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 FRIDAY: MAY 29 , 2026
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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 .0 .0 * 34.6 30.2 115
Bear Mountain 5460 -M 35.6 * 81.2 79.4 102
Garver Creek 4250 -M .0 * 25.4 21.7 117
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * 50.6 37.0 137
Hand Creek 5030 .0 .0 * 24.7 20.6 120
Hawkins Lake 6460 .0 8.3 0 47.6 37.4 127
Poorman Creek 5050 .0 8.0 0 76.0 64.8 117
Stahl Peak 6040 -M 30.9 * 52.5 46.6 113
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Basin Index (%) 0* 116
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Ashley Divide 4820 -M -M * 17.2 -M *
Badger Pass 6870 5.9 20.1 29 45.7 39.2 117
Bassoo Peak 5130 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Bisson Creek 4880 .0 .0 * 29.9 22.8 131
Blacktail Mtn 5660 .0 .0 * 18.1 18.1 100
Emery Creek 4340 .0 .0 * 36.4 30.4 120
Flattop Mtn. 6280 29.0 35.8 81 68.3 61.1 112
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * 50.6 37.0 137
Hand Creek 5030 .0 .0 * 24.7 20.6 120
Kraft Creek 4770 .0 .0 * 41.3 30.0 138
Moss Peak 6760 29.7 31.6 94 58.3 49.0 119
Noisy Basin 6070 26.4 30.7 86 55.0 55.1 100
North Fork Jocko 6110 -M 25.6 * 60.3 56.7 106
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 44.7 -M *
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 35.3 27.2 130
Stahl Peak 6040 -M 30.9 * 52.5 46.6 113
Stuart Mountain 7270 27.4 22.8 120 39.5 38.4 103
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Basin Index (%) 84* 116
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 5.0 12.2 41 22.5 23.0 98
Basin Creek 7120 .0 .2 0* 11.0 15.6 71
Black Pine 7170 .0 .0 * 21.1 18.6 113
Combination 5620 .0 .0 * 14.6 13.0 112
Copper Bottom 5200 .0 .0 * 25.7 18.5 139
Copper Camp 6980 .8 9.4 9 49.8 31.5 158
Lubrecht Flume 4690 .0 .0 * 19.6 14.1 139
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 5.0 4 26.0 21.2 123
N Fk Elk Creek 6180 .3 .0 * 23.7 18.4 129
North Fork Jocko 6110 -M 25.6 * 60.3 56.7 106
Peterson Meadows 7190 .0 1.4 0 19.6 18.0 109
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .0 9.0 0 31.3 28.1 111
Stuart Mountain 7270 27.4 22.8 120 39.5 38.4 103
Warm Springs 7840 23.0 19.4 119 35.6 29.2 122
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Basin Index (%) 71 116
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 .0 .0 * -M 18.0 *
Lolo Pass 5280 .0 .0 * 44.8 39.5 113
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * 24.4 24.4 100
Nez Perce Camp 5670 .0 .0 * 30.3 25.4 119
Saddle Mtn. 7890 3.6 14.4 25 26.4 28.0 94
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .0 9.0 0