Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-08 Day #220 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 |
9.724 |
10.674 |
91.10% |
9.525 |
102.08% |
20.869 |
21.331 |
97.84% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
62.41% |
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 |
1.392 |
11.98% |
0.000 |
% |
15.883 |
17.596 |
90.27% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
1.55% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
6.900 |
13.888 |
49.68% |
12.467 |
55.35% |
20.500 |
25.142 |
81.54% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
36.56% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
1.350 |
2.301 |
58.67% |
0.150 |
900.00% |
13.850 |
14.748 |
93.91% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
14.22% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
14 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.221 |
11.448 |
71.82% |
10.020 |
82.05% |
20.344 |
22.140 |
91.89% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
49.46% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
9.625 |
12.100 |
79.54% |
11.122 |
86.54% |
22.100 |
25.125 |
87.96% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
54.64% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
23 of 26 |
8,946 |
9.052 |
9.903 |
91.41% |
8.346 |
108.46% |
17.883 |
17.846 |
100.21% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
63.98% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.753 |
8.386 |
92.45% |
6.540 |
118.55% |
19.553 |
19.077 |
102.50% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
57.47% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.375 |
11.219 |
92.47% |
10.112 |
102.60% |
23.762 |
23.355 |
101.74% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
62.18% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
6.727 |
6.948 |
96.82% |
6.071 |
110.80% |
19.682 |
19.038 |
103.38% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
48.12% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
16.014 |
15.849 |
101.04% |
15.125 |
105.88% |
28.600 |
27.047 |
105.74% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
79.41% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
8.314 |
7.999 |
103.94% |
6.312 |
131.71% |
19.744 |
22.073 |
89.45% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
53.16% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.805 |
13.837 |
114.22% |
14.212 |
111.21% |
22.850 |
21.550 |
106.03% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
97.46% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
4.025 |
3.456 |
116.45% |
0.667 |
603.72% |
15.925 |
15.217 |
104.65% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
38.04% |
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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