Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus storm history

The US Drought Monitor removed the last area of Extreme (D3) Drought from Colorado Zone 003 - Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus on October 14th, 2025. Extreme (D3) Drought has not reoccurred for a month. Therefore this will be the last entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3)…

The Colorado Department of Transportation road weather mesonet site at Douglas Pass recorded a wind gust to 75 mph at approximately 10:38 AM MDT on the 4th. A gust to 58 mph was also recorded at the Pine Ridge RAWS site at approximately 12:34 MDT. No reports of injuries, damages,…

At the beginning of the month of October, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought that covered roughly 85% of Colorado Zone 003 - Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus, with the remaining 15% under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. With the 10/14 Drought Monitor update…

The Lee Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 20 miles southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The Grease Fire grew into the Lee Fire on August 4 and acreage was combined and further known as the Lee Fire. The fire grew to 137,758 acres before it was contained in mid Sept…

At the beginning of the month of September, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought that covered approximately 90% of Colorado Zone 003 - Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus, with Extreme (D3) Drought covering the remaining 10%. With the 9/3 Drought Monitor upd…

The Lee Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 20 miles southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The Grease Fire grew into the Lee Fire on August 4 and acreage was combined and further known as the Lee Fire. The fire grew to 137,758 acres before it was contained in mid Sept…

From the beginning of the month of August, the US Drought Monitor analyzed Extreme (D3) Drought conditions across 100% of Colorado Zone 003 - Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus. With the 8/13/25 update, the US Drought Monitor began analyzing an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions…

The US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought in Colorado Zone 003-Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus. This area of drought remained relatively unchanged through the month of July. No reports of crop damage or failures, or other drought related impacts, were received.

The Colorado Department of Transportation road weather mesonet site at Douglas Pass recorded a wind gust to 75 mph at approximately 2:00 PM MDT on the 21st. An additional gust to 74 mph was recorded later in the afternoon. Other gusts across the zone were above 45 mph through the…

The Colorado Department of Transportation road weather mesonet site at Douglas Pass recorded multiple gusts above 75 mph throughout the afternoon of the 20th. The first was a gust to 78 mph at 11:39 AM MDT, followed by the peak gust to 89 mph at 1:31 PM MDT, and an additional gus…

All the gusts above the 75 mph threshold were recorded at the Colorado Department of Transportation Douglas Pass mesonet station. The peak gust to 83 mph was recorded at 2:29 PM MDT, while another gust to 78 mph occurred at 5:12 PM MDT. Other sites across the zone only saw gusts …

A very small portion of the Roan and Tavaput Plateau zone is under Extreme (D3) Drought conditions, but these conditions persisted throughout the month of May. In addition, the area of Severe (D2) Drought expanded substantially across the zone.

Douglas Pass reported 10 inches of snow. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 55 mph range at Douglas Pass during the early stages of this event.

Douglas Pass reported 7 inches of snow. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 60 mph range with a peak wind gust of 60 mph at Douglas Pass at the onset of the event.

Douglas Pass received 8 inches of snow. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 65 mph range with a peak wind gust of 65 mph at Douglas Pass.

Generally 10.5 inches of snow was reported at Douglas Pass. Wind gusts mostly stayed below 45 mph but there was a peak gust of 45 mph at Douglas Pass at the onset or just before the snow started.

Douglas Pass reported 13.5 inches of snow.

The highest recorded gust was to 80 mph, recorded at the Douglas Pass Colorado Department of Transportation mesonet station. This was also the only gust recorded above the threshold. However, based on other locations of similar terrain on this day, gusts likely ranged from 50 mph…

Wind gusts across the zone ranged from 45 mph to 85 mph. The peak gust of 85 mph occurred at the Pine Ridge, Cameo 6NW RAWS late on the evening of the 18th. The wind gusts across this zone seemed to peak as the shortwave was pushing the stalled front out of its position near the …

Gusts ranged from 45 mph to 85 mph across the zone, with a peak recorded gust of 84 mph recorded at the Colorado Department of Transportation Mesonet site 139s034 Douglas Pass during the late morning on the 5th. This mesonet station recorded all four gusts over 75 mph, which all …

Wind gusts across the zone ranged from 45 mph to 90 mph, with the peak gust of 90 mph occurring at the Colorado Department of Transportation weather station located on Douglas Pass. Three locations measured gusts above 75 mph during this event.

Douglas Pass received 7 inches of snow with winds gusting up to 54 mph.

Douglas Pass received 7 inches of snow. Winds gusted in the 50 to 60 mph range.

Douglas Pass reported 6.5 inches of snow.

Numerous mesonet sites across Colorado Zone 003 reported wind gusts above high wind thresholds during the day on March 2nd. The peak gust of 83 mph was recorded at both the mesonet site 1W Douglas Pass and the site 139s034 Douglass Pass between 1200 and 1500. Other recorded gusts…

Generally 12 inches of snow was reported at Douglas Pass. Wind gusts were in the 40 to 55 mph range on average but peaked in the 70 to 90 mph range at Douglas Pass and Pine Ridge in the early stages of the event.

Douglas Pass received 8 inches of snow.

Douglas Pass received 14 inches of snow. Wind gusts peaked at 40 mph but stayed below 45 mph.

About 6 inches of snow fell at Douglas Pass with winds gusting up to 45 mph at times.

Douglas Pass received 17 inches of snow with winds gusting 50 to 60 mph.

Douglas Pass received 13 inches of snow. Wind gusts were generally 15 to 25 mph with a peak gust of 34 mph at Douglas Pass.

A peak wind gust of 79 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Douglas Pass.

The Pike Ridge Fire started in mid August from a lightning strike 29 miles north of Loma near Douglas Pass. The fire grew to 246 acres before it was contained in mid September.

The Pike Ridge Fire started in mid August from a lightning strike 29 miles north of Loma near Douglas Pass. The fire grew to 246 acres before it was contained in mid September.

A peak wind gust of 79 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Douglas Pass.

A peak wind gust of 79 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Douglas Pass.

An estimated 4 inches of snow fell across the zone. Winds gusted up to 79 mph at Douglas Pass.

An estimated 9 inches of snow fell at the Roan Plateau RAWS site with winds gusting up to 63 mph at the Pine Ridge RAWS site. Travel was impacted along Highway 139 with Douglas Pass being closed for a period during the storm.

An estimated 8 inches of snow fell across the area.

An estimated 5 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted up to 50 mph at times.

An estimated 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area.

Heavy snow combined with winds in excess of 80 mph resulted in significantly reduced visibility throughout the event. Douglas Pass was closed due to the impacts from the blowing and drifting snow and road conditions.

An estimated 3 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted to almost 60 mph at times.

An estimated 3 to 6 inches of snow fell across the area. Travel was significantly impacted along Highway 139 including across Douglas Pass.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center measured 11 inches of snow across Douglas Pass in addition to significant travel impacts along Highway 139.

An average of 5 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area.

Generally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted to almost 50 mph at times.

An estimated 10 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area.

An estimated 10 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area.

The Colorado Department of Transportation reported 17 inches of snow fell at Douglas Pass.