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The Colorado snowpack is down to the 5th percentile, meaning it is lower than 95% of historical levels for this time of year. The statewide average sits at a mere 58%.
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots across the region. Snowpack across Colorado ranges from close to normal ...
Colorado's snow water equivalent percent of median on April 30, 2002 was at approximately 30.5% during winter of 2001-02, with a snow water equivalent value of only 4.1 inches locked away in the snow.
In southwest Colorado, snowpack in the San Miguel, Dolores, Animas and San Juan basins is at only 61% of median. The Upper Rio Grande Basin, similarly, sits at 64% of median.
Colorado snowpack is lower than average across much of the state 00:30. Today, April 7th, marks the historical peak of the snowpack across Colorado. With that said, it is a good time to check in ...
Colorado’s snowpack is melting faster than normal everywhere in the state except for Summit and Clear Creek counties. The snow-water equivalent in the Clear Creek Basin was at 100% of the 30 ...
Is cloud seeding safe? Jonathan Jennings explains the science behind the technology in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
COLORADO, USA — Colorado's struggling snowpack picked up a bit of snow this week, but it was not nearly enough to overcome what has been a terrible December in terms of snowfall.
“Some of the places in southern Colorado that had poor snowpack last year as well, their reservoirs didn’t fill up that much last summer. That’s where the bigger concerns are. ...
Spring heat waves in early April rapidly melted snow across Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, leading to large drops in the state’s median “snow water equivalent,” compared to past levels.
Have you noticed less mountain snowpack? See how wildfires are causing faster snow melt and disrupting the snowpack in the mountains.