Drought in Yuma County, Colorado

Drought July 5, 2022 – July 31, 2022 · Yuma County, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Precipitation for the month ranged from three to eight inches. This was one to five inches above normal. The normal precipitation amount is two to four inches.

The wider storm

Above normal rainfall occurred for all three counties in East Central Colorado during July. Rainfall amounts ranged from three to ten inches, with the highest amounts occurring in western Kit Carson County. The above normal rainfall caused Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties to improvement the drought status. Despite the above normal rainfall Yuma County drought status worsened to D3 Exceptional Drought for part of the county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1044518. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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