Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2026-05-11 Day #223 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 |
| 137 of 141 |
9,630 |
2.008 |
9.956 |
20.17% |
8.697 |
23.09% |
17.127 |
21.676 |
79.01% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
12.89% |
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 |
1.111 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
15.167 |
17.862 |
84.91% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
| DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.000 |
1.756 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
11.483 |
14.960 |
76.76% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
0.00% |
| PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
0.000 |
6.037 * |
0.00% |
4.486 |
0.00% |
14.246 |
19.303 |
73.80% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
0.00% |
| ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.000 |
2.905 * |
0.00% |
0.367 |
0.00% |
12.875 |
15.439 |
83.39% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
0.00% |
| ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
0.912 |
11.291 |
8.08% |
10.133 |
9.00% |
23.362 |
25.408 |
91.95% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
5.18% |
| SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
1.433 |
13.124 |
10.92% |
11.211 |
12.78% |
24.011 |
25.400 |
94.53% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
7.60% |
| GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
1.206 |
10.594 |
11.39% |
9.153 |
13.18% |
17.119 |
22.476 |
76.17% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
7.26% |
| ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
1.188 |
10.370 |
11.45% |
9.312 |
12.75% |
16.175 |
23.757 |
68.09% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
7.12% |
| DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
1.280 |
7.755 |
16.51% |
6.147 |
20.82% |
16.207 |
19.381 |
83.62% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
9.49% |
| UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
19 of 20 |
10,195 |
3.374 |
13.236 |
25.49% |
13.459 |
25.07% |
15.520 |
21.947 |
70.72% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
20.80% |
| YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
3.870 |
15.013 |
25.78% |
14.355 |
26.96% |
20.890 |
27.495 |
75.98% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
19.19% |
| DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
9 of 9 |
10,316 |
1.933 |
7.410 |
26.09% |
5.350 |
36.14% |
18.922 |
22.414 |
84.42% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
12.36% |
| UPPER GREEN RIVER |
25 of 26 |
8,946 |
2.756 |
9.170 |
30.05% |
7.629 |
36.12% |
16.216 |
18.198 |
89.11% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
19.48% |
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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