Montana Snow Precipitation Update
United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center
Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon
Agriculture Service
S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E
Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites
As of MONDAY: OCTOBER 13 , 2025
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BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION
Data Site Name (Ft) % %
Current Median Median Current Median Med
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MONTANA
KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
Banfield Mountain 5580 .8 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Bear Mountain 5460 1.5 .0 * 2.5 1.6 156
Garver Creek 4250 .1 .0 * .6 .6 100
Grave Creek 4350 .1 .0 * 1.5 .9 167
Hand Creek 5040 .3 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Hawkins Lake 6460 .6 .0 * 1.1 1.2 92
Poorman Creek 5050 .9 .0 * 2.8 1.8 156
Stahl Peak 6040 .8 .2 400* 2.0 1.2 167
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Basin Index (%) 2550* 152
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Ashley Divide 4820 -M -M * 1.3 -M *
Badger Pass 6870 .4 .5 80* 1.4 1.4 100
Bassoo Peak 5130 .6 -M * 1.7 -M *
Bisson Creek 4880 1.4 .0 * 3.4 .6 567
Blacktail Mtn 5660 .7 .0 * 1.9 .5 380
Emery Creek 4340 .1 .0 * 1.2 .7 171
Flattop Mtn. 6290 .2 .4 50* 1.5 1.7 88
Grave Creek 4350 .1 .0 * 1.5 .9 167
Hand Creek 5040 .3 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Kraft Creek 4760 .1 .0 * 1.4 .7 200
Moss Peak 6760 3.4 .2 1700* 4.6 1.0 460
Noisy Basin 6070 1.8 .0 * 3.0 1.0 300
North Fork Jocko 6110 .9 .0 * 1.0 1.4 71
Pike Creek 5930 .3 -M * 1.4 -M *
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.8 1.0 180
Stahl Peak 6040 .8 .2 400* 2.0 1.2 167
Stuart Mountain 7270 .8 .2 400* 1.3 .9 144
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Basin Index (%) 733* 200
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 .1 .6 17* 2.0 1.2 167
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .8 *
Black Pine 7170 .4 .0 * 1.5 .8 188
Combination 5620 .5 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Copper Bottom 5200 .2 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Copper Camp 6980 .6 .0 * 1.4 .9 156
Lubrecht Flume 4690 .2 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
N Fk Elk Creek 6180 .1 .0 * 1.6 .7 229
North Fork Jocko 6110 .9 .0 * 1.0 1.4 71
Peterson Meadows 7190 .4 .0 * 1.2 1.0 120
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .4 .0 * 1.3 .8 162
Stuart Mountain 7270 .8 .2 400* 1.3 .9 144
Warm Springs 7840 .3 .6 50* 1.8 1.1 164
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Basin Index (%) 421* 155
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 .2 .0 * 1.9 .6 317
Lolo Pass 5280 .1 .0 * 1.9 1.1 173
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .9 .9 100
Nez Perce Camp 5670 .0 .0 * 1.6 .8 200
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .2 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .4 .0 * 1.3 .8 162
Twelvemile Creek 5530 .0 .0 * 2.2 1.0 220
Twin Lakes 6390 .7 .0 * 2.4 1.3 185
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Basin Index (%) * 182
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Bear Mountain 5460 1.5 .0 * 2.5 1.6 156
Hoodoo Basin 6060 .6 .0 * .8 1.2 67
Humboldt Gulch 4260 .2 .0 * 2.3 .8 288
Lookout 5180 .5 .0 * 1.7 .9 189
Mosquito Ridge 5270 .5 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Poorman Creek 5050 .9 .0 * 2.8 1.8 156
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.8 1.0 180
Stuart Mountain 7270 .8 .2 400* 1.3 .9 144
Sunset 5580 .5 .0 * 2.2 1.0 220
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Basin Index (%) 2750* 168
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .4 1.2 33* 1.8 1.2 150
Barker Lakes 8250 .1 .6 17* 2.0 1.2 167
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .8 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .3 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Bloody Dick 7570 .1 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * .8 .6 133
Clover Meadow 8770 1.1 .8 138* 2.9 1.2 242
Darkhorse Lake 8930 .3 .5 60* 1.8 1.1 164
Divide 7770 .2 .0 * 2.8 .6 467
Frohner Meadow 6520 .8 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
