Colorado SNOTEL Precipitation Update Report

Colorado SNOTEL Precipitation Update Report

Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites

**Provisional data, subject to revision**

Data based on the first reading of the day (typically 00:00) for Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Month-to-Date Precipitation			Water Year-to-Date Precipitation
Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median	Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median
GUNNISON RIVER BASIN
Butte	10190	2.1	0.9	233	18.8	25.2	75
Castle Peak	11510	2.8	N/A	*	33.9	N/A	*
Cochetopa Pass	10020	0.6	0.7₍₁₆₎	86	11.8	16.6₍₁₆₎	71
Columbine Pass	9160	0.8	0.7	114	26.4	31.6	84
Idarado	9780	1.4	1.2	117	26.5	30.6	87
Mc Clure Pass	8760	2.5	1.0	250	25.1	31.4	80
Mesa Lakes	10160	1.0	0.8	125	23.0	31.5	73
Overland Res.	9890	1.3	1.2	108	21.3	28.2	76
Park Cone	9600	1.0	0.8	125	16.5	18.8	88
Park Reservoir	9990	2.0	1.2	167	33.2	38.4	86
Porphyry Creek	10790	0.8	0.8	100	21.5	25.8	83
Rat Creek	11680	0.9	N/A	*	21.5	N/A	*
Red Mountain Pass	11060	2.0	1.2	167	32.5	40.6	80
Sargents Mesa	11490	0.6	1.0₍₁₂₎	60	17.0	22.8₍₁₂₎	75
Schofield Pass	10640	3.9	1.5	260	37.6	46.2	81
Slumgullion	11560	0.8	0.7	114	18.7	23.5	80
Upper Taylor	10710	-M	1.0₍₁₁₎	*	-M	30.8₍₁₁₎	*
Wager Gulch	11110	1.3	N/A	*	18.8	N/A	*
Basin Index (%)		152			80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge	10960	0.8	1.2₍₁₈₎	67	27.0	36.0₍₁₈₎	75
Bear River	9100	0.2	0.8₍₁₆₎	25	17.8	23.5₍₁₆₎	76
Beaver Ck Village	8530	0.6	1.0₍₁₇₎	60	17.3	24.1₍₁₇₎	72
Berthoud Summit	11300	0.6	1.0	60	26.8	39.0	69
Bison Lake	10950	1.0	1.2	83	31.4	39.4	80
Buffalo Park	9240	0.5	0.7₍₂₅₎	71	16.9	24.2₍₂₅₎	70
Castle Peak	11510	2.8	N/A	*	33.9	N/A	*
Chapman Tunnel	10090	-0.1	1.0₍₁₃₎	-10	14.6	30.1₍₁₃₎	49
Columbine	9170	0.5	0.9	56	30.2	36.6	83
Copper Mountain	10500	0.6	0.8	75	17.8	28.6	62
Elliot Ridge	10550	0.9	N/A	*	20.9	N/A	*
Fool Creek	11130	0.3	N/A	*	22.2	N/A	*
Fremont Pass	11310	0.7	0.8	88	16.9	28.2	60
Grizzly Peak	11110	0.5	0.8	62	21.2	30.2	70
High Lonesome	10630	0.3	N/A	*	20.7	N/A	*
Hoosier Pass	11600	0.4	1.0	40	18.7	29.0	64
Independence Pass	10570	1.4	0.8	175	18.4	29.2	63
Ivanhoe	10540	0.7	0.8₍₂₉₎	88	20.2	35.0₍₂₉₎	58
Jones Pass	10430	0.8	1.0₍₂₁₎	80	25.3	33.6₍₂₁₎	75
Kiln	9610	0.7	0.6	117	12.9	23.2	56
Lake Irene	10680	0.3	0.9	33	27.6	34.3	80
Lynx Pass	8910	0.5	0.6	83	15.9	21.6	74
Mc Clure Pass	8760	2.5	1.0	250	25.1	31.4	80
Mccoy Park	9500	0.8	1.0₍₁₈₎	80	22.8	27.4₍₁₈₎	83
