Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-03 Day #215 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 |
135 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.962 |
12.170 |
81.86% |
11.244 |
88.60% |
20.096 |
20.924 |
96.04% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
63.94% |
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 |
0.067 |
2.419 |
2.76% |
0.200 |
33.35% |
15.333 |
17.313 |
88.56% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.62% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
1.883 |
3.473 |
54.23% |
0.975 |
193.16% |
13.483 |
14.480 |
93.11% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
19.84% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
9.056 |
15.433 |
58.68% |
14.500 |
62.45% |
21.256 |
24.744 |
85.90% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
47.99% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
15 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.520 |
13.148 |
64.80% |
11.967 |
71.20% |
19.688 |
21.738 |
90.57% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
51.26% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
23 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.617 |
11.337 |
76.01% |
10.221 |
84.31% |
16.713 |
17.389 |
96.11% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
60.91% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.387 |
9.679 |
76.32% |
7.893 |
93.58% |
18.633 |
18.697 |
99.66% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
54.75% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
7.127 |
8.695 |
81.97% |
7.971 |
89.41% |
19.118 |
18.688 |
102.30% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
50.98% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
11.375 |
13.647 |
83.35% |
13.467 |
84.47% |
21.762 |
24.707 |
88.08% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
64.58% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.875 |
12.999 |
83.66% |
12.212 |
89.05% |
22.712 |
22.953 |
98.95% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
65.18% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,316 |
8.700 |
9.676 |
89.91% |
8.050 |
108.07% |
19.422 |
21.660 |
89.67% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
55.63% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
16.033 |
17.530 |
91.46% |
16.965 |
94.51% |
27.148 |
26.547 |
102.26% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
79.50% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.785 |
15.115 |
104.43% |
15.612 |
101.11% |
21.820 |
21.171 |
103.07% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
97.34% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
6.175 |
4.783 |
129.11% |
1.933 |
319.40% |
15.750 |
14.955 |
105.31% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
58.35% |
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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