JL Meadow 8750 .1 -M * 1.6 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * 2.4 .9 267
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .1 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
Lower Twin 7920 .3 .6 50* 1.7 1.3 131
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .9 .9 100
Mule Creek 8300 .6 .2 300* 1.8 .8 225
Rocker Peak 7960 .7 .4 175* .9 .8 112
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .2 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Short Creek 6980 .1 .0 * 2.0 .7 286
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .2 -M * 1.2 -M *
White Elephant 7670 .8 .0 * 1.9 .9 211
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Basin Index (%) 149* 178
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .4 1.2 33* 1.8 1.2 150
Beaver Creek 7820 .5 .0 * 2.4 1.0 240
Black Bear 8160 .8 .8 100* 2.2 1.2 183
Canyon 7870 .2 .0 * 1.6 .9 178
Carrot Basin 9200 1.0 .8 125* 2.8 1.3 215
Clover Meadow 8770 1.1 .8 138* 2.9 1.2 242
Lone Mountain 8810 .8 .3 267* 2.2 1.0 220
Lower Twin 7920 .3 .6 50* 1.7 1.3 131
Madison Plateau 7710 .4 .0 * 1.9 1.2 158
Tepee Creek 7950 .7 .0 * 2.6 .6 433
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * 1.3 .7 186
Whiskey Creek 6790 .4 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
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Basin Index (%) 147* 202
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7820 .5 .0 * 2.4 1.0 240
Brackett Creek 7370 .8 .2 400* 2.8 1.4 200
Carrot Basin 9200 1.0 .8 125* 2.8 1.3 215
Lick Creek 6880 .5 .0 * 3.4 1.0 340
Lone Mountain 8810 .8 .3 267* 2.2 1.0 220
Sacajawea 6610 .6 .0 * 2.2 1.4 157
Shower Falls 8060 1.1 1.1 100* 3.2 1.4 229
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Basin Index (%) 221* 224
HELENA VALLEY
Boulder Mountain 7890 1.0 .4 250* 3.0 1.1 273
Frohner Meadow 6520 .8 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Tizer Basin 6880 .5 .0 * 2.0 1.0 200
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Basin Index (%) 800* 185
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7890 1.0 .4 250* 3.0 1.1 273
Crystal Lake 6130 .2 .1 200* 2.0 1.4 143
Daisy Peak 7590 .0 .4 0* 1.0 1.1 91
Deadman Creek 6440 .1 .0 * .8 .8 100
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Onion Park 7420 .4 .0 * 1.3 1.0 130
Pickfoot Creek 6680 1.1 -M * 3.1 -M *
Spur Park 8080 .2 .6 33* 1.3 1.0 130
Stringer Creek 6550 .4 .0 * 1.5 .9 167
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Basin Index (%) 153* 149
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6870 .4 .5 80* 1.4 1.4 100
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .8 .0 * 1.7 1.0 170
Mount Lockhart 6430 .5 .0 * 1.4 1.3 108
Pike Creek 5930 .3 -M * 1.4 -M *
Waldron 5640 .4 .0 * .8 1.0 80
Wood Creek 5970 .2 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
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Basin Index (%) 460* 111
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN
Flattop Mtn. 6290 .2 .4 50* 1.5 1.7 88
Many Glacier 4930 .4 .0 * 2.0 1.1 182
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Basin Index (%) 150* 125
MILK RIVER BASIN
Rocky Boy 4730 .0 .0 * .4 .8 50
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Basin Index (%) * 50
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 .4 .8 50* 1.7 .8 212
Box Canyon 6720 .2 .0 * 2.4 .9 267
Brackett Creek 7370 .8 .2 400* 2.8 1.4 200
Burnt Mtn 5920 .2 .0 * 2.9 1.6 181
Canyon 7870 .2 .0 * 1.6 .9 178
Cole Creek 7910 .0 .8 0* 1.2 1.4 86
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 2.3 1.4 164
Evening Star 9040 .4 .7 57* 2.5 1.4 179
Fisher Creek 9110 .8 .9 89* 2.6 1.2 217
Monument Peak 8740 .6 .6 100* 2.7 1.2 225
Northeast Entrance 7420 .1 .0 * 1.8 .7 257
Parker Peak 9420 .3 1.0 30* 2.1 1.2 175
Placer Basin 8790 .7 .8 88* 2.2 1.4 157
Porcupine 6480 -M .0 * -M .8 *
Sacajawea 6610 .6 .0 * 2.2 1.4 157
Shower Falls 8060 1.1 1.1 100* 3.2 1.4 229
S Fork Shields 8090 .6 .4 150* 2.8 1.2 233
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 .2 150* 2.6 1.4 186
Thumb Divide 7970 .4 .0 * 2.2 .9 244
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .7 1.0 70* 2.8 1.2 233
White Mill 8730 .5 .6 83* 2.2 .9 244
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
