Click the link to read the article on the Summit Daily website. Here’s an excerpt:
April 26, 2025
As of Friday, April 25, statewide snowpack measurements stood at 66% of the 30-year median, according to data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. That’s the lowest point for this time of year since the 2014-15 water year. For every major river basin that reports snowpack data, levels are significantly below normal.
“It was a little bit of a warmer year and just not quite the amount of snow and storms you’d like to see for the state as a whole,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Aldis Strautins.
Unlike the southwestern part of the state, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest drought projection shows northern and central mountain areas are largely expected to be drought-free
through the end of July.
Knew this a month ago when my driveway was melted already. Usually it’s late May. I’m at 11,300′.
I drove home to Denver from Alamasa a couple of weeks ago on US-285 and there was a lack of low-elevation snow — always an ominous indicator of the health of the snowpack. Thanks for commenting.
John Orr
https://coyotegulch.blog/