Colorado Snow
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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN As of: 2024-05-17 Day #229 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 |
132 of 141 |
9,630 |
7.492 |
7.862 |
95.30% |
6.510 |
115.09% |
21.542 |
22.088 |
97.53% |
April 4th |
15.580 |
48.09% |
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 |
0.431 * |
0.00% |
0.000 |
% |
16.350 |
18.093 |
90.37% |
March 14th |
10.750 |
0.00% |
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS |
8 of 9 |
10,689 |
4.688 |
10.561 |
44.39% |
8.211 |
57.09% |
21.525 |
25.762 |
83.55% |
April 5th |
18.871 |
24.84% |
ESCALANTE RIVER |
4 of 4 |
9,877 |
0.875 |
1.655 |
52.86% |
0.000 |
% |
16.450 |
15.751 |
104.44% |
April 3rd |
10.582 |
8.27% |
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER |
6 of 6 |
9,445 |
0.583 |
0.804 |
72.51% |
0.000 |
% |
14.300 |
15.264 |
93.69% |
March 31st |
9.491 |
6.15% |
ANIMAS RIVER |
8 of 9 |
10,439 |
6.712 |
8.803 |
76.26% |
7.311 |
91.81% |
23.025 |
25.791 |
89.28% |
April 4th |
17.615 |
38.11% |
GUNNISON RIVER |
16 of 16 |
10,320 |
6.562 |
8.208 |
79.96% |
6.787 |
96.70% |
21.675 |
22.848 |
94.86% |
April 5th |
16.621 |
39.48% |
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL |
11 of 11 |
9,013 |
3.309 |
3.822 |
86.57% |
1.629 |
203.19% |
20.000 |
19.656 |
101.75% |
March 31st |
13.981 |
23.67% |
DUCHESNE RIVER |
15 of 15 |
9,301 |
5.333 |
6.058 |
88.03% |
4.693 |
113.64% |
19.940 |
19.754 |
100.94% |
March 31st |
13.492 |
39.53% |
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER |
21 of 21 |
9,153 |
12.538 |
12.427 |
100.90% |
11.250 |
111.45% |
28.976 |
28.022 |
103.40% |
April 4th |
20.167 |
62.17% |
UPPER GREEN RIVER |
21 of 26 |
8,946 |
7.400 |
7.126 |
103.84% |
5.762 |
128.42% |
18.530 |
18.635 |
99.44% |
April 9th |
14.148 |
52.30% |
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER |
7 of 9 |
10,316 |
5.686 |
5.464 |
104.05% |
3.500 |
162.45% |
20.433 |
22.809 |
89.59% |
March 31st |
15.640 |
36.35% |
ROARING FORK RIVER |
8 of 8 |
9,780 |
9.212 |
7.886 |
116.83% |
6.438 |
143.11% |
24.925 |
24.220 |
102.91% |
April 4th |
16.685 |
55.21% |
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS |
20 of 20 |
10,195 |
14.160 |
11.198 |
126.45% |
11.235 |
126.03% |
23.385 |
22.405 |
104.37% |
April 12th |
16.217 |
87.32% |
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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