During October the drought worsened and expanded in coverage for East Central Colorado. By the end of October the D3 Extreme Drought covered almost all of Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
During October the drought worsened and expanded in coverage for East Central Colorado. By the end of October the D3 Extreme Drought covered almost all of Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties. Precipitation for the month ranged from 0.25 to 1, which was half an inch to an inch below normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from half an inch to an inch, with part of Yuma County having as much as two inches of precipitation.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter to half an inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from half an inch to an inch and a half. This is a departure of half an inch to an inch from normal. D3 Extreme Drought encompassed all of the county.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter inch to one inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from an inch to an inch and a half. This is a departure of half an inch to an inch from normal. By the end of the month D3 Extreme Drought encompassed all of the county.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter to half an inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from one to two inches. This is a departure of half an inch to an inch from normal. By the end of the month D3 Extreme Drought encompassed nearly all of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2020
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 924827, 924828, 924829.