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NRCS: statewide water‑year precipitation at 85% and many river basins below median flows
Summary
Nagan Bell (NRCS) told the CWCB committee that statewide water‑year‑to‑date precipitation was about 85% of median as of July 20, observed June streamflows averaged roughly 62% of median and several major rivers were near the 20th percentile of historical flow.
Nagan Bell, hydrologist with the NRCS Colorado data collection office, presented the agency's July water‑supply briefing to the Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Conditions Monitoring Committee.
“Statewide conditions as of July 20, water year to date precipitation is at 85% of normal,” Bell said, adding that 30‑day precipitation was about 58% of normal and 60‑day precipitation about 77% of normal compared with the prior year. She reported that June observed streamflow statewide averaged near 62% of median and that…
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