Southeast Wyoming Snowpack Is The “Lowest On Record”
The snowpack levels for mountain ranges in southeast Wyoming are a low as 0 percent in one case, and all are far below median levels for this time of year.
They are in fact, the lowest on record
That's according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service.
Not only has snowfall been well below average, but an unusually warm March melted off much of the existing snow pack.
The weather service posted the following on it's website:
The exceptional warmth last month was the worst case scenario for the mountain snowpack in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado, which feeds the North Platte, Laramie, and Little Snake Rivers in spring and summer. Unfortunately, as of early April, mountain snowpack is at its lowest level on record. Most locations in our area peaked in mid March at their lowest peak in the historical record, and then declined significantly over the last several weeks due to the extremely warm temperatures. While some was recovered in the last few days, it was not enough to get out of the record low spot. Outside of the mountains, March continued the trend of below average snowfall that has dominated this entire season. Cheyenne's 17.1" season-to-date snowfall is the 3rd least in over 100 years of record keeping, and Scottsbluff's 6.4" in the 2nd least.
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