Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-06 Day #218 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 |
133 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.306 |
11.292 |
82.41% |
10.261 |
90.69% |
20.364 |
21.161 |
96.24% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
59.73% |
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 |
0.433 |
1.720 |
25.20% |
0.133 |
325.06% |
15.800 |
17.475 |
90.41% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
4.03% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
7.262 |
14.558 |
49.89% |
13.189 |
55.07% |
20.525 |
24.991 |
82.13% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
38.48% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
6.900 |
12.153 |
56.77% |
10.860 |
63.54% |
19.981 |
21.981 |
90.90% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
41.51% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
5 of 6 |
9,445 |
1.660 |
2.687 |
61.79% |
0.350 |
474.29% |
13.683 |
14.626 |
93.55% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
17.49% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
9 of 9 |
10,316 |
6.522 |
8.653 |
75.38% |
7.388 |
88.29% |
19.767 |
21.907 |
90.23% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
41.70% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
9.775 |
12.786 |
76.45% |
12.500 |
78.20% |
22.100 |
24.972 |
88.50% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
55.49% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
9.638 |
11.975 |
80.48% |
11.025 |
87.41% |
22.938 |
23.196 |
98.89% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
57.76% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
22 of 26 |
8,946 |
9.000 |
10.453 |
86.10% |
8.967 |
100.37% |
17.356 |
17.633 |
98.43% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
63.61% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
15.024 |
16.618 |
90.41% |
15.945 |
94.22% |
27.510 |
26.853 |
102.45% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
74.50% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
14 of 15 |
9,301 |
8.293 |
8.893 |
93.25% |
6.973 |
118.92% |
19.140 |
18.904 |
101.25% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
61.47% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
10 of 11 |
9,013 |
7.130 |
7.605 |
93.75% |
7.114 |
100.22% |
19.364 |
18.866 |
102.64% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
51.00% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
14.835 |
14.435 |
102.77% |
14.976 |
99.06% |
21.900 |
21.408 |
102.30% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
91.48% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
3 of 4 |
9,877 |
5.733 |
3.831 |
149.66% |
0.867 |
661.51% |
15.875 |
15.083 |
105.25% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
54.18% |
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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