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Snowpack remains near record-lows

by BILL BULEY
Staff Writer | February 8, 2024 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Hopes that North Idaho snowpack conditions will improve are melting away.

Peter Youngblood, hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, said even if North Idaho receives near-record snow accumulation for the remainder of the season, it could still fall short of the region's normal snowpack.

If that happens, he said, it “could have major impacts on summer streamflow volumes and temperatures.”

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