Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-18 Day #230 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 |
115 of 141 |
9,630 |
7.882 |
7.541 |
104.52% |
6.183 |
127.47% |
21.527 |
22.160 |
97.15% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
50.59% |
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 |
0.033 |
0.386 |
8.63% |
0.000 |
% |
16.300 |
18.169 |
89.71% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.31% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
3.800 |
10.167 |
37.38% |
7.967 |
47.70% |
21.550 |
25.828 |
83.44% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
20.14% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
3 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.900 |
1.488 |
60.46% |
0.000 |
% |
16.425 |
15.783 |
104.07% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
8.51% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
5.700 |
8.416 |
67.72% |
6.933 |
82.21% |
23.025 |
25.847 |
89.08% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
32.36% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
15 of 16 |
10,320 |
6.353 |
7.842 |
81.02% |
6.307 |
100.74% |
21.675 |
22.916 |
94.58% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
38.22% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
9 of 11 |
9,013 |
3.389 |
3.498 |
96.89% |
1.300 |
260.68% |
19.991 |
19.731 |
101.32% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
24.24% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
11 of 15 |
9,301 |
5.891 |
5.826 |
101.12% |
4.420 |
133.28% |
19.900 |
19.817 |
100.42% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
43.66% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
5.414 |
5.232 |
103.49% |
3.238 |
167.24% |
20.422 |
22.870 |
89.30% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
34.62% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
12.520 |
12.015 |
104.20% |
10.790 |
116.03% |
28.971 |
28.110 |
103.06% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
62.08% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
8.350 |
7.475 |
111.71% |
6.088 |
137.17% |
24.950 |
24.283 |
102.75% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
50.04% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
17 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.512 |
6.819 |
124.82% |
5.500 |
154.76% |
18.491 |
18.714 |
98.81% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
60.16% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
19 of 20 |
10,195 |
14.221 |
10.831 |
131.30% |
10.718 |
132.69% |
23.390 |
22.486 |
104.02% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
87.69% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
2 of 6 |
9,445 |
1.100 |
0.692 |
158.96% |
0.000 |
% |
14.267 |
15.312 |
93.18% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
11.59% |
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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