A late-season snowstorm has brought several inches of May powder to the high country, offering a modest but welcome boost to a state grappling with drought conditions. Snow fell steadily throughout the day Monday and into Tuesday morning, with more than five inches of snow reported in Aspen Springs, Walden, Nederland, Sawpit, and Estes Park. … While the storm is part of a pattern of late-April and May precipitation events, the 9NEWS Weather Impact Team has cautioned it will do little to reverse the region’s critically low snowpack [in the headwaters of the Colorado River]. Statewide snowpack is currently sitting around 20% of normal, and even lower in parts of Clear Creek County, where it stands at just 9%. … Still, the moisture carries real benefits as Colorado begins the summer season.

Other Colorado snowstorm news:

• CBS Colorado: Thankful for moisture, small water systems looking ahead in Colorado
• CBS Colorado: How much rain does Denver actually need to erase the drought?
• The Denver Gazette (Colo.): Up to 49″ of snow could hit Colorado peak this week amid ‘winter storm warning’