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Welcome to Water Year 2027

Why water wonks hit reset on October 1, and what the last year looked like in maps

Oct 1 • Mitch Tobin

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August 2026

Summer roundup: 4 snow stories on my radar

Plus, SnowSlang: Q is for “Quaternary”

Aug 27 • Mitch Tobin

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Climate change made the West’s snow drought far more likely—but it’s still not the new normal

Q&A with hydrologist Adrienne Marshall on why this past winter’s snowpack fell so low, how global warming increased the odds and what the future may…

Aug 6 • Mitch Tobin

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July 2026

Photo essay: The summer legacy of a low-snow winter

A Colorado road trip amid smoky skies, shrinking reservoirs, and the last remnants of the snowpack

Jul 16 • Mitch Tobin

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June 2026

Can AI forecast if snow will be fluffy or dense? Only with help from humans

Scientists use machine learning and hand-collected data to better predict snowfall and storm impacts

Jun 10 • Mitch Tobin

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May 2026

How this snow drought rewrote the record books

Plus, aerial photos from the San Juan Mountains show the season’s dwindling snowpack

May 27 • Mitch Tobin

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8 snow stories on my radar

Drones, avalanches, Arctic warfare, shorter winters, irrigation woes, and more.

May 7 • Mitch Tobin

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April 2026

Snowpack update: stark drought graphics

Plus: recent snowpack coverage and remembering my dad, who helped inspire my snow journalism

Apr 22 • Mitch Tobin

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No fooling: April 1 is a cruel joke for the West's snowpack

At the water year's midpoint, meager snow cover raises alarms for the months ahead

Apr 1 • Mitch Tobin

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March 2026

Missing snowpack reveals West’s vulnerabilities

This season's snow drought is a chilling harbinger in our warming climate

Mar 25 • Mitch Tobin

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March heat wave: early melt-out

The West's snow drought deepens due to record-breaking temperatures

Mar 18 • Mitch Tobin

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5 snow stories on my radar

Avalanches, snow blankets, wolverine reintroduction, a snowpack update, and the storm of the (sad) season

Mar 4 • Mitch Tobin

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