After years of drought, Lake Mead, which is in Nevada and Arizona, reached drastically low levels in the summer of 2022. However, water levels have since started to recover because of above-average precipitation and snowpack that melted last year and various storms that supplemented the levels throughout the summer. Typically, Lake Mead's water levels stall, or the increase slows, during the winter months, but a graph shows that isn't the case this year.
On Monday, Lake Mead water levels were marked at more than 1,070 feet. The lake surpassed 2022 levels last May and blew past 2021 levels in December. The lake still has a long way to go before it's recovered completely, as full pool is measured at 1,229 feet. But a graph by Lakesonline.com shows there's good news for the reservoir: Water levels have jumped more than 2 feet in the two weeks since January 1, a rate of increase not seen since 2019...more
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