Another Colorado winter comes to a close as meteorological spring begins. Author: Cory Reppenhagen Updated: 10:07 PM MST March 1, 2021
DENVER Happy Meteorological Spring!
In the meteorological world, winter is all of December, January and February.
Winter is normally pretty dry in Colorado, but this winter was extra dry through the first two months and also featured warmer-than-average temperatures, but once again it was the month of February saved winter in Colorado.
SNOWPACK
At the beginning of February, the Colorado snowpack was 23% below average.
That s the measurement of how much water is in the snow at the headwaters of our rivers high in the mountains.