Temperature

Temperatures were above normal in the majority of the region. The highest temperatures were greater than 10°F above normal in southcentral Kansas. The lowest temperatures were 6°F to 8°F below normal in eastern North Dakota.  

Temperatures in southcentral Kansas reached greater than 10°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 81°F in Wichita, Kansas, which is 7°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperatures were 4°F to 8°F below normal in eastern North Dakota.  

Temperatures in eastern North Dakota reached 6°F to 10°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 35°F at Sheridan, Wyoming, which is 1°F above normal for the area. The highest temperatures were greater than 10°F above normal across central and western Kansas, the northwestern corner of the Nebraskan panhandle, and scattered parts of Colorado. 

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region, ranging from 2 percent of normal in central and eastern Colorado, to the western, southern, and eastern borders of Kansas, northeastern and western Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, eastern and western South Dakota, and eastern and spots across central and eastern North Dakota, to 800 percent of normal in western Colorado. Haddam, Kansas received 3.35 inches of precipitation; most of it fell on the 6^th.

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions remained the same as the previous week. In the region, Wyoming experienced the highest decrease in D0 conditions by 10 percent, and South Dakota experienced the highest increase in D0 conditions by 8 percent.