Drought in Tavaputs Plateau, Utah

Drought March 24, 2026 – March 31, 2026 · Tavaputs Plateau, Utah

What the National Weather Service wrote

With the 3/24 US Drought Monitor update, an area of Extreme (D3) Drought was analyzed as covering approximately 1% of Utah Zone 025 - Tavaputs Plateau, with the remaining 99% of the zone under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. With the 3/31 update, 100% of the zone was now under Extreme (D3) Drought conditions. No reports of impacts or losses related to drought conditions in the zone have been received.

The wider storm

After a week of temperatures running close to 30 degrees above normal, and a continued lack of precipitation, drought expanded significantly across eastern Utah and western Colorado. Areas that had been in Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) Drought now worsened into Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) Drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1319263. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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