SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Water officials are not quite ready to declare an end to the drought in Utah, even as the state sees its deepest snowpack in years.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports federal hydrologists say in a water report released Thursday that this year’s statewide snowpack ranks substantially better than 2017, and almost as good as the banner years of 2005 and 2011.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service says the water stored in the snowpacks of San Juan, Grand and eastern Uintah counties is 207% of normal as of Thursday, while it is 191% for southwestern Utah.
But Utah Climate Center research climatologist Jon Meyer says he is waiting to see how the spring runoff plays out before he crowns 2018-19 the perfect water year.