Mesa Lakes	10160	1.0	0.8	125	23.0	31.5	73
Middle Fork Camp	8960	0.3	0.8₍₁₉₎	38	16.4	25.1₍₁₉₎	65
Nast Lake	8710	0.6	0.7	86	12.4	20.6	60
North Lost Trail	9190	1.6	1.1	145	24.9	33.4	75
Overland Res.	9890	1.3	1.2	108	21.3	28.2	76
Park Reservoir	9990	2.0	1.2	167	33.2	38.4	86
Phantom Valley	9030	0.3	0.7	43	17.8	23.4	76
Schofield Pass	10640	3.9	1.5	260	37.6	46.2	81
Stillwater Creek	8760	0.3	0.6	50	13.2	17.8	74
Summit Ranch	9350	0.5	0.6	83	16.7	23.4	71
Vail Mountain	10290	0.5	1.0	50	20.9	33.6	62
Willow Creek Pass	9520	0.5	0.8	62	21.4	24.8	86
Basin Index (%)		93			72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake	9490	0.5	1.0	50	23.6	33.0	72
Berthoud Summit	11300	0.6	1.0	60	26.8	39.0	69
Black Mountain	8940	0.3	0.6₍₁₀₎	50	16.7	26.5₍₁₀₎	63
Buckskin Joe	11160	0.8	1.2₍₂₁₎	67	15.7	27.3₍₂₁₎	58
Copeland Lake	8570	0.4	0.6	67	18.8	27.0	70
Deadman Hill	10240	0.5	0.8	62	21.9	29.3	75
Echo Lake	10660	0.4	0.9₍₂₂₎	44	19.5	26.0₍₂₂₎	75
Hoosier Pass	11600	0.4	1.0	40	18.7	29.0	64
Hourglass Lake	9380	0.3	0.5₍₁₂₎	60	18.3	24.8₍₁₂₎	74
Jackwhacker Gulch	11030	0.2	0.7₍₂₂₎	29	26.6	29.8₍₂₂₎	89
Joe Wright	10140	0.9	1.0	90	33.7	41.9	80
Lake Eldora	9700	0.3	0.8	38	20.6	29.6	70
Lake Irene	10680	0.3	0.9	33	27.6	34.3	80
Long Draw Resv	9980	0.6	0.5₍₁₁₎	120	23.4	28.4₍₁₁₎	82
Loveland Basin	11410	0.5	0.9₍₂₈₎	56	23.2	32.2₍₂₈₎	72
Michigan Creek	10700	0.3	0.8₍₂₂₎	38	20.5	27.6₍₂₂₎	74
Niwot	9940	0.3	0.7	43	23.9	30.2	79
Rough And Tumble	10420	0.4	0.8₍₂₂₎	50	11.3	19.6₍₂₂₎	58
Sawtooth	9640	0.4	N/A	*	32.5	N/A	*
University Camp	10330	0.3	0.8	38	28.1	35.4	79
Wild Basin	9410	0.4	1.0₍₁₅₎	40	22.9	29.6₍₁₅₎	77
Willow Park	10710	0.4	0.8	50	31.8	36.0	88
Basin Index (%)		53			74
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge	10960	0.8	1.2₍₁₈₎	67	27.0	36.0₍₁₈₎	75
Blackhall Mtn	9830	0.7	0.9₍₁₁₎	78	32.6	43.0₍₁₁₎	76
Columbine	9170	0.5	0.9	56	30.2	36.6	83
Deadman Hill	10240	0.5	0.8	62	21.9	29.3	75
Joe Wright	10140	0.9	1.0	90	33.7	41.9	80
Never Summer	10300	0.5	1.0₍₁₈₎	50	23.2	31.1₍₁₈₎	75
Rawah	9100	0.3	0.6₍₁₈₎	50	20.0	27.4₍₁₈₎	73
Roach	9710	0.5	0.6	83	23.2	32.2	72
Tower	10610	0.6	1.2	50	47.0	56.6	83
Whiskey Park	8950	0.3	0.8	38	34.8	41.0	85
Willow Creek Pass	9520	0.5	0.8	62	21.4	24.8	86
Zirkel	9320	0.3	1.2₍₁₈₎	25	36.7	41.8₍₁₈₎	88
Basin Index (%)		58			80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain	7460	0.3	0.6	50	21.3	23.8	89
Bear River	9100	0.2	0.8₍₁₆₎	25	17.8	23.5₍₁₆₎	76
Bison Lake	10950	1.0	1.2	83	31.4	39.4	80
Buffalo Park	9240	0.5	0.7₍₂₅₎	71	16.9	24.2₍₂₅₎	70
