FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– Nearly all of Colorado is now abnormally dry or worse on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
“This isn’t unprecedented but it’s certainly on the low end of the distribution.
It looks somewhat similar to what we saw in the 2002 and 2012 type drought years,” said Peter Goble with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University.
“This is largely based off of a concerningly low snow year in the western portion of Colorado,” Goble said.
Adding that there is only a five percent chance the mountains in the San Juan Mountains reaches average or normal amounts.
Water managers say despite the lacking snowpack Colorado’s reservoirs are at or above average.
“If you look especially at the eight to 14 day timeframe, the things aren’t necessarily lining up to get worse.
Jeff Todd joined the CBS4 team in 2011 covering the Western Slope in the Mountain Newsroom.
Since 2015 he’s been working across the Front Range in the Denver Headquarters.
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