New Mexico SNOTEL Snow/Precipitation Update Report

New Mexico SNOTEL Snow/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 Monday, March 16, 2026

Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Snow Water Equivalent			Water Year-to-Date Precipitation
Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median	Current (in)	Median (in)	Pct of Median
RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS - Colorado
Beartown	11580	10.1	18.6	54	21.8	20.7	105
Cochetopa Pass	10020	3.5	4.1₍₁₆₎	85	5.4	6.0₍₁₆₎	90
Culebra #2	10560	6.0	11.8	51	5.9	10.7	55
Cumbres Trestle	10030	13.4	22.7	59	16.9	21.0	80
Grayback	11620	0.0	N/A	*	11.4	14.2₍₁₆₎	80
Hayden Pass	10700	6.3	13.4₍₁₃₎	47	10.2	11.2₍₁₃₎	91
Lily Pond	11070	1.7	11.6	15	13.8	15.8	87
Medano Pass	9650	0.1	5.6₍₂₅₎	2	8.7	8.9₍₂₅₎	98
Middle Creek	11260	9.6	15.8	61	19.2	19.8	97
Moon Pass	11110	1.8	5.6₍₁₂₎	32	6.6	7.4₍₁₂₎	89
North Costilla	10570	0.0	5.8	0	5.6	10.6	53
San Antonio Sink	9120	3.6	N/A	*	5.9	N/A	*
Sargents Mesa	11490	6.1	9.9₍₁₂₎	62	9.0	10.9₍₁₂₎	83
Slumgullion	11560	5.9	12.0	49	10.3	11.6	89
Trinchera	10860	4.3	9.4	46	5.5	9.6	57
Upper Rio Grande	9370	1.2	6.0	20	11.7	8.4	139
Ute Creek	10720	3.1	11.4₍₂₀₎	27	8.5	13.0₍₂₀₎	65
Wager Gulch	11110	3.6	N/A	*	10.8	N/A	*
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	15.0	25.3	59	24.0	28.0	86
Basin Index (%)		47			85
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN - New Mexico
Elk Cabin	8220	0.0	1.6₍₂₄₎	0	5.9	8.7₍₂₄₎	68
Gallegos Peak	9460	2.4	9.9	24	7.7	12.3	63
North Costilla	10570	0.0	5.8	0	5.6	10.6	53
Palo	9330	0.0	2.6₍₁₀₎	0	3.9	8.8₍₁₀₎	44
Quemazon	9500	0.0	6.7	0	6.0	10.2	59
Red River Pass #2	9840	0.0	7.8	0	4.7	9.2	51
Rio Santa Barbara	10640	6.2	N/A	*	7.9	N/A	*
Santa Fe	11480	5.8	12.3₍₂₄₎	47	9.6	15.0₍₂₄₎	64
Shuree	10070	0.0	5.0₍₁₀₎	0	4.1	8.6₍₁₀₎	48
Taos Powderhorn	11020	6.5	14.9₍₁₀₎	44	13.2	19.2₍₁₀₎	69
Taos Pueblo	10990	1.6	N/A	*	10.3	N/A	*
Tres Ritos	8740	0.0	0.0₍₁₄₎	*	5.4	10.1₍₁₄₎	53
Basin Index (%)		22			59
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN
Beartown	11580	10.1	18.6	54	21.8	20.7	105
Cascade	8900	-M	10.5	*	-M	17.4	*
Cascade #2	8990	0.1	9.0	1	15.6	16.8	93
Columbus Basin	10780	11.4	21.2₍₂₆₎	54	21.2	22.6₍₂₆₎	94
Mineral Creek	10030	5.4	12.6	43	13.6	15.0	91
Molas Lake	10610	7.4	16.9	44	15.3	17.2	89
Red Mountain Pass	11060	10.1	19.2	53	18.5	22.2	83
Spud Mountain	10660	10.3	21.4	48	22.1	25.6	86
Stump Lakes	11230	8.5	15.0	57	18.1	16.6	109
Upper San Juan	10140	13.1	26.2	50	26.6	30.0	89
Vallecito	10740	6.8	13.6	50	17.1	15.0	114
Weminuche Creek	10730	7.0	15.2₍₁₀₎	46	20.4	20.2₍₁₀₎	101
