Snowpack for Colorado River ends season 11% above normal
Water for a thirsty Las Vegas has been building up over the past month and a half and snowpack levels are 11% above normal on April 1 — the date that snow normally peaks as warmer weather begins to set in. … Two consecutive years above normal snowpack levels is bucking the trend reported in a July 2023 study that showed runoff has declined 10.3% over the past 140 years because of increasing hotter temperatures. Last year’s wet winter helped refill Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the nation’s two largest reservoirs. But they are still low. Lake Mead is currently at 37% of capacity, and Lake Powell is at 33%.
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