Colorado isn’t getting enough snow to fully recover drought-stricken rivers and reservoirs

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Colorado isn’t getting enough snow to fully recover drought-stricken rivers and reservoirs
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For months Colorado’s climatologists said the state would need consistent, above-average snowfall this winter to recharge the state’s dry soils, rivers and reservoirs. It didn’t happen.

For months Colorado’s climatologists said the state would needthis winter to recharge the state’s dry soils, rivers and reservoirs. It didn’t happen.

For a glimpse of the bigger picture across the American West, Bolinger, also a climatologist with Colorado State University, pointed to theA drought like the one enveloping the West,Winter snowfall started off strong in late December and early January but lSnowpack data for March 9, 2022, collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Levels around Aspen and Glenwood Springs are 100% of normal, down from 124% in early January and the area around Steamboat Springs sits at 88%, down from 115%, according to the data, collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.A few more weeks remain until Colorado hits its typical snowpack peak in early April, Bolinger said.

The latest data from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows widespread drought throughout Colorado.

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