Drought — Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado

2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30 · Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado

Event narrative

At the beginning of the month of November, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 5% of Colorado Zone 001 - Lower Yampa River Basin. The remainder of the zone saw 35% coverage of Severe (D2) Drought, and 60% coverage of Moderate (D1) Drought. These conditions remained unchanged through the end of the month.

Wider weather episode

The month of November was overall warmer than normal across eastern Utah and western Colorado, but was wetter or drier than normal depending on where you stood. Additionally, much of the area still saw benefits from the well above normal precipitation that occurred in October. As a result, only minor changes to drought of Severe (D2), Moderate (D1), or Abnormally Dry (D0) categories occurred with each update, but the area of Extreme (D3) Drought remained unchanged through the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300663. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.