New Mexico SNOTEL Snowpack Update Report

New Mexico SNOTEL Snowpack 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 Thursday, March 27, 2025

Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Snow Water Equivalent				Percent of
Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Current (in)	Today's Median (in)	Median Peak (in)	Median Peak Date	Today's Median	Median Peak
RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS - Colorado
Beartown	11600	17.4	19.3	23.2	Apr 17	90	75
Cochetopa Pass	10020	5.0	4.2₍₁₆₎	4.8₍₁₆₎	Mar 29₍₁₆₎	119	104
Culebra #2	10570	8.9	12.4	14.0	Apr 05	72	64
Cumbres Trestle	10030	14.0	23.1	26.2	Apr 06	61	53
Grayback	11620	4.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Hayden Pass	10700	7.4	13.5₍₁₃₎	16.3₍₁₃₎	Apr 18₍₁₃₎	55	45
Lily Pond	11060	6.4	11.3	14.8	Apr 04	57	43
Medano Pass	9650	0.3	3.4₍₂₅₎	7.4₍₂₅₎	Mar 09₍₂₅₎	9	4
Middle Creek	11260	12.0	16.8	19.2	Apr 15	71	62
Moon Pass	11110	5.7	5.8₍₁₂₎	6.8₍₁₂₎	Apr 08₍₁₂₎	98	84
North Costilla	10570	0.0	4.8	7.0	Mar 20	0	0
San Antonio Sink	9120	4.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Sargents Mesa	11490	7.0	10.2₍₁₂₎	11.4₍₁₂₎	Apr 13₍₁₂₎	69	61
Slumgullion	11560	11.6	13.0	15.0	Apr 21	89	77
Trinchera	10850	9.0	10.1	11.2	Apr 05	89	80
Upper Rio Grande	9370	3.6	4.8	6.6	Mar 18	75	55
Ute Creek	10730	1.1	11.4₍₂₀₎	12.4₍₂₀₎	Apr 04₍₂₀₎	10	9
Wager Gulch	11110	9.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	17.6	27.2	35.5	Apr 29	65	50
Basin Index (%)		66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN - New Mexico
Elk Cabin	8210	0.0	0.3₍₂₄₎	3.7₍₂₄₎	Mar 02₍₂₄₎	0*	0*
Gallegos Peak	9460	3.6	8.4	10.2	Mar 22	43	35
North Costilla	10570	0.0	4.8	7.0	Mar 20	0	0
Palo	9330	0.5	0.2₍₁₀₎	5.6₍₁₀₎	Mar 03₍₁₀₎	250*	9*
Quemazon	9490	0.0	4.4	8.0	Mar 13	0	0
Red River Pass #2	9840	0.1	7.0	8.3	Mar 20	1	1
Rio Santa Barbara	10640	5.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Santa Fe	11480	5.0	13.2₍₂₄₎	16.0₍₂₄₎	Apr 14₍₂₄₎	38	31
Shuree	10080	0.0	1.8₍₁₀₎	6.0₍₁₀₎	Mar 08₍₁₀₎	0	0
Taos Powderhorn	11030	8.4	15.9₍₁₀₎	20.0₍₁₀₎	Apr 29₍₁₀₎	53	42
Taos Pueblo	10990	1.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Tres Ritos	8740	0.0	0.0₍₁₄₎	3.6₍₁₄₎	Feb 14₍₁₄₎	*	0*
Basin Index (%)		31
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN
Beartown	11600	17.4	19.3	23.2	Apr 17	90	75
Cascade	8900	-M	9.2	12.7	Mar 10	*	*
Cascade #2	8990	0.0	5.8	10.4	Mar 06	0	0
Columbus Basin	10780	16.2	22.8₍₂₆₎	25.8₍₂₆₎	Apr 17₍₂₆₎	71	63
Mineral Creek	10030	11.2	13.8	15.6	Apr 09	81	72
Molas Lake	10610	13.3	17.8	22.0	Apr 11	75	60
Red Mountain Pass	11050	20.3	21.0	25.0	Apr 25	97	81
Spud Mountain	10660	13.6	21.6	25.6	Apr 04	63	53
Stump Lakes	11230	12.6	15.9	18.8	Apr 22	79	67
Upper San Juan	10140	11.8	26.0	29.7	Apr 09	45	40
Vallecito	10740	8.1	13.7	14.8	Apr 05	59	55
Weminuche Creek	10730	10.4	15.2₍₁₀₎	16.4₍₁₀₎	Mar 28₍₁₀₎	68	63
