Utah's statewide snowpack breaks record set 40 years ago

SALT LAKE CITY — This year's snow season is officially alone at the top of Utah's snowpack record books. Friday's storms boosted Utah's statewide snowpack up to 26.1 inches of snow water equivalent, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service data, breaking the record set during the 1983 season. It tied with the 1983 record, at 26 inches, earlier in the day. The statewide records date back to modern data collection beginning in 1980. Agency officials tweeted that it's apparently also the largest statewide snowpack since 1952, though snowpack records aren't...