It is that time of year in Colorado when we begin to examine drought conditions and snowpack data to gauge what the wildfire season might be like in the summer. Based on historical drought impacts, ...

Colorado began 2025 with more than three quarters of the state free of drought. Four months in and that number has plunged to less than half. With record warmth on the way, those numbers are likely to ...

After a stretch of beneficial rainfall across the state, Colorado is finally seeing some relief. The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows improvements statewide. The most notable change?

Following an extremely warm, dry summer on the Western Slope, recent rainfall is beginning to chip away at the worst of Colorado’s drought conditions. In mid-August, “exceptional” drought conditions — ...

Western Colorado has had a record-setting summer, as hot and dry conditions have persisted for much of the season. While recent rainstorms have brought much-needed precipitation to the region, relief ...

It was a week with a lot of change noted in areas of dryness and drought across the U.S. Heavy to locally excessive rainfall engendered broad areas of improvement in much of the Southeast, the lower ...

DENVER — Colorado has seen significant improvement in drought conditions across multiple regions following last week's beneficial rainfall and mountain snow, according to the latest drought monitor ...

This U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show improvement in drought-related conditions across multiple areas. The Midwest (Iowa and Minnesota), central and northern Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Dakotas, ...

Residents of Meeker, near where the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado’s history has raged throughout August, woke up Friday to a cooler morning than they’ve felt in weeks. But smoke from the ...

Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region. A chunk of northwestern Colorado in ...