Colorado snowpack at 135% in February
Story By: Bea Karnes
Source: AP
Mountains across Colorado had above-average snowfall for the third consecutive month in February, with a statewide average of 135 percent of normal. Everyone from farmers to kayakers, utilities to drought-weary residents are pleased with the news.
Federal water monitors say the deep snow means the state's water supplies could be the best in over a decade, with stream flows running better than 150 percent of average in some areas.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service reported Tuesday that this winter's accumulated snowpack is above average in each of Colorado's eight major river systems.
The snowpack ranges from 109 percent of the 30-year-average in the South Platte Basin to 169 percent in the Rio Grande Basin. The statewide total is 135 percent of average.
