Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-04 Day #216 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 |
126 of 141 |
9,630 |
10.406 |
11.933 |
87.21% |
10.952 |
95.01% |
20.142 |
21.012 |
95.86% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
66.79% |
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 |
0.000 |
2.191 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
15.317 |
17.366 |
88.20% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
8.567 |
15.230 |
56.25% |
14.089 |
60.80% |
21.267 |
24.839 |
85.62% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
45.40% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
15 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.047 |
12.869 |
62.53% |
11.633 |
69.17% |
19.681 |
21.814 |
90.23% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
48.41% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
4 of 6 |
9,445 |
2.400 |
3.203 |
74.94% |
0.650 |
369.23% |
13.550 |
14.539 |
93.20% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
25.29% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
10.600 |
13.442 |
78.86% |
13.333 |
79.50% |
21.775 |
24.815 |
87.75% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
60.18% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
13 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.723 |
9.458 |
81.65% |
7.587 |
101.80% |
18.713 |
18.778 |
99.65% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
57.24% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.512 |
12.714 |
82.69% |
11.838 |
88.81% |
22.712 |
23.029 |
98.62% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
63.01% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
21 of 26 |
8,946 |
9.667 |
11.097 |
87.11% |
9.862 |
98.01% |
16.861 |
17.484 |
96.44% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
68.33% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
16.000 |
17.284 |
92.57% |
16.620 |
96.27% |
27.248 |
26.660 |
102.20% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
79.34% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
10 of 11 |
9,013 |
8.030 |
8.355 |
96.11% |
7.586 |
105.86% |
19.100 |
18.755 |
101.84% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
57.44% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
9.057 |
9.415 |
96.20% |
7.862 |
115.19% |
19.422 |
21.745 |
89.32% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
57.91% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.660 |
14.950 |
104.75% |
15.459 |
101.30% |
21.810 |
21.260 |
102.59% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
96.57% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
5.275 |
4.491 |
117.46% |
1.500 |
351.67% |
15.750 |
15.012 |
104.92% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
49.85% |
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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