Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-01 Day #213 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 |
138 of 141 |
9,630 |
10.178 |
12.524 |
81.26% |
11.650 |
87.36% |
19.962 |
20.727 |
96.31% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
65.32% |
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 |
6 of 6 |
8,976 |
0.467 |
2.716 |
17.18% |
0.533 |
87.51% |
15.333 |
17.168 |
89.31% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
4.34% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.569 |
13.535 |
63.31% |
12.353 |
69.36% |
19.606 |
21.539 |
91.03% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
51.55% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
10.433 |
15.775 |
66.14% |
15.022 |
69.45% |
21.333 |
24.530 |
86.97% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
55.29% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
2.683 |
3.847 |
69.75% |
1.625 |
165.13% |
13.467 |
14.320 |
94.04% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
28.27% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
24 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.517 |
11.734 |
72.58% |
10.596 |
80.38% |
16.504 |
17.236 |
95.76% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
60.20% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.973 |
10.041 |
79.41% |
8.400 |
94.92% |
18.573 |
18.525 |
100.26% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
59.10% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
9 of 9 |
10,316 |
8.133 |
10.008 |
81.27% |
8.575 |
94.85% |
19.411 |
21.442 |
90.53% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
52.00% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
7.673 |
9.228 |
83.14% |
8.243 |
93.08% |
19.082 |
18.516 |
103.05% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
54.88% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
11.350 |
13.413 |
84.62% |
12.475 |
90.98% |
22.475 |
22.738 |
98.84% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
68.03% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
11.850 |
14.001 |
84.64% |
14.044 |
84.38% |
21.788 |
24.467 |
89.05% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
67.27% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
15.967 |
17.847 |
89.46% |
17.355 |
92.00% |
26.924 |
26.291 |
102.41% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
79.17% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.895 |
15.329 |
103.69% |
15.865 |
100.19% |
21.685 |
20.946 |
103.53% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
98.01% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
7.375 |
5.248 |
140.52% |
2.867 |
257.26% |
15.750 |
14.807 |
106.37% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
69.69% |
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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