Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-07 Day #219 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 |
132 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.483 |
10.960 |
86.53% |
9.880 |
95.98% |
20.646 |
21.239 |
97.21% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
60.87% |
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 |
0.167 |
1.534 |
10.87% |
0.200 |
83.35% |
15.850 |
17.525 |
90.44% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
1.55% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
7.075 |
14.223 |
49.74% |
12.822 |
55.18% |
20.462 |
25.059 |
81.66% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
37.49% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
1.317 |
2.486 |
52.97% |
0.250 |
526.68% |
13.750 |
14.659 |
93.80% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
13.87% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
14 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.136 |
11.772 |
69.11% |
10.453 |
77.83% |
20.206 |
22.055 |
91.62% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
48.95% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
9.712 |
12.443 |
78.06% |
11.744 |
82.70% |
22.112 |
25.047 |
88.29% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
55.14% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
24 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.404 |
10.151 |
82.79% |
8.592 |
97.82% |
17.609 |
17.735 |
99.29% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
59.40% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
7 of 8 |
9,780 |
9.771 |
11.562 |
84.52% |
10.538 |
92.73% |
23.629 |
23.273 |
101.53% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
58.56% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.600 |
8.644 |
87.92% |
6.720 |
113.10% |
19.300 |
19.003 |
101.56% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
56.33% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
6.700 |
7.273 |
92.12% |
6.771 |
98.95% |
19.564 |
18.942 |
103.28% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
47.92% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
15.810 |
16.177 |
97.73% |
15.455 |
102.29% |
28.343 |
26.930 |
105.25% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
78.39% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
8.400 |
8.308 |
101.10% |
6.825 |
123.08% |
19.744 |
21.993 |
89.78% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
53.71% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.325 |
14.108 |
108.62% |
14.571 |
105.18% |
22.395 |
21.473 |
104.30% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
94.50% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
4.250 |
3.613 |
117.64% |
0.867 |
490.37% |
15.950 |
15.122 |
105.48% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
40.16% |
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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