Farmers and river runners will have adequate river flows to satisfy their needs this summer, the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service said.
But now water managers are crossing their fingers, hoping that unseasonably warm temperatures this month do not send high volumes of snowmelt flowing down the rivers causing flooding, especially in North Idaho.
Idaho saw less precipitation in April and below normal in most basins. But April temperatures were 6 to 10 degrees below normal, which added more snowfall in higher elevations and preserved the snowpack accumulations into May.
Early April is traditionally the time when Idaho's snowpacks are their highest before melting and heading downstream.
