It is the second driest state in the nation, and much of the state is classified as desert, receiving less than 13 inches of annual precipitation.
The unusually wet winter replenished area reservoirs that were trending below normal storage levels, and well below capacity.
But the drought conditions have resumed this year in Utah and throughout the Southwestern United States.
According to the Utah Drought Monitor, abnormal dryness or drought is affecting 2,764,000 people, most of the population of the state.
The Utah Drought Monitor map shows most of Carbon and Emery Counties in a severe drought.
Precipitation this year is currently 62 percent of average, compared to 137 percent of average at this time last year.
Snow water equivalent of the snowpack in the mountains is just 56 percent of the median, compared to 132 percent last year at this time.
The encouraging news is that due to last winter’s heavy precipitation, reservoir storage in the Price/San Rafael River Basin is still well above average for this time of year.
As of April 1, Basin-wide storage is 123 percent of average compared to 83 percent at this time last year, based on measurements at four reservoirs.
It currently contains 53.7 KAF, which is 175 percent of average for this time of year.