Two years ago, atmospheric rivers deluged the Colorado River Basin. It all started around Christmastime, piling snow up in the Sierra Nevada range before spilling over to the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is slightly less than normal for this time of year, meaning Arizona could see sustained water cuts through 2026. Though trends could change through the ...

This chart uses SNOTEL data to determine the Snow Water Equivalent in the area of the Colorado River Basin where Denver Water collects its water. Note the left side that shows the inches of water ...

Apr. 8—Heavy snowfall descended on Berthoud Pass in March as Brian Domonkos explained how scientists quantify the bountiful snowpack in some areas on the Colorado River Basin that could fend off ...

97% of the water actually drains downstream from melted snow in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Recently, active weather has bolstered the snowpack and the basin is now hitting about 93% of ...

The Gunnison River Basin had snow at 136% of the norm, the Yampa and White rivers 133%, and the Laramie and North Platte rivers 120%. But the Arkansas River Basin snowpack measured 73% of the norm ...

Rockies snowpack season for Colorado River basin off to rocky start Las Vegas’ water managers are waiting and watching before make any sweeping conclusions about this year’s snowpack numbers.

Deep snowpack has continued to accumulate and expand in California, the Great Basin and the Colorado River Basin, federal meteorologists reported Thursday. Following a series of severe storms that ...

The Colorado River is one of the West’s most vital resources. But 20 years of drought have stressed the entire river basin, forcing federal officials to call for massive cuts in water use.