Temperature

Temperatures across the region were above normal, with the highest temperatures reaching greater than 15°F above normal in eastern South Dakota. The lowest temperatures were 0°F to 3°F above normal in scattered parts of eastern Colorado and eastern North Dakota. 

Temperatures in northeastern South Dakota reached 20°F to 25°F above normal. The hottest temperature was 78°F in Concordia, Kansas, which is 14°F above normal for the area. The lowest temperatures reached 5°F to 10°F below normal in southwestern Colorado.  

Temperatures in eastern North Dakota reached 3°F to 6°F below normal. The coldest temperature was 31°F in Sheridan, Wyoming, which is 3°F above normal for the area. The highest temperatures reached 12°F to 15°F above normal in scattered parts of eastern South Dakota, northeastern Nebraska, a small part of western Kansas, and scattered parts throughout Colorado. 

Precipitation

Precipitation amounts varied in the region. A majority of North Dakota, northern and western South Dakota, central and eastern Wyoming, the panhandle and eastern Nebraska, northern Colorado, and eastern Kansas with scattered parts of central and western Kansas as well reaching less than 2 percent of normal. Southcentral and southwestern Colorado received more than 800 percent of normal precipitation. Hermit, Colorado received 3.95 inches of precipitation with most of it falling on the 22^nd and 23^rd. 

Drought continues in the region. D0 (abnormally dry) conditions decreased from 77 percent to 76 percent. In the region, Nebraska experienced the highest decrease in D0 conditions at 6 percent while every other state experienced little to no change in D0 conditions.