Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2026-08-26 Day #330 of Water Year 2026
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 |
| 8 of 141 |
9,630 |
0.088 |
0.001 |
12,500.00% |
0.000 |
% |
22.443 |
27.955 |
80.28% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
0.56% |
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 |
0 of 6 |
8,976 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
24.163 |
% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
% |
| DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
0 of 6 |
9,445 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
20.612 |
% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
% |
| DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
1 of 9 |
10,316 |
0.000 |
0.000 * |
% |
0.000 |
% |
26.500 |
29.639 |
89.41% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
0.00% |
| DUCHESNE RIVER |
0 of 15 |
9,301 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
25.673 |
% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
% |
| PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
0 of 11 |
9,013 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
24.466 |
% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
% |
| ESCALANTE RIVER |
0 of 4 |
9,877 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
21.459 |
% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
% |
| ANIMAS RIVER |
0 of 9 |
10,439 |
|
0.001 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
33.027 |
% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
% |
| ROARING FORK RIVER |
0 of 8 |
9,780 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
30.012 |
% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
% |
| UPPER GREEN RIVER |
0 of 26 |
8,946 |
|
0.000 |
% |
0.000 |
% |
|
24.157 |
% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
% |
| SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
1 of 9 |
10,689 |
0.000 |
0.004 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
13.300 |
32.965 |
40.35% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
0.00% |
| GUNNISON RIVER |
3 of 16 |
10,320 |
0.033 |
0.002 |
1,332.00% |
0.000 |
% |
17.700 |
28.680 |
61.72% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
0.20% |
| YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
2 of 21 |
9,153 |
0.100 |
0.000 |
33,333.33% |
0.000 |
% |
32.100 |
33.290 |
96.43% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
0.50% |
| UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
1 of 20 |
10,195 |
0.400 |
0.001 |
40,000.00% |
0.000 |
% |
|
28.379 |
% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
2.47% |
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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