Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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Upper Colorado River Headwaters River Basin SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
Daily Snowpack Summary

DATE
MEASURED STATIONS
REPORTING CURRENT
AVG SWE 30 YR
AVG SWE PCT of
30 YR AVG BASIN
MEDIAN SWE PCT of
MEDIAN SWE CURRENT
AVG TP 30 YR
AVG TP PCT of
30 YR TP AVG
2025-10-17 20 of 20 0.075 0.341 21.98% 0.176 42.49% 1.110 1.162 95.53%
2025-10-16 20 of 20 0.010 0.323 3.10% 0.141 7.08% 1.070 1.100 97.24%
2025-10-15 20 of 20 0.140 0.333 42.03% 0.165 85.00% 1.040 1.075 96.72%
2025-10-14 20 of 20 0.185 0.307 60.24% 0.147 125.76% 1.015 0.994 102.16%
2025-10-13 20 of 20 0.140 0.284 49.37% 0.118 119.05% 0.930 0.936 99.31%
2025-10-12 20 of 20 0.120 0.271 44.28% 0.071 169.97% 0.700 0.857 81.68%
2025-10-11 20 of 20 0.135 0.221 61.11% 0.041 327.67% 0.455 0.768 59.23%
2025-10-10 20 of 20 0.010 0.196 5.10% 0.029 34.01% 0.315 0.694 45.42%
2025-10-09 20 of 20 0.100 0.159 62.97% 0.018 568.18% 0.295 0.610 48.37%
2025-10-08 20 of 20 0.095 0.151 62.96% 0.024 404.26% 0.300 0.547 54.87%
2025-10-07 20 of 20 0.095 0.145 65.61% 0.012 805.08% 0.305 0.477 63.98%
2025-10-06 20 of 20 0.085 0.133 63.86% 0.012 720.34% 0.280 0.398 70.28%
2025-10-05 20 of 20 0.095 0.129 73.76% 0.000 % 0.155 0.334 46.45%
2025-10-04 20 of 20 0.065 0.102 63.73% 0.000 % 0.024 0.236 9.97%
2025-10-03 20 of 20 0.070 0.097 72.02% 0.000 % 0.010 0.183 5.46%
2025-10-02 20 of 20 0.085 0.086 98.38% 0.000 % 0.005 0.111 4.73%
2025-10-01 20 of 20 0.060 0.046 129.31% 0.000 % 0.000 0.000 100.00%

Abbreviations Legend:
-- indicates the either no measurement taken or data not received
SWE = Snow Water Equivalent
SWE is the amount of water in a volume of snow, measured by weight
TP = Total Precipitation
AVG SWE = Average Snow Water Equivalent for date listed above
AVG TP = Average Total Precipitation for date listed above
PCT SWE AVG = SWE as a Percent of Average SWE for that date
PCT TP AVG = TP as a Percent of Average TP for that date
Percent of Average Numbers are calculated only for those stations that report for a given date
A non-reporting station is eliminated from the calculation of overall averages, not treated as a 0
* Max Snowpack numbers and dates come from NRCS data for previous year

Colors Legend:
Red, less than 50% of average
Orange, between 50% and 80% of average
Green, between 80% and 120% of average
Blue, between 120% and 150% of average
Purple, greater than 150% of average

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