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Basin Index (%) 98* 195
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9360 1.6 1.4 114* 3.1 1.4 221
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .3 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Blackwater 9840 .9 .9 100* 2.0 1.3 154
Bone Springs Div 9340 .0 .8 0* 2.2 1.2 183
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * 3.4 -M *
Castle Creek 8410 .2 .0 * 1.3 .6 217
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .0 * 1.4 .7 200
Deer Park 9690 .1 .5 20* .4 1.1 36
Evening Star 9040 .4 .7 57* 2.5 1.4 179
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .2 0* .8 .7 114
Hobbs Park 10080 .0 .5 0* 1.1 .8 138
Kirwin 9580 .3 .6 50* 2.5 1.0 250
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 2.0 .7 286
Marquette 8800 .0 .1 0* 1.3 1.1 118
Middle Powder 7760 .2 .3 67* 1.0 .9 111
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .4 0* 1.8 .8 225
Powder River Pass 9480 .2 .2 100* 1.4 1.0 140
Shell Creek 9570 .6 1.2 50* 2.4 1.1 218
South Pass 9040 .3 .0 * .5 .8 62
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 1.0 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 .2 150* 2.6 1.4 186
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 1.8 .9 200
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .0 * 1.6 1.0 160
Togwotee Pass 9590 .1 .8 12* 2.5 1.2 208
Townsend Creek 8720 .0 .0 * .9 .8 112
Younts Peak 8340 .2 .0 * 3.5 .7 500
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Basin Index (%) 65* 178
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 8010 .3 .2 150* 1.9 1.2 158
Bone Springs Div 9340 .0 .8 0* 2.2 1.2 183
Burgess Junction 7900 .1 .3 33* 2.0 1.1 182
Dome Lake 8890 .2 .4 50* 2.1 1.1 191
Little Goose 8560 .2 .4 50* 1.6 1.3 123
Sucker Creek 8840 .3 .5 60* 2.0 1.0 200
Tie Creek 7050 .1 .0 * 1.8 1.0 180
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Basin Index (%) 46* 172
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .3 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .1 .5 20* 1.4 1.3 108
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .2 0* .8 .7 114
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Middle Powder 7760 .2 .3 67* 1.0 .9 111
Powder River Pass 9480 .2 .2 100* 1.4 1.0 140
Soldier Park 8680 .0 .1 0* 1.5 1.0 150
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Basin Index (%) 62* 139
Missouri River Basin ab Ft. Peck
Albro Lake 8500 .4 1.2 33* 1.8 1.2 150
Badger Pass 6870 .4 .5 80* 1.4 1.4 100
Barker Lakes 8250 .1 .6 17* 2.0 1.2 167
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .8 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .3 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Beaver Creek 7820 .5 .0 * 2.4 1.0 240
Black Bear 8160 .8 .8 100* 2.2 1.2 183
Bloody Dick 7570 .1 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Boulder Mountain 7890 1.0 .4 250* 3.0 1.1 273
Brackett Creek 7370 .8 .2 400* 2.8 1.4 200
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * .8 .6 133
Canyon 7870 .2 .0 * 1.6 .9 178
Carrot Basin 9200 1.0 .8 125* 2.8 1.3 215
Clover Meadow 8770 1.1 .8 138* 2.9 1.2 242
Crystal Lake 6130 .2 .1 200* 2.0 1.4 143
Daisy Peak 7590 .0 .4 0* 1.0 1.1 91
Darkhorse Lake 8930 .3 .5 60* 1.8 1.1 164
Deadman Creek 6440 .1 .0 * .8 .8 100
Divide 7770 .2 .0 * 2.8 .6 467
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .8 .0 * 1.7 1.0 170
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Frohner Meadow 6520 .8 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
JL Meadow 8750 .1 -M * 1.6 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * 2.4 .9 267
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .1 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
Lick Creek 6880 .5 .0 * 3.4 1.0 340
Lone Mountain 8810 .8 .3 267* 2.2 1.0 220
Lower Twin 7920 .3 .6 50* 1.7 1.3 131
Madison Plateau 7710 .4 .0 * 1.9 1.2 158
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .9 .9 100
Mount Lockhart 6430 .5 .0 * 1.4 1.3 108
Mule Creek 8300 .6 .2 300* 1.8 .8 225
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Onion Park 7420 .4 .0 * 1.3 1.0 130
Pickfoot Creek 6680 1.1 -M * 3.1 -M *
Pike Creek 5930 .3 -M * 1.4 -M *
Rocker Peak 7960 .7 .4 175* .9 .8 112
