The month of November was overall warmer than normal across eastern Utah and western Colorado, but was wetter or drier than normal depending on where you stood. Additionally, much of the area still saw benefits from the well above normal precipitation that occurred in October.
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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 GJT wrote it up.
The month of November was overall warmer than normal across eastern Utah and western Colorado, but was wetter or drier than normal depending on where you stood. Additionally, much of the area still saw benefits from the well above normal precipitation that occurred in October. As a result, only minor changes to drought of Severe (D2), Moderate (D1), or Abnormally Dry (D0) categories occurred with each update, but the area of Extreme (D3) Drought remained unchanged through the month.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 10:08 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 1108 PM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Unseasonably warm and dry conditions persist into next week with the potential for precipitation returning Thursday, mainly north of I-70. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 319 PM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 Northwesterly flow will hold high temperatures on Saturday around 5 degrees above normal for the beginning of November. Cloud cover looks to be less robust than what we saw this morning, but with increased atmospheric moisture moving through the region this weekend, scattered clouds will make an appearance from time to time. This moisture is not expected to produce any precipitation due to the absence of ascent with high pressure building in. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Issued at 319 PM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 Ridging aloft will keep anomalous moisture to our north through at least Wednesday. With near or below normal atmospheric moisture, and minimal sources of upper level support moving through, quiet weather will persist until late in the workweek. On Monday night a small disturbance passes through the region, but moisture will be limited at the time so no precipitation is anticipated. While ridging allows for west to southwesterly flow to prevail, high temperatures will stay elevated at around 10 degrees above normal through Wednesday. Thursday looks to be the earliest a pattern change might occur as a shallow trough moves across the Rockies. Latest runs of the ECMWF Ens and GFS Ens seem to suggest the possibility of weather in the northern mountains, but there is enough disagreement between members to keep confidence low regarding impacts from this potential trough passage. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 1107 PM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 VFR conditions and light winds will prevail over the next 24 hours. Periods of passing high clouds through the early afternoon hours will then give way to mostly clear skies. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...None. UT...None. && SHORT TERM...KAA LONG TERM...GF AVIATION...TGJT
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 314 AM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-010915- Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains- Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor- Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas- Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys- Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin- West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-Upper Gunnison River Valley- Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-Northwest San Juan Mountains- Southwest San Juan Mountains-Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin- San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains- Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat- La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges- 314 AM MDT Fri Oct 31 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Colorado, southwest Colorado, west central Colorado, east central Utah, northeast Utah and southeast Utah. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The last area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 024 - Eastern Uinta Basin on October 14th, 2025, and has not reappeared in a month. Therefore this is the last drought entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) Drought redevelops.
The last area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 025 - Tavaputs Plateau on October 14th, 2025, and has not reoccurred for a month. Therefore, this will be the last drought entry for this zone until such time as drought reoccurs.
At the start of the month of November, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought that covered roughly 40% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains. The remainder of the zone has Severe (D2) Drought covering 55% and Moderate (D1) covering 5%. Coverage of Extreme (D3) Drought remained unchanged through the end of the month.
At the beginning of the month of November, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 2% of Utah Zone 027 - Grand Flat and Arches. For the remainder of the zone, 68% was under Severe (D2) Drought and 60% was under Moderate (D1) Drought. The area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed with the 11/26 US Drought Monitor update, with the zone now seeing 40% coverage of Severe (D2) Drought, 50% coverage of Moderate (D1) Drought, and a 10% coverage of Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions. These conditions did not change from this point to the end of the month.
The last area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains on October 14th, 2025, and did not reoccur for a month. Therefore this will be the last drought entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) Drought reoccurs.
At the beginning of the month of November, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 10% of Utah Zone 029 - Canyonlands/Natural Bridges. The remainder of the zone saw 40% coverage of Severe (D2) Drought, 10% coverage of Severe (D1) Drought, and 40% coverage of Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions. With the 11/26 US Drought Monitor update, the area of Extreme (D3) Drought was completely removed, with the zone now under 20% Severe (D2) Drought, 50% Moderate (D1) Drought, and 30% Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions. No changes in drought coverage occurred between this point and the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, November 2025
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1300644, 1300647, 1300649, 1300651, 1300654, 1300656.