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	15.0	25.3	59	24.0	28.0	86
Basin Index (%)		49			94
RIO CHAMA RIVER BASIN
Bateman	9230	3.0	10.0	30	8.0	11.6	69
Chamita	8360	0.1	7.9	1	8.5	11.0	77
Cumbres Trestle	10030	13.4	22.7	59	16.9	21.0	80
Garita Peak	10100	0.0	N/A	*	7.2	N/A	*
Hopewell	10080	7.5	14.9	50	11.0	16.2	68
Basin Index (%)		43			74
JEMEZ RIVER BASIN
Garita Peak	10100	0.0	N/A	*	7.2	N/A	*
Quemazon	9500	0.0	6.7	0	6.0	10.2	59
Senorita Divide #2	8560	0.0	7.4	0	8.9	13.2	67
Vacas Locas	9350	0.7	8.8₍₁₉₎	8	9.5	13.5₍₁₉₎	70
Basin Index (%)		3			66
PECOS RIVER BASIN
Elk Cabin	8220	0.0	1.6₍₂₄₎	0	5.9	8.7₍₂₄₎	68
Santa Fe	11480	5.8	12.3₍₂₄₎	47	9.6	15.0₍₂₄₎	64
Wesner Springs	11110	0.0	13.5	0	7.0	14.8	47
Basin Index (%)		21			58
CANADIAN RIVER BASIN
North Costilla	10570	0.0	5.8	0	5.6	10.6	53
Palo	9330	0.0	2.6₍₁₀₎	0	3.9	8.8₍₁₀₎	44
Red River Pass #2	9840	0.0	7.8	0	4.7	9.2	51
Shuree	10070	0.0	5.0₍₁₀₎	0	4.1	8.6₍₁₀₎	48
Taos Pueblo	10990	1.6	N/A	*	10.3	N/A	*
Tolby	10210	0.0	7.1₍₂₂₎	0	5.4	10.9₍₂₂₎	50
Wesner Springs	11110	0.0	13.5	0	7.0	14.8	47
Basin Index (%)		0			49
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER BASIN
Beaver Head	8070	0.0	0.4₍₂₆₎	0	8.2	N/A	*
Coronado Trail	8400	0.0	0.0	*	8.6	9.1	95
Frisco Divide	8010	0.0	0.0	*	5.6	7.8	72
Hannagan Meadows	9030	0.0	8.6	0	10.4	15.0	69
Nutrioso	8550	0.3	0.0₍₁₂₎	*	5.6	6.8₍₁₂₎	82
Silver Creek Divide	9080	0.0	7.2	0	11.8	14.4	82
Basin Index (%)		2			79
GILA RIVER BASIN
Lookout Mountain	8500	0.0	0.0	*	5.7	7.0	81
Signal Peak	8390	0.0	0.0	*	9.7	11.2	87
Silver Creek Divide	9080	0.0	7.2	0	11.8	14.4	82
Basin Index (%)		0*			83
MIMBRES RIVER BASIN
Mcknight Cabin	9230	0.0	0.1₍₁₇₎	0*	5.9	7.7₍₁₇₎	77
Signal Peak	8390	0.0	0.0	*	9.7	11.2	87
Basin Index (%)		0*			83
ZUNI/BLUEWATER RIVER BASIN
Rice Park	8480	0.0	2.9₍₂₂₎	0	6.9	9.3₍₂₂₎	74
Basin Index (%)		0			74
RIO HONDO BASIN
Sierra Blanca	10250	0.0	6.8₍₁₈₎	0	11.0	13.5₍₁₈₎	81
Basin Index (%)		0			81
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS
Beaver Spring	9240	0.0	5.8₍₁₁₎	0	10.2	14.3₍₁₁₎	71
Navajo Whiskey Ck	9050	0.0	4.6₍₁₁₎	0	8.9	10.9₍₁₁₎	82
Basin Index (%)		0			76

-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.

If the Basin Index (%) percent value is flagged as potentially invalid,
care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative
of conditions in the basin.

The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT represents the depth of water in the snowpack, if the
snowpack were melted, expressed in inches.

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.