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Event Record Details

Event:Drought
Begin Date:01 Jan 2003, 12:00:00 AM MST
Begin Location: Not Known
End Date:31 Jan 2003, 11:59:00 PM MST
End Location: Not Known
Magnitude: 0
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Property Damage: $ 0.0
Crop Damage: $ 0.0
State: Colorado
Map of Counties
Forecast
Zones
affected:
Animas River Basin, Central Colorado River Basin, Central Gunnison And Uncompahg, Central Yampa River Basin, Debeque To Silt Corridor, Elkhead And Park Mountains, Flattop Mountains, Four Corners / Upper Dolores R, Gore And Elk Mountains / Centr, Grand And Battlement Mesas, Grand Valley, Lower Yampa River Basin, Northwestern San Juan Mountain, Paradox Valley / Lower Dolores, Roan And Tavaputs Plateaus, San Juan River Basin, Southwestern San Juan Mountain, Uncompahgre Plateau And Dallas, Upper Gunnison River Valley, Upper Yampa River Basin, West Elk And Sawatch Mountains

Description:
January consisted of below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures across much of western Colorado. This offered no relief to the extreme drought conditions that persisted across the area. For a continuation on this drought situation in western Colorado, see the February 2003 Storm Data publication.



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