Drought — Central Yampa River Basin, Colorado

2025-11-01 to 2025-11-13 · Central Yampa River Basin, Colorado

Event narrative

The US Drought Monitor removed the last area of Extreme (D3) Drought from Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin 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) Drought reoccurs.

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 1300664. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.