https://www.boulderweather.com/tags/water-conservation/Recent content in Water Conservation on BoulderWeather.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenBoulderweather.comMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.boulderweather.com/post/colorado-drought-boulder-water-year/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.boulderweather.com/post/colorado-drought-boulder-water-year/ <h2 id="colorados-drought-numbers-right-now">Colorado's Drought Numbers Right Now</h2> <p>More of Colorado sits inside a drought classification this summer than sits outside one. As of the July 9, 2026 update to the <a href="https://www.drought.gov/states/colorado">U.S. Drought Monitor</a>, 91.1 percent of the state was mapped somewhere between moderate drought (D1) and exceptional drought (D4) — leaving less than a tenth of Colorado's land area outside the drought categories entirely. That figure comes from <a href="https://www.drought.gov/states/colorado">drought.gov</a>, the federal portal run by the National Integrated Drought Information System that consolidates the weekly Drought Monitor map with the agencies that build it.</p>