Temperature

Temperatures were above normal for the majority of the region. The highest temperature was 8°F to 10°F above normal in northeastern Wyoming and western Colorado, and a small area in western Colorado reaching temperatures greater than 10°F above normal. The lowest temperatures were 4°F to 6°F below normal in eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures in northwestern North Dakota, western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming, and western Colorado reached greater than 10°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 72°F in Trinidad, Colorado, which is 6°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperature was 4°F to 6°F below normal in eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures in eastern North Dakota, western South Dakota, and the northwestern corner of the Nebraskan panhandle reached 4°F to 6°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 25°F at Alamosa, Colorado, which is 3°F above normal for the area. The highest temperatures were 8°F to 10°F above normal in eastern South Dakota, northern Wyoming, and western Colorado. 

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region, ranging from 2 percent of normal in northwestern Kansas, eastern and northwestern Colorado, across central and southeastern Wyoming, a majority of Nebraska and South Dakota, and northwestern and southcentral North Dakota, to 400 percent of normal in central Kansas and a small area in western Colorado. Arkansas City, Kansas received 3.37 inches of precipitation; most of it fell on the 24^th.

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions decreased from 38 percent to 36 percent. In the region, North Dakota experienced the highest decrease in D0 conditions by 5 percent, and Kansas experienced the highest increase in D0 conditions by 4 percent.