Temperature

Temperatures were above normal in the majority of the region. The highest temperatures were 20°F to 25°F above normal in central Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado. The lowest temperatures were 5°F to 10°F below normal in eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures across central and northern Colorado, a small area in northwestern central and southern Wyoming, central and the panhandle of Nebraska, and southwestern South Dakota reached 18°F to 24°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 65°F in Trinidad, Colorado, which is 18°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperatures were 0°F to 6°F in a small area in eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures in eastern North Dakota reached 10°F to 15°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 1°F in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is 2°F below normal for the area.  The highest temperatures were 20°F to 25°F above normal in central and northcentral Colorado, and western Wyoming. 

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region, ranging from 2 percent of normal in most of Kansas and Colorado, southern and northeastern Nebraska, across central Wyoming, southeastern and western South Dakota, and southern North Dakota to 800 percent of normal in northwestern North Dakota. The Lewis Lake Divide in Wyoming received 3 inches of precipitation; most of it fell on the 17^th.

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions decreased from 45 percent to 44 percent. In the region, South Dakota experienced the highest decrease in D0 conditions by 7 percent.