Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-15 Day #227 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 |
8.208 |
8.596 |
95.48% |
7.222 |
113.64% |
21.504 |
21.963 |
97.91% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
52.68% |
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 |
0.000 |
0.625 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
16.350 |
18.014 |
90.76% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
5.475 |
11.394 |
48.05% |
9.144 |
59.87% |
21.438 |
25.622 |
83.67% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
29.01% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.700 |
1.130 |
61.94% |
0.000 |
% |
14.250 |
15.182 |
93.86% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
7.38% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
1.275 |
2.052 |
62.14% |
0.000 |
% |
16.350 |
15.644 |
104.51% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
12.05% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
7.612 |
9.633 |
79.03% |
8.056 |
94.50% |
23.025 |
25.641 |
89.80% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
43.22% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
7.244 |
9.051 |
80.04% |
7.460 |
97.10% |
21.662 |
22.744 |
95.24% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
43.58% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,316 |
5.288 |
6.101 |
86.66% |
3.900 |
135.58% |
20.444 |
22.643 |
90.29% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
33.81% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
6.353 |
6.647 |
95.59% |
5.067 |
125.39% |
19.933 |
19.646 |
101.46% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
47.09% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
4.400 |
4.602 |
95.61% |
2.471 |
178.04% |
19.991 |
19.556 |
102.22% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
31.47% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
22 of 26 |
8,946 |
7.986 |
7.874 |
101.43% |
6.517 |
122.55% |
18.500 |
18.498 |
100.01% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
56.45% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
14.335 |
13.346 |
107.41% |
12.385 |
115.74% |
28.971 |
27.880 |
103.91% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
71.08% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
7 of 8 |
9,780 |
9.786 |
8.807 |
111.12% |
7.175 |
136.39% |
25.014 |
24.121 |
103.70% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
58.65% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.055 |
11.956 |
125.92% |
12.212 |
123.28% |
23.400 |
22.268 |
105.09% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
92.83% |
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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