Temperature

Temperatures varied throughout the region. The highest temperatures were 6°F to 8°F above normal in scattered parts of eastern Kansas. The lowest temperatures were 6°F to 8°F below normal in central Wyoming, a small area in southcentral South Dakota, and a small area in eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures in northcentral Colorado, southcentral and western Wyoming, and central and eastern Kansas reached 3°F to 6°F above normal, with an area in eastern Kansas reaching 6°F to 9°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 72°F in Topeka, Kansas, which is 3°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperatures reached 9°F to 12°F below normal in a tiny area in northwestern Colorado, central Wyoming, and a small part of eastern North Dakota.

Temperatures in southcentral South Dakota reached 6°F to 8°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 29°F in Alamosa, Colorado, which is 4°F above normal for the area. The highest temperatures reached greater than 10°F above normal in western Wyoming, southwestern Colorado, and scattered parts of eastern Kansas. 

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region. In southeastern Colorado, northcentral Wyoming, scattered parts of eastern and northern South Dakota, a small part of the Nebraskan panhandle, and northeastern Kansas received less than 2 percent of normal precipitation. Northwestern North Dakota and a small part of western Wyoming received more than 800 percent of normal precipitation. Peck, Kansas received 4.1 inches of precipitation with most of it falling on the 14^th. 

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions remained the same as the previous week, with each state experiencing little to no change in D0 conditions.