Jun 5, 2026 | River Reports
Compared with the record warmth of this past winter, conditions in late April and May moderated. Temperatures remained above normal, but much-needed precipitation arrived during the last weeks of April and the first weeks of May. October through April were dry across...
May 5, 2026 | River Reports
April picked up the warm weather that our record-breaking March left behind with abnormally high temperatures and low amounts of much needed precipitation. These high temperatures will continue to affect our snowpack and streamflow for the remainder of the spring and...
Mar 31, 2026 | River Reports
A mid-March heat wave hit the Western US and here in Colorado, it has taken a serious toll on the state’s snowpack across all elevations (figure 1). Throughout this warm, dry winter, experts have been studying other historically comparable years to inform water supply...
Feb 26, 2026 | River Reports
I’ve woken up the past few mornings with the strange sensation that I’ve somehow time-traveled to spring. Or teleported to California. Warm, dry wind pushes through my bedroom window, and the birds gossip noisily with their companions in the canopy. The historically...
Feb 2, 2026 | River Reports
If you are in Colorado right now, you don’t need SNOTEL data to understand our current climatic conditions. A glance at the bare mountains tells the story: January has been historically warm and dry. A late-January snowfall brought some relief to parts of the Arkansas...
Nov 30, 2025 | River Reports
Drought & Precipitation Colorado is off to an unusually poor start this winter. Statewide snowpack is tracking at its lowest relative level for late November in about three decades. A number of northwest basins are barely above 20 percent of average, and areas along...
