Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-14 Day #226 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 |
8.568 |
8.982 |
95.39% |
7.614 |
112.52% |
21.446 |
21.918 |
97.85% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
54.99% |
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 |
0.743 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
16.300 |
17.980 |
90.66% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
5.875 |
11.891 |
49.41% |
9.844 |
59.68% |
21.388 |
25.583 |
83.60% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
31.13% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.733 |
1.255 |
58.43% |
0.000 |
% |
14.217 |
15.134 |
93.94% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
7.73% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
1.450 |
2.224 |
65.19% |
0.067 |
2,173.91% |
16.250 |
15.582 |
104.29% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
13.70% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
7.544 |
9.478 |
79.60% |
7.800 |
96.72% |
21.594 |
22.708 |
95.09% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
45.39% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
8.062 |
10.105 |
79.79% |
8.711 |
92.55% |
22.975 |
25.617 |
89.69% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
45.77% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,316 |
5.638 |
6.475 |
87.07% |
4.400 |
128.12% |
20.367 |
22.612 |
90.07% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
36.05% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
6.720 |
6.952 |
96.67% |
5.367 |
125.22% |
19.933 |
19.590 |
101.75% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
49.81% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
4.954 |
4.992 |
99.26% |
3.186 |
155.52% |
19.991 |
19.515 |
102.44% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
35.44% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
22 of 26 |
8,946 |
8.204 |
8.248 |
99.47% |
6.838 |
119.99% |
18.422 |
18.457 |
99.81% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
57.99% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
14.970 |
13.849 |
108.09% |
12.915 |
115.91% |
28.871 |
27.822 |
103.77% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
74.23% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
7 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.100 |
9.242 |
109.28% |
7.738 |
130.53% |
24.914 |
24.068 |
103.52% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
60.53% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
15.410 |
12.344 |
124.84% |
12.500 |
123.28% |
23.330 |
22.217 |
105.01% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
95.02% |
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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