This past winter was officially Utah’s warmest in over a century, contributing to many of the snowpack challenges facing the state. Utah posted a statewide average temperature of 36.4 degrees between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28, shattering the previous meteorological record — set during the 2014-2015 winter — by 2.2 degrees, according to National Centers for Environmental Information data released on Monday. … It could have repercussions for later this year. The National Weather Service’s Colorado Basin River Forecast Center updated its spring runoff outlook on Friday, projecting that snowmelt could be approximately 60% of normal or less at many of the major creeks and rivers in the state.

Other snowpack and water supply news around the West:

• San Francisco Chronicle: Striking weather contrast to hit West Coast, with gobs of snow and record heat
• NBC7 (San Diego): Video: Sometimes, low water level at a reservoir is a good thing
• The Denver Post (Colo.): Colorado River may deliver just a third of normal water supplies this spring, projections show
• KREX (Grand Junction, Colo.): Low snowpack deepens drought concerns for Western Colorado ranchers
• 2News (Reno, Nev.): Northern Nevada experiences a warm drought as the snowpack continues to melt