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Snowmelt is nearly complete across Colorado. Most basins report early melt and below normal runoff forecasts. Early monsoonal precipitation has started and increased rainfall is expected to continue through the summer, particularly across southern regions.
Snowpack across Colorado is well below normal following a warm, dry April. Statewide snowpack has begun its seasonal decline, with SWE at 57% of median. Despite a dry April, early May storms brought helpful precipitation to higher elevations.
Colorado Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Colorado Open Lands (COL) are announcing a funding opportunity through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
As Colorado approaches the seasonal peak of its snowpack, data as of April 1 show statewide snow water equivalent at 85 percent of median, down from 112 percent this time last year. March delivered 105 percent of median precipitation across the state, improving snowpack totals in many basins.
Northern basins have received more moisture than the south. Early season storms bolstered water year to date precipitation in southern basins but a drier mid-winter has tempered forecasts. Higher latitude basins continue to benefit, with streamflow projections near or above median.
