The Colorado River Basin supplies water to 40 million people spread across 7 total Western states. According to Natural Resources Conservation Service data, the snowpack was above average as it reached its seasonal peak. In the Upper Colorado Region, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, the snowpack usually peaks around April 8th and on Thursday it was about 160% of the median from 1991 to 2020. It is almost the highest snowpack recorded since 1986.
