Drought Persists in Colorado: Western Part of State’s Snowpack Drops to 61% of Median, Bringing Statewide Snowpack Down to 79% Colorado’s snowpack has been drying up in the past few weeks—quickly. The statewide snowpack, calculated as snow water equivalent, is at 79 percent of the to-date median. Part of this number is brought up by the South Platte River Basin (including Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder) which sits at 100 percent of the to-date median snowpack. But it’s also brought down […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: The 6-Year Drought in Colorado is Officially Over A federal drought report released last week shows that Colorado s currently almost completely free of the drought that had been plaguing the state for the previous 6 years. Only 2% of Colorado is still considered “abnormally dry” by NOAA. Just last week, 25% of Colorado was considered “abnormally dry”. Just 3 months ago, 75% of Colorado was categorized as in a drought. The last time Colorado had as little drought as they do right now was […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 20, 2015 0 Comments
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