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Data dashboard: Swinging air temperatures
Aspen Journalism is compiling a data dashboard highlighting metrics of local public interest, updated weekly. Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached an average of 12.2 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on Feb. 25, or 96% of median. That’s up from 11.8 inches on Feb. 18 but down from 102% of median, according to NRCS.
Data dashboard: January occupancy influenced by global economy
Aspen Journalism is compiling a data dashboard highlighting metrics of local public interest, updated weekly. Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 69.3% in January, down from 79.3% last year. Snowmass recorded 72% paid occupancy, down from 2023’s 73.1%, according to the January 2023 occupancy report for Aspen and Snowmass lodges, compiled by local tourism officials and reservations tracking firm Destimetrics. January occupancy reached 71.6% for the two towns combined this year, down from 76.1% last year.
Auction of Colorado River water nets $4.7 million
LONGMONT — Longmont dairy farmer Jim Docheff has been in the dairy business for all of his 88 years, and his son Joe grows the corn and alfalfa for the dairy cows on the farm east of the city. On Wednesday, Docheff acquired six units of Colorado River water to use on his family farm by outbidding other would-be buyers in a water auction.
Data dashboard: Lake Powell’s water levels are slowing dropping but remain higher than last year
Aspen Journalism is compiling a data dashboard highlighting metrics of local public interest, updated weekly. Roaring Fork basin snowpack has been constant since last week. Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached an average of 9 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on Jan. 28, or 100% of median. That’s the same as Jan. 21, according to NRCS.
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