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Summer monsoons improve Colorado’s drought conditions, represent ‘drops in the bucket’
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The best summer for precipitation since 2014 produced rare optimism among one of the state’s water watchers, but it is tempered with concerns about a third straight La Niña fall, which is likely to bring hotter and drier conditions. And that isn’t good for winter snowmelt, because those conditions leave soils drier. In turn, that dry…
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Monsoon moisture takes a little out of the drought, water watchers say
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The early arrival of summer monsoons in late June has been a welcome sight for a parched state, but the rains have not been enough to put an end to the drought. Colorado water watchers from federal and state agencies and local water providers, known as the Water Availability Task Force, couldn’t have been happier…
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Heavy snowfall in late December, early January produces rare optimism from water watchers
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Snowfalls in late December and early January have resulted in some of the best snowpack conditions the state has seen in at least three years, according to state and federal water experts. The Water Availability Task Force, a coalition of state and federal water and climate experts, as well as local water providers, reviewed the…
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Colorado’s drought set to be 4th worst on record
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If you suspected the drought this year is one for the record books, you’re right – especially for southwestern Colorado. The Colorado water year, which concludes Sept. 30, looks to be the fourth driest on record since the state began tracking water supplies 123 years ago. Southwestern Colorado is expected to set a record for…
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State water taskforce has its fingers crossed for monsoons and El Nino
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Monday and Tuesday’s downpours, which led to flash flooding in some parts of the state and the cancellation of flights at Denver International Airport, did not go unnoticed by the water watchers around the state. It’s a sign of annual monsoon moisture, which the state’s water availability task force has been waiting for. Between the…
