Heading into a period of precipitation, hopefully, so maybe the next report will be better. 

0.40” April ‘26 to date, 19% of average. 2.09” calendar year to date, 40% of average.  3.57” water year to date, 43% of average. 

Watering conservation recommended but not required in City of Boulder. Neighbors are starting to water their lawns because of lack of restrictions. The folks who are holding off till May have brown brown brown lawns which are dying, not dormant. 

Wildflowers and trees in open space are blooming about a month early, with diminished blooms which finish quickly. 

We are in stage 1 fire restrictions. 

Springs in the foothills are greatly diminished or dry. 

Farms have been informed that their normal water rights will not be available this year. Choices are being made about fallowing some fields, reducing planting areas, and so on. 

A recent Boulder Reporting Lab article about water restrictions in the City of Boulder indicate that watering restrictions are not expected in Boulder but also acknowledge that snowpack in the Middle Boulder Creek watershed has already completely melted out.  This information—no watering restrictions, farms not able to access water, and one watershed melting out weeks ahead of schedule—seem to be at conflict with reality.