DENVER (KDVR) — Recent snow showers have helped improve drought conditions, bring Colorado’s snowpack closer to normal and improve Denver’s seasonal snowfall levels toward the average.
While parts of Southern Colorado are still in severe to extreme drought, there has been recent improvement.
Comparing Feb. 1 to Feb. 8, the weekly drought monitor saw a decrease in abnormally dry conditions, dropping from 58.03% to 40.43% across the state. Moderate drought dropped from 27.83% to 20.56%, severe drought dropped from 6.69% to 5.21% and extreme drought fell from 2.05% to 1.95%.
Snowpack has also improved across Colorado.
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On Jan. 31, Colorado’s snowpack was at 84% of normal, with river basins reporting snowpack at 67% to 97% of average.
As of midnight on Feb. 9, snowpack statewide was 97% of the median, with basins ranging from 90% to 101% of normal.
It hasn’t just been the mountains that benefitted from the snow. So did the Denver metro.