Burro Mountain	9290	0.9	0.8	112	24.2	31.3	77
Columbine	9170	0.5	0.9	56	30.2	36.6	83
Crosho	8960	0.6	0.8	75	21.4	25.4	84
Divide Peak	8700	0.3	0.8	38	24.1	31.0	78
Dry Lake	8240	0.6	0.8	75	28.4	37.2	76
Elk River	8710	0.6	0.8	75	25.9	30.4	85
Elkhead Divide	8780	0.3	N/A	*	24.7	N/A	*
Little Snake River	8930	0.4	1.2₍₁₆₎	33	37.3	46.5₍₁₆₎	80
Lost Dog	9350	0.5	1.0₍₂₂₎	50	28.0	35.0₍₂₂₎	80
Lynx Pass	8910	0.5	0.6	83	15.9	21.6	74
Old Battle	9840	0.4	1.0	40	39.6	49.6	80
Rabbit Ears	9390	0.6	1.0	60	35.1	44.4	79
Ripple Creek	10340	0.7	0.8	88	26.7	37.5	71
Sage Creek Basin	7830	0.3	0.6₍₁₉₎	50	16.5	21.0₍₁₉₎	79
Sandstone RS	8150	0.1	0.8	12	21.1	26.8	79
Tower	10610	0.6	1.2	50	47.0	56.6	83
Trapper Lake	9750	1.2	0.6	200	22.1	31.1	71
Whiskey Park	8950	0.3	0.8	38	34.8	41.0	85
Basin Index (%)		62			79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa	10000	0.2	0.6	33	14.3	25.7	56
Brumley	10570	1.3	0.7	186	17.0	23.2	73
Fremont Pass	11310	0.7	0.8	88	16.9	28.2	60
Glen Cove	11410	0.3	1.2₍₁₆₎	25	22.1	28.2₍₁₆₎	78
Hayden Pass	10700	1.3	0.5₍₁₃₎	260	19.9	25.5₍₁₃₎	78
Medano Pass	9650	0.5	0.8₍₂₅₎	62	18.4	23.6₍₂₅₎	78
Porphyry Creek	10790	0.8	0.8	100	21.5	25.8	83
Saint Elmo	10420	0.9	1.0₍₁₃₎	90	17.4	24.0₍₁₃₎	72
South Colony	10790	0.5	1.3₍₂₉₎	38	27.0	41.0₍₂₉₎	66
Ute Creek	10720	0.5	1.1₍₂₀₎	45	16.4	29.3₍₂₀₎	56
Whiskey Ck	10260	0.4	1.0	40	14.0	32.0	44
Basin Index (%)		76			67
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown	11580	1.3	1.4	93	36.9	36.2	102
Cochetopa Pass	10020	0.6	0.7₍₁₆₎	86	11.8	16.6₍₁₆₎	71
Culebra #2	10560	0.5	0.8	62	13.7	26.7	51
Cumbres Trestle	10030	0.5	1.0	50	26.7	37.6	71
Elwood Pass	11680	0.8	N/A	*	35.9	N/A	*
Grayback	11620	0.8	1.1₍₁₆₎	73	21.8	31.3₍₁₆₎	70
Hayden Pass	10700	1.3	0.5₍₁₃₎	260	19.9	25.5₍₁₃₎	78
Lily Pond	11070	0.4	0.9	44	21.6	30.4	71
Medano Pass	9650	0.5	0.8₍₂₅₎	62	18.4	23.6₍₂₅₎	78
Middle Creek	11260	0.9	1.2	75	33.3	36.9	90
Moon Pass	11110	0.6	1.0₍₁₂₎	60	13.3	18.7₍₁₂₎	71
North Costilla	10570	0.8	0.8	100	16.0	26.4	61
Rat Creek	11680	0.9	N/A	*	21.5	N/A	*
San Antonio Sink	9120	0.3	N/A	*	10.9	N/A	*
Sargents Mesa	11490	0.6	1.0₍₁₂₎	60	17.0	22.8₍₁₂₎	75
Shuree	10070	0.4	0.8₍₁₁₎	50	10.8	19.1₍₁₁₎	57
Slumgullion	11560	0.8	0.7	114	18.7	23.5	80
Trinchera	10860	0.4	0.7	57	11.0	21.9	50
Upper Rio Grande	9370	0.6	0.8	75	18.5	18.3	101
Ute Creek	10720	0.5	1.1₍₂₀₎	45	16.4	29.3₍₂₀₎	56
Wager Gulch	11110	1.3	N/A	*	18.8	N/A	*
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	0.9	1.4	64	37.6	46.9	80
