Colorado snowpack level is at 102% of normal, and just below normal in Southwest Colorado, the Department of Agriculture said this week.
The service’s data indicate the statewide snowpack is 102% of normal, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The majority of the water used by Colorado residents comes from melting snowpack.
Snowpack levels in the Dolores, Animas, San Miguel and San Juan river basins was at 94% of normal and 61% of last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Snowpack level in the basins reached a peak of 97% of normal on April 1.
The Dolores River on Thursday morning was flowing at about 2.65 cubic feet per second – about 56% of average, at the gauge in Dolores.
The northern mountains of Colorado are at 109% of normal, and the South Platte River basin was at 112% of normal, the state’s highest level.
Snowpack typically peaks at this time of the year in the southern Rockies.
