The US is experiencing an unprecedented drought, worse than March 1934.
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-202603.png
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-193403.png
Utah is experiencing their worst drought in any month.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cirs/climdiv/climdiv-pdsidv-v1.0.0-20240606
Streamflow in many rivers across the southeastern US and Mid-Atlantic is lowest on record.
USGS | National Water Dashboard
At the current rate of decline, Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate electricity in about eleven months. It provides electricity for almost six million people.
https://lakepowell.water-data.com/
Only one marina at Lake Powell is still usable, and it only has 6-8 weeks of usability left.
https://lakepowell.water-data.com/
Snowpack is at a record low across most of the west.
The San Juan Mountains are normally the snowiest in Colorado, and snow peaks there in mid-April. This year there is almost no snow.
