Temperature

Temperatures varied throughout the region. The highest temperatures were 8°F to 10°F above normal in a small part of central and western Colorado. The lowest temperatures were 6°F to 8°F below normal in northeastern Nebraska, scattered parts of central South Dakota, and parts of eastern, western, and northcentral North Dakota, with one area in North Dakota reaching 8°F to 10°F below normal.

Temperatures in central and southwestern Colorado reached greater than 10°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 102°F in Grand Junction, Colorado, which is 9°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperatures were 6°F to 8°F below normal in northeastern Kansas, southcentral and eastern Nebraska, a small part of northcentral South Dakota, and northcentral North Dakota.

Temperatures in eastern and western North Dakota reached greater than 10°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 47°F in Sheridan, Wyoming, which is 7°F below normal for the area. The highest temperatures were 8°F to 10°F above normal in western Colorado.

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region, ranging from less than 2 percent in the majority of Wyoming and Colorado, scattered parts throughout Kansas, the Nebraskan panhandle, most of South Dakota, and scattered parts of central and eastern North Dakota, to 200-400 percent of normal in western North Dakota, northcentral South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas. Elmdale, Kansas received 4.31 inches of precipitation with most of it falling on the 7^th. 

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions increased from 86 to 88 percent. In the region, North Dakota experienced the highest increase in D0 conditions by 15 percent while Nebraska experienced the highest decrease in D0 conditions by 4 percent.