… The Colorado drought map released Aug. 13 shows 99% of the state is some designation of drought status, a percentage that has stayed steady the past three months. … Making matters worse is the worst drought conditions, mainly due to historically low snowpack, are right where we, and millions of others, can least afford to have drought. … [Colorado State Climatologist Russ] Schumacher said when really strong El Niños have formed like this year, which are rare, the Northern Front Range has seen particularly wet falls. El Niño winters have produced some above-average snowpack years, but Schumacher said the correlation between big snowpack years in the mountains and El Niño years is not as clear.

Other El Niño news:

• San Francisco Chronicle: Could this be the strongest El Niño since the French Revolution?
• ABC10 (Sacramento, Calif.): August El Niño update: An historic El Niño could mean a very wet winter for Northern California
• ABC10 (Sacramento, Calif.): San Joaquin County flood officials prepare for potentially historic El Niño winter
• Lost Coast Outpost (Eureka, Calif.): Get ready for the Super El Niño
• NBC News: High seas, heat, heavy rain: El Niño is on track to be the strongest on record