Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-21 Day #233 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 |
5.588 |
6.596 |
84.73% |
5.184 |
107.79% |
21.693 |
22.409 |
96.80% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
35.87% |
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 |
0.017 |
0.212 |
7.89% |
0.000 |
% |
16.433 |
18.374 |
89.44% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.16% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.125 |
1.230 |
10.16% |
0.000 |
% |
16.650 |
16.001 |
104.06% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
1.18% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.067 |
0.454 |
14.69% |
0.000 |
% |
14.450 |
15.488 |
93.30% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
0.70% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
1.938 |
8.976 |
21.59% |
6.911 |
28.03% |
21.638 |
26.128 |
82.81% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
10.27% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
3.788 |
7.415 |
51.08% |
5.567 |
68.04% |
23.025 |
26.143 |
88.07% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
21.50% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
1.536 |
2.580 |
59.56% |
0.343 |
448.06% |
20.118 |
19.901 |
101.09% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
10.99% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
15 of 16 |
10,320 |
4.807 |
6.798 |
70.71% |
4.947 |
97.17% |
21.781 |
23.142 |
94.12% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
28.92% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
9 of 9 |
10,316 |
3.589 |
4.590 |
78.18% |
2.600 |
138.03% |
20.444 |
23.144 |
88.34% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
22.95% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
24 of 26 |
8,946 |
4.838 |
5.868 |
82.43% |
4.508 |
107.30% |
18.744 |
18.953 |
98.90% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
34.19% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
4.247 |
5.151 |
82.45% |
3.533 |
120.19% |
20.220 |
20.055 |
100.82% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
31.48% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
20 of 21 |
9,153 |
10.640 |
10.720 |
99.26% |
9.520 |
111.76% |
29.281 |
28.388 |
103.15% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
52.76% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
7 of 8 |
9,780 |
7.857 |
6.421 |
122.36% |
5.162 |
152.20% |
25.062 |
24.505 |
102.27% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
47.09% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
19 of 20 |
10,195 |
12.326 |
9.716 |
126.87% |
9.547 |
129.11% |
23.470 |
22.763 |
103.11% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
76.01% |
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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