Sacajawea 6610 .6 .0 * 2.2 1.4 157
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .2 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Short Creek 6980 .1 .0 * 2.0 .7 286
Shower Falls 8060 1.1 1.1 100* 3.2 1.4 229
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .2 -M * 1.2 -M *
Spur Park 8080 .2 .6 33* 1.3 1.0 130
Stringer Creek 6550 .4 .0 * 1.5 .9 167
Tepee Creek 7950 .7 .0 * 2.6 .6 433
Tizer Basin 6880 .5 .0 * 2.0 1.0 200
Waldron 5640 .4 .0 * .8 1.0 80
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * 1.3 .7 186
Whiskey Creek 6790 .4 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
White Elephant 7670 .8 .0 * 1.9 .9 211
Wood Creek 5970 .2 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
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Basin Index (%) 213* 176
Yellowstone River Basin ab Glendive
Bald Mtn. 9360 1.6 1.4 114* 3.1 1.4 221
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .3 .0 * 1.2 .9 133
Beartooth Lake 9360 .4 .8 50* 1.7 .8 212
Big Goose 8010 .3 .2 150* 1.9 1.2 158
Blackwater 9840 .9 .9 100* 2.0 1.3 154
Bone Springs Div 9340 .0 .8 0* 2.2 1.2 183
Box Canyon 6720 .2 .0 * 2.4 .9 267
Brackett Creek 7370 .8 .2 400* 2.8 1.4 200
Burgess Junction 7900 .1 .3 33* 2.0 1.1 182
Burnt Mtn 5920 .2 .0 * 2.9 1.6 181
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * 3.4 -M *
Canyon 7870 .2 .0 * 1.6 .9 178
Castle Creek 8410 .2 .0 * 1.3 .6 217
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .1 .5 20* 1.4 1.3 108
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .0 * 1.4 .7 200
Cole Creek 7910 .0 .8 0* 1.2 1.4 86
Deer Park 9690 .1 .5 20* .4 1.1 36
Dome Lake 8890 .2 .4 50* 2.1 1.1 191
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 2.3 1.4 164
Evening Star 9040 .4 .7 57* 2.5 1.4 179
Fisher Creek 9110 .8 .9 89* 2.6 1.2 217
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .2 0* .8 .7 114
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Hobbs Park 10080 .0 .5 0* 1.1 .8 138
Kirwin 9580 .3 .6 50* 2.5 1.0 250
Little Goose 8560 .2 .4 50* 1.6 1.3 123
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 2.0 .7 286
Marquette 8800 .0 .1 0* 1.3 1.1 118
Middle Powder 7760 .2 .3 67* 1.0 .9 111
Monument Peak 8740 .6 .6 100* 2.7 1.2 225
Northeast Entrance 7420 .1 .0 * 1.8 .7 257
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .4 0* 1.8 .8 225
Parker Peak 9420 .3 1.0 30* 2.1 1.2 175
Placer Basin 8790 .7 .8 88* 2.2 1.4 157
Porcupine 6480 -M .0 * -M .8 *
Powder River Pass 9480 .2 .2 100* 1.4 1.0 140
S Fork Shields 8090 .6 .4 150* 2.8 1.2 233
Sacajawea 6610 .6 .0 * 2.2 1.4 157
Shell Creek 9570 .6 1.2 50* 2.4 1.1 218
Shower Falls 8060 1.1 1.1 100* 3.2 1.4 229
Soldier Park 8680 .0 .1 0* 1.5 1.0 150
South Pass 9040 .3 .0 * .5 .8 62
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 1.0 -M *
Sucker Creek 8840 .3 .5 60* 2.0 1.0 200
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 .2 150* 2.6 1.4 186
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 1.8 .9 200
Thumb Divide 7970 .4 .0 * 2.2 .9 244
Tie Creek 7050 .1 .0 * 1.8 1.0 180
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .0 * 1.6 1.0 160
Togwotee Pass 9590 .1 .8 12* 2.5 1.2 208
Townsend Creek 8720 .0 .0 * .9 .8 112
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .7 1.0 70* 2.8 1.2 233
White Mill 8730 .5 .6 83* 2.2 .9 244
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Younts Peak 8340 .2 .0 * 3.5 .7 500
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Basin Index (%) 78* 183
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-M = Missing data
* = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
Units = inches for the Current and Median (or Average) Snow Water Equivalent and
Total Precipitation values
If the Basin Index (%) 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 Percent of Median (or Average) represents the 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 TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Median (or Average) represents the total precipitation
(beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin
compared to the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.
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 medians (or averages) 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.
