Colorado’s drought situation continues to be a tale of two halves of the state, with the eastern half nearly entirely drought free as of the week and the western half under moderate-to-exceptional drought conditions.
Fifty-one percent of Colorado was drought-free as of this week’s update form the U.S. Drought Monitor after another round of rain and storms on the eastern side of the Continental Divide, including the central and northern mountains.
Denver has recorded over 10 inches of rain so far this year. Grand Junction, meanwhile, has only received 2 inches of precipitation since January. Sixteen percent of Colorado—all in the western third of the state—is experiencing exceptional drought, the most severe on the drought scale. In total, 43 percent of the state is experiencing moderate drought.
