Overview
- Statewide snowpack sits around 60–62% of the median, with federal forecasters expecting record-low levels in the coming weeks after an unusually warm start to winter.
- Forecasters project below-average streamflows this spring, and officials say reservoirs that are currently above normal will likely see reduced inflows.
- Lake Powell inflow is projected at about 3.3 million acre-feet—roughly half of normal—leaving the reservoir near 27% capacity and straining Colorado River management.
- More than 90% of Utah remains in drought, and warm storms have left mid- to low-elevation sites with record-low snowpack even as some high-elevation sites track closer to normal.
- Gov. Spencer Cox called on faith communities to pray for snow and pressed residents to cut water use, as agencies note the Great Salt Lake needs roughly 800,000 acre-feet to refill versus about 100,000 acre-feet saved to date.