As most of you know… we’re in a drought.
We have just come off the 6th driest December on record for Colorado Springs with January only yielding 1.7" of snow for the city.
The newest drought monitor, updated a few days ago on January 25th, shows that only 0.59% of the state is drought free.
That means nearly 100% of Colorado is experiencing at least some sort of abnormally dry condition to a drought!
The areas in the lighter tan, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo, are areas under a moderate drought.
The darker orange colors are areas under a severe drought, with that number now at 29.21%.
Here’s a look at what last year’s drought situation was at this time: Can you guess the difference because the ski resorts still can!
Last year we started seeing very large snows in the mountains and that kept nearly the entire western half of Colorado drought free.
Looking at Snowtel Data provided by the USDA, we are really hurting in the mountains this year for snow pack.
Snowtel data looks at the snow packs and shows where the river basic would be if all the snow melted.