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Wyoming Water Suppy Outlook

May basin precipitation was near 96 percent of average across Wyoming.

Mountain snowpack across Wyoming was 65 to 70 percent of average by early June.

Below normal streamflow volumes are expected for the rest of the summer across most of Wyoming’s major watershed.

Total reservoir capacity was near 70 percent by early June.
May basin precipitation across Wyoming was near 96 percent of average. Precipitation numbers varied between 187 percent of normal over the Belle Fourche River Basin to 60 percent of normal over the Upper North Platte Drainage.

Mountain snowpack across Wyoming decreased to below normal at around 65 to 70 percent of average by early June. Snow water equivalents (SWEs) were 45 to 55 percent of average across western and central Wyoming watersheds; while SWEs in southeast Wyoming drainages were near 70 percent of normal.

Streamflow snowmelt volumes are expected to be below normal for the rest of the summer across almost all of Wyoming’s major basins.

Total reservoir capacity in Wyoming was near 70 percent by early June. Levels at the major reservoirs in early June varied from 39 percent capacity at Pathfinder Dam to 95 percent capacity at Jackson Dam.

Related Links Other hydrological information for Wyoming - NOAA hydrology website Monthly Wyoming Hydrologic Summary and Graphics - (updated monthly around the 15th of every month) Wyoming Drought Information Page - (updated at least once a month) Wyoming Graphical Water Supply Outlook - (updated by the 15th of every month—January-June) Wyoming Average Precipitation by Basin - (updated monthly) Wyoming Spring Snowmelt Runoff Flood Potential Graphic - (updated by the 25th of the month---January-May) Current and Forecast Wyoming Streamflows and/or River Stages