Basin Index (%)		74			74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown	11580	1.3	1.4	93	36.9	36.2	102
Black Mesa	11580	1.5	N/A	*	35.9	N/A	*
Cascade	8900	-M	1.2	*	-M	31.2	*
Cascade #2	8990	1.0	1.2	83	27.4	29.8	92
Columbine Pass	9160	0.8	0.7	114	26.4	31.6	84
Columbus Basin	10780	1.4	1.4₍₂₆₎	100	36.8	40.6₍₂₆₎	91
El Diente Peak	10210	2.2	1.0	220	29.5	30.8	96
Elwood Pass	11680	0.8	N/A	*	35.9	N/A	*
Lizard Head Pass	10190	1.8	1.2	150	23.9	27.2	88
Lone Cone	9730	2.2	1.3	169	29.7	32.2	92
Mancos	10020	1.4	1.4₍₂₆₎	100	23.2	30.0₍₂₆₎	77
Mineral Creek	10030	1.7	1.2	142	26.6	29.2	91
Molas Lake	10610	1.6	1.1	145	26.9	31.5	85
Red Mountain Pass	11060	2.0	1.2	167	32.5	40.6	80
Scotch Creek	9160	1.1	0.9	122	21.5	27.1	79
Sharkstooth	10730	0.8	1.8₍₁₆₎	44	28.7	37.2₍₁₆₎	77
Spud Mountain	10660	2.4	1.3	185	42.4	44.2	96
Stump Lakes	11230	1.0	1.2	83	31.0	33.6	92
Upper San Juan	10140	1.0	1.6	62	40.6	50.3	81
Vallecito	10740	1.1	1.2	92	29.7	29.8	100
Weminuche Creek	10730	0.6	1.4₍₁₀₎	43	33.1	37.4₍₁₀₎	89
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	0.9	1.4	64	37.6	46.9	80
Basin Index (%)		110			88

-M = Missing data.
* = Analysis may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
N/A = Not available.

Footnotes for median and average:
(##) = If less than 30 years are available, this value specifies the number of years used for the median and average calculations.
Sites with less than 10 years available do not have medians or averages.

The MONTH-TO-DATE PRECIPITATION Percent of Median (or Average) represents the total precipitation
(beginning on the 1st day of the current month) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or
near the basin compared to the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.

The WATER YEAR-TO-DATE-PRECIPITATION represents total precipitation since October 1st, expressed in inches.

Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.

Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1991-2020.

Provisional data, subject to revision.

* Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water equivalent, the median or average for the day is less than 10% of the maximum median or average value for the year.

* Basin - More than half of the stations for a basin with normals report missing or invalid data.

The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values divided by the sum of the corresponding medians or averages and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.