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	17.6	27.2	35.5	Apr 29	65	50
Basin Index (%)		69
RIO CHAMA RIVER BASIN
Bateman	9230	3.3	9.9	11.2	Mar 23	33	29
Chamita	8370	0.8	6.3	9.3	Mar 10	13	9
Cumbres Trestle	10030	14.0	23.1	26.2	Apr 06	61	53
Garita Peak	10100	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Hopewell	10080	7.9	15.6	18.1	Apr 09	51	44
Basin Index (%)		47
JEMEZ RIVER BASIN
Garita Peak	10100	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Quemazon	9490	0.0	4.4	8.0	Mar 13	0	0
Senorita Divide #2	8560	0.0	5.6	8.2	Mar 12	0	0
Vacas Locas	9350	0.6	5.7₍₁₉₎	10.4₍₁₉₎	Mar 06₍₁₉₎	11	6
Basin Index (%)		4
PECOS RIVER BASIN
Elk Cabin	8210	0.0	0.3₍₂₄₎	3.7₍₂₄₎	Mar 02₍₂₄₎	0*	0*
Santa Fe	11480	5.0	13.2₍₂₄₎	16.0₍₂₄₎	Apr 14₍₂₄₎	38	31
Wesner Springs	11110	0.3	12.0	14.8	Apr 01	2	2
Basin Index (%)		21
CANADIAN RIVER BASIN
North Costilla	10570	0.0	4.8	7.0	Mar 20	0	0
Palo	9330	0.5	0.2₍₁₀₎	5.6₍₁₀₎	Mar 03₍₁₀₎	250*	9*
Red River Pass #2	9840	0.1	7.0	8.3	Mar 20	1	1
Shuree	10080	0.0	1.8₍₁₀₎	6.0₍₁₀₎	Mar 08₍₁₀₎	0	0
Taos Pueblo	10990	1.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	*	*
Tolby	10210	0.2	5.4₍₂₂₎	8.3₍₂₂₎	Mar 14₍₂₂₎	4	2
Wesner Springs	11110	0.3	12.0	14.8	Apr 01	2	2
Basin Index (%)		4
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER BASIN
Beaver Head	8070	0.0	0.0₍₂₆₎	3.3₍₂₆₎	Feb 21₍₂₆₎	*	0*
Coronado Trail	8400	0.0	0.0	3.2	Feb 19	*	0*
Frisco Divide	8010	0.0	0.0	3.1	Feb 25	*	0*
Hannagan Meadows	9030	0.0	5.0	10.2	Mar 08	0	0
Nutrioso	8550	0.0	0.0₍₁₂₎	1.3₍₁₂₎	Jan 15₍₁₂₎	*	0*
Silver Creek Divide	9080	0.3	5.4	8.6	Mar 14	6	3
Basin Index (%)		3*
GILA RIVER BASIN
Lookout Mountain	8510	0.0	0.0	2.2	Feb 05	*	0*
Signal Peak	8390	0.0	0.0	3.7	Feb 15	*	0*
Silver Creek Divide	9080	0.3	5.4	8.6	Mar 14	6	3
Basin Index (%)		6*
MIMBRES RIVER BASIN
Mcknight Cabin	9230	0.0	0.0₍₁₇₎	3.4₍₁₇₎	Feb 14₍₁₇₎	*	0*
Signal Peak	8390	0.0	0.0	3.7	Feb 15	*	0*
Basin Index (%)		*
ZUNI/BLUEWATER RIVER BASIN
Rice Park	8480	0.0	0.0₍₂₂₎	6.0₍₂₂₎	Mar 04₍₂₂₎	*	0*
Basin Index (%)		*
RIO HONDO BASIN
Sierra Blanca	10250	0.0	0.8₍₁₈₎	8.7₍₁₈₎	Feb 29₍₁₈₎	0	0
Basin Index (%)		0
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS
Beaver Spring	9240	0.1	3.7₍₁₁₎	8.6₍₁₁₎	Mar 05₍₁₁₎	3	1
Navajo Whiskey Ck	9050	0.0	0.1₍₁₁₎	8.7₍₁₁₎	Mar 10₍₁₁₎	0*	0*
Basin Index (%)		3

-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 snow water equivalent percent of median (or average) represents the current snow water
equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the median (or average) value
for those sites on this day.

The snow water equivalent percent of median (or average) peak represents the current
snow water equivalent at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to the median (or average)
of the maximum seasonal values observed each water year for those sites.

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.