SEATTLE — State officials say Washington has near normal levels of snowpack after one of the slowest starts in 30 years.

The Department of Ecology says statewide mountain snowpack reached 94 percent of normal as of Monday.

That’s a large improvement over earlier this month when Washington sat at just 35 percent of normal.

Snow levels vary around the region, but the North Puget Sound has the highest snowpack levels at 102 percent of normal followed by the Olympic Mountains at 92 percent.