Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-05 Day #217 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 |
128 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.912 |
11.630 |
85.22% |
10.630 |
93.24% |
20.185 |
21.085 |
95.73% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
63.62% |
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 |
4 of 6 |
8,976 |
0.050 |
1.962 |
2.55% |
0.100 |
50.00% |
15.267 |
17.414 |
87.67% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.47% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
7.978 |
14.922 |
53.46% |
13.767 |
57.95% |
21.344 |
24.904 |
85.71% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
42.28% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
14 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.050 |
12.535 |
64.22% |
11.227 |
71.70% |
19.719 |
21.899 |
90.05% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
48.43% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
9 of 9 |
10,316 |
6.622 |
9.025 |
73.38% |
7.600 |
87.13% |
19.478 |
21.815 |
89.29% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
42.34% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
9.862 |
13.136 |
75.08% |
13.044 |
75.61% |
21.800 |
24.889 |
87.59% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
55.99% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.025 |
12.389 |
80.92% |
11.338 |
88.42% |
22.725 |
23.124 |
98.27% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
60.08% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
22 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.891 |
10.784 |
82.45% |
9.438 |
94.21% |
16.944 |
17.544 |
96.57% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
62.84% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
14 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.986 |
9.198 |
86.82% |
7.367 |
108.40% |
18.740 |
18.841 |
99.46% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
59.19% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
10 of 11 |
9,013 |
7.080 |
7.984 |
88.67% |
7.329 |
96.61% |
19.118 |
18.812 |
101.62% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
50.64% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
3 of 6 |
9,445 |
2.700 |
2.941 |
91.81% |
0.500 |
540.00% |
13.517 |
14.603 |
92.56% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
28.45% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
15.600 |
16.980 |
91.87% |
16.290 |
95.76% |
27.314 |
26.762 |
102.06% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
77.35% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.270 |
14.718 |
103.75% |
15.265 |
100.03% |
21.845 |
21.345 |
102.34% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
94.16% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
3 of 4 |
9,877 |
5.733 |
4.132 |
138.75% |
1.000 |
573.33% |
15.750 |
15.055 |
104.62% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
54.18% |
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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