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(COLORADO) — It’s been a quiet and dry stretch across Colorado lately, and that dryness is starting to show up again on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. Many areas along the I-25 corridor have been re-added to the “abnormally dry” category, and conditions aren’t much better out west across the Western Slope.

Even places that had temporarily escaped drought, like the San Luis Valley, which saw record rainfall about a month ago, have now slipped back into a level 1 to 2 drought. It doesn’t take long for parts of Colorado to dry out again, especially given our semi-arid climate and persistent lack of recent storm systems.

The latest long-range outlook for Nov.14–20 offers a bit of hope, showing a trend toward slightly above-average precipitation. That means there’s an increased probability of seeing some moisture during that period. It’s not a guarantee just yet, but if that pattern pans out, we could finally start adding some rain or snow chances back into the forecast, something much of the state could use.