Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-19 Day #231 of Water Year 2024
All water / SWE measurements in inches
SNOTEL SITES REPORTING | AVG ELEVATION |
AVG CUR SWE | AVG SWE AVG | PCT SWE AVG |
ALL UC MEDIAN SWE | PCT MEDIAN SWE |
AVG CUR TP | AVG TP AVG | PCT TP AVG |
SNOWPACK MAX DATE |
SNOWPACK MAX AMT |
PCT of MAX AMT |
117 of 141 |
9,630 |
7.333 |
7.229 |
101.44% |
5.896 |
124.38% |
21.552 |
22.246 |
96.88% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
47.07% |
Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell
RIVER BASIN Click for details and graph | BASIN SITES REPORTING | AVG ELEVATION |
AVG CUR SWE | AVG SWE AVG | PCT SWE AVG |
BASIN MEDIAN SWE | PCT MEDIAN SWE |
AVG CUR TP | AVG TP AVG | PCT TP AVG |
SNOWPACK MAX DATE |
SNOWPACK MAX AMT |
PCT of MAX AMT |
SOUTH EASTERN UTAH |
3 of 6 |
8,976 |
0.067 |
0.327 |
20.41% |
0.000 |
% |
16.300 |
18.254 |
89.29% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.62% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
3.188 |
9.788 |
32.57% |
7.856 |
40.58% |
21.600 |
25.942 |
83.26% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
16.89% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
3 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.600 |
1.398 |
42.93% |
0.000 |
% |
16.425 |
15.867 |
103.52% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
5.67% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
5.000 |
8.093 |
61.78% |
6.611 |
75.63% |
23.050 |
25.945 |
88.84% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
28.38% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
3 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.467 |
0.605 |
77.10% |
0.000 |
% |
14.300 |
15.376 |
93.00% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
4.92% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
15 of 16 |
10,320 |
5.840 |
7.499 |
77.88% |
5.913 |
98.76% |
21.712 |
23.007 |
94.37% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
35.14% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
9 of 11 |
9,013 |
2.767 |
3.190 |
86.74% |
0.986 |
280.68% |
20.046 |
19.789 |
101.29% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
19.79% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
5.100 |
5.038 |
101.22% |
2.975 |
171.43% |
20.422 |
22.964 |
88.93% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
32.61% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
11.845 |
11.570 |
102.37% |
10.410 |
113.78% |
29.014 |
28.195 |
102.91% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
58.73% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
12 of 15 |
9,301 |
6.158 |
5.609 |
109.80% |
4.180 |
147.33% |
19.880 |
19.888 |
99.96% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
45.64% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
7.938 |
7.100 |
111.79% |
5.812 |
136.56% |
24.988 |
24.357 |
102.59% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
47.57% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
17 of 26 |
8,946 |
7.724 |
6.527 |
118.34% |
5.192 |
148.77% |
18.491 |
18.794 |
98.39% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
54.59% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
19 of 20 |
10,195 |
13.595 |
10.450 |
130.09% |
10.300 |
131.99% |
23.425 |
22.585 |
103.72% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
83.83% |
SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from all data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020 ::2
Upper Colorado River Basin SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020
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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