LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Mountains across Colorado had above-average snowfall for the third consecutive month in February, bringing good news for Mexico and the eight other states that benefit from the runoff.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service said Tuesday the deep snow means Colorado’s water supplies could be the best in over a decade, with stream flows running better than 150 percent of average in some areas.
Runoff from the Colorado mountains feeds rivers that run through Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming as well as Mexico.
The conservation service said this winter’s accumulated snowpack is above average in each of Colorado’s eight major river systems.
The snowpack ranged from 109 percent of the 30-year-average in the South Platte Basin to 169 percent in the Rio Grande Basin.
The statewide total was 135 percent of average.
