Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2025-04-19 Day #201 of Water Year 2025
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 |
136 of 141 |
9,630 |
9.595 |
14.625 |
65.61% |
13.876 |
69.15% |
16.956 |
19.441 |
87.22% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
61.58% |
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 |
0.350 |
6.102 |
5.74% |
5.300 |
6.60% |
10.650 |
16.334 |
65.20% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
3.26% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
3 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.567 |
8.612 |
6.58% |
7.367 |
7.69% |
9.725 |
13.885 |
70.04% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
5.36% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
5 of 6 |
9,445 |
2.160 |
7.089 |
30.47% |
5.200 |
41.54% |
10.733 |
13.411 |
80.04% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
22.76% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
9 of 9 |
10,689 |
6.678 |
17.909 |
37.29% |
16.900 |
39.51% |
16.189 |
23.418 |
69.13% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
35.39% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
8.425 |
15.800 |
53.32% |
14.387 |
58.56% |
16.381 |
20.272 |
80.81% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
50.69% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,316 |
7.138 |
13.257 |
53.84% |
12.500 |
57.10% |
18.067 |
20.262 |
89.16% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
45.64% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
10.000 |
16.285 |
61.41% |
15.667 |
63.83% |
19.525 |
23.259 |
83.95% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
56.77% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
10.212 |
15.631 |
65.34% |
14.675 |
69.59% |
17.675 |
21.155 |
83.55% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
61.21% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
8.009 |
12.227 |
65.50% |
11.829 |
67.71% |
16.873 |
17.422 |
96.85% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
57.29% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
8.313 |
12.176 |
68.28% |
10.893 |
76.32% |
15.953 |
17.416 |
91.60% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
61.62% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
13.430 |
19.638 |
68.39% |
19.270 |
69.69% |
21.875 |
24.528 |
89.18% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
66.59% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
25 of 26 |
8,946 |
11.556 |
13.703 |
84.33% |
12.842 |
89.99% |
16.400 |
16.180 |
101.36% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
81.68% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
14.115 |
16.209 |
87.08% |
16.794 |
84.05% |
18.620 |
19.312 |
96.42% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
87.04% |
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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