Colorado Water Conservation Board

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) was created in 1937 for the purpose of aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state. This site contains a lot of information about Colordado government's response to the drought conditions.

Colorado Water Resources Research Institute

Drought related publications from the CWRRI and related links.

Colorado Office of Emergency Management - Drought Monitoring

A lot of good links related to drought.

Colorado Climate Center

The Colorado Climate Center is part of the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. It has done climate monitoring in Colorado over time scales of weeks to years.

Western Regional Climate Center Summaries for Towns in Colorado

This site provides detailed summaries of daily and monthly precipitation data from 1960 to the present. Summaries are provided in graphical and tabular formats. A great resource!

Drought.ColoState.edu

This site was created to provide the people of Colorado with timely, useful information in relation to the current droughtand wildfires.

Drought Monitor

Tracking drought blends science and art. No single definition of drought works for all circumstances, so people rely on drought indices to detect and measure droughts. But no single index works under all circumstances, either. That's why we need the Drought Monitor, a synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts, that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists.

NOAA Drought Information Center

This is NOAA's drought information center. It is a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions. It also includes helpful drought links.

USGS National Drought Page

The USGS provides a lot of comparative water data on this site as a way to guage drought conditions. Current year stream flows are compared to historical streamflows. Tabular data is availble for download.