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Snowpacks Across Western United States For May:

How is the Western United States doing for snowpack? While most Coloradans are jumping for joy regarding the recent snow fall across the state that left areas east of the continental divide with +15 inches of fresh, lets take a step back and look at the how the whole west is doing as of May. ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWPACKS: Washington Montana AVERAGE SNOWPACKS: […]

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Greg Obernesser | May 4, 2018
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Who’s Got Snow? | Graph of Western Snowpack Right Now

It’s been a wild year in the West winter. The Pacific Northwest has been enduring torrential rain, California is going through a historical drought, Utah is below average, while Wyoming, Idaho and Montana having been getting tons of snow. Colorado is a mixed bag so far this year with most of the state seeing below average snowpacks. The real eye openers are these locations: WESTERN USA SNOWPACK RIGHT NOW: 123% of average snowpack in Western Montana 17% of average snowpack in Northern Washington State 116% of average snowpack in Jackson Hole, Wyoming 28% of average snowpack in Lake Tahoe, California

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | February 11, 2015
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What Region of the Western USA Got The Most Snow This Year?

Much of the Western USA did not have a good year. Or should we say “had one of the worst years on record.” Lake Tahoe had it’s second worst winter on record with only 174″ of snow. As you can see on this SNOWTEL map, the the Sierra Nevada mountains in California were saw snowfall totals below 40% of normal. Taos, New Mexico saw around 42% of normal snowfall. Oregon was also all below normal. But, the pictures gets better as you go north and east. Colorado mountains mostly saw over 100% of average snowfall this year. Wyoming was up around 150% of average. Washington […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 24, 2014
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