Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-13 Day #225 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 |
134 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.001 |
9.362 |
96.14% |
8.039 |
111.96% |
21.462 |
21.867 |
98.15% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
57.77% |
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 |
0.888 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
16.233 |
17.960 |
90.39% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
6.250 |
12.411 |
50.36% |
10.656 |
58.65% |
21.388 |
25.546 |
83.72% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
33.12% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.900 |
1.421 |
63.33% |
0.000 |
% |
14.217 |
15.093 |
94.19% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
9.48% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
7.931 |
9.888 |
80.21% |
8.233 |
96.33% |
21.594 |
22.662 |
95.29% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
47.72% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
8.625 |
10.543 |
81.81% |
9.267 |
93.08% |
22.975 |
25.575 |
89.83% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
48.96% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
24 of 26 |
8,946 |
7.979 |
8.621 |
92.56% |
7.158 |
111.47% |
18.370 |
18.403 |
99.82% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
56.40% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
2.325 |
2.466 |
94.30% |
0.133 |
1,744.19% |
16.250 |
15.549 |
104.51% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
21.97% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
6.657 |
6.830 |
97.46% |
4.725 |
140.89% |
20.888 |
22.576 |
92.52% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
42.56% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
7.213 |
7.253 |
99.45% |
5.627 |
128.20% |
19.920 |
19.532 |
101.99% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
53.46% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
5.582 |
5.386 |
103.64% |
3.814 |
146.34% |
19.991 |
19.480 |
102.62% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
39.92% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
7 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.357 |
9.675 |
107.05% |
8.225 |
125.92% |
24.886 |
24.001 |
103.69% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
62.07% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
15.865 |
14.324 |
110.76% |
13.515 |
117.39% |
28.824 |
27.762 |
103.82% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
78.67% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.770 |
12.711 |
124.07% |
12.888 |
122.36% |
23.305 |
22.157 |
105.18% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
97.24% |
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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