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%.

Recent warm weather has led to a decline in the amount of liquid water contained in Colorado's snowpack on average over the last several days. This is about 2 weeks early.

According to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, more than 50% of Colorado is currently experiencing drought. The ...

Colorado is split into snowpack haves and have-nots, drought report shows By Olivia Prentzel, The Colorado Sun Friday, Mar 14, 2025 1:23 PM Updated Sunday, Mar. 16, 2025 6:13 PM ...

A warm, mostly dry start to spring and rapidly melting snowpack are expected to bring low streamflows across Western Colorado. “Going back into March, snowpack was near normal in the northern half of ...

The Western Slope is in one of the worst dry seasons in recent years.  Raquel Flinker, the director of Interstate and ...

Snow drought refers to a period of abnormally low snowpack for that season. The latest report from March 6 details a worsening picture for the Lower Basin and the Colorado River as a whole.

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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%. This is timely because the ...

Colorado’s snowpack and reservoir storage as of May 1 compared the conditions last year. ... 2025 Colorado Drought Monitor from NOAA shows some degree of drought conditions across most of the ...

Snowpack and drought conditions . While drought conditions can be swayed by many climate factors, snowpack plays an important role. Across the Colorado River basin, “winter snowpack in the Colorado ...