The Rio Chama snowpack holds less water today than on this date in any year since measurements began—zero percentile. Click the graphic to download a larger version.
The red line at the bottom marks the historical minimum. The black line shows this year’s measurements. The red shaded area represents the bottom 10th percentile. The green band spans the 30th to 70th percentiles. The top blue line indicates the historical maximum, with the top 10th percentile shaded in blue.
In early March, the Bureau of Reclamation issued its Rio Grande Annual Operating Plan, based on similarly low snowpack measurements across the headwaters. The plan forecasts Rio Grande flows from the source to Texas. This graphic shows the forecast for prolonged dry river conditions at Bosque Farms and San Acacia—briefly interrupted, we hope, by summer monsoon spikes.
Here we go: 2025—our next record-setting hot, dry year.