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High Plains Weekly Drought Update - July 25, 2019
Author: Emily Brown - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2019-07-25 19:14:22
Updated:
The High Plains region remains largely drought free, except for a small area in north central North Dakota. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the areas of moderate drought (D1) and abnormally dry (D0) conditions in northern North Dakota were reduced in size. Now approximately 1 percent of the state remains in D1 at this time. However, with a slow start to the North American monsoon season, D0 conditions were expanded into southwestern Colorado.
Despite the slow progress, corn and soybeans across the region are generally in good to excellent condition. Pasture and rangeland conditions also continued to be in good shape, with a rating of at least 70% good to excellent in each of the region’s states.
The Climate Prediction Center’s has increased chances for above-normal temperatures for all of the High Plains region. Above-normal precipitation is also favored for western Colorado and northern North Dakota, while the outlook has increased chances of below-normal precipitation in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and eastern Colorado. According to the 7-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, precipitation is likely across a majority of the High Plains except for central Kansas and western North Dakota. The greatest amounts are to be expected in central Colorado and the Black Hills.
