Drought in Rawlins, Kansas

Monthly precipitation amounts ranged from three inches over northern portions of the county (near average), to nearly six inches over central and southern portions of the county (two to three inches above average). Normal monthly precipitation amounts are around and either side of three inches.

Above average precipitation the 2nd half of the month, especially over Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, and Thomas counties supported improved drought conditions from west to east by mid to late month, especially over the aforementioned counties. D3 Extreme Drought over central and northern portions of Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, and Norton counties was gradually replaced with mostly D2 Severe Drought and D1 Moderate Drought. However an area of D0 Abnormally Dry Drought was introduced over southwest Cheyenne and central to western Sherman counties by late month. Elsewhere, a mix of D2 Severe Drought and D1 Moderate Drought persisted. Monthly precipitation amounts ranged from one and one-half inches over eastern and southern counties, to nearly seven inches over west-northwest counties. Normal monthly precipitation amounts range from about two and one-half inches over far west-northwest counties near the Colorado border, to over three and one-half inches over far eastern counties.