Colorado’s Snowpack Is Melting Quickly

Thanks to a recent spike in temperatures, Colorado’s snowpack is melting unusually quickly. 

That could mean long-term ramifications for fires this summer and possibly further exasperate drought conditions across much of the state.  

Over the last two weeks, Colorado has lost nearly half of its snowpack. 

The state’s drought monitor update released yesterday placed more than 60 percent of Colorado in drought conditions.  Additionally, more than 75 percent of the state is now considered to be “abnormally dry.”