Western Slope Counties Warming More Than 1.5°C:
The following Western Slope Counties are have warmed more than 1.5°C, greater than the global average.
Oil and Gas Counties*, Drought Status: Severe Drought, Extreme Drought, Exceptional Drought or Extreme Drought:
- Montrose County: 2.4C
- RioBlanco County*: 2.4C
- Mesa County*: 2.3C
- Ouray County*: 2.3C
- San Miguel County*: 2.2C
- Delta County County*: 2.1C
- Moffat County*: 2.1
- Garfield County*: 2.0C
- San Juan County: 2.0
- Dolores County*: 1.9
- Hinsdale County: 1.7
- Montezuma County*: 1.6
- Routt County County*: 1.6
- La Plata County*: 1.6
- Gunnison County*: 1.5C
US Drought Monitor Map, as of May 27, 2021 available at: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CO