, Colorado's drought situation has improved markedly. In February 2022 (map below), almost all of ...
Colorado drought monitor map as of 4-20-23. Statistically, the amount of Colorado considered to be in any sort of drought dropped from about 44% last week to about 30% this week.
Thanks to more frequent storms and showers over the past several months, the U.S. Drought Monitor map as of Thursday showed no areas of drought in Colorado for the first time since July 16, 2019.
Colorado Drought Monitor as of April 10th, 2025. The latest drought map shows a bit less than half the state is drought-free, and a very slight improvement compared to last week.
In the late 2010s, when Assistant Professor Flavio Lehner worked for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, ...
Colorado is drought-free for the first time in four years — a rare reprieve for a state in the middle of a megadrought. According to researchers, the hot and dry conditions in the southwestern United ...
Colorado is drought-free for the first time in four years — a rare reprieve for a state in the middle of a megadrought. According to researchers, the hot and dry conditions in the southwestern ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday issued its most recent map showing a lack of drought in all regions of Colorado. The week prior, a small swath of the southeast corner of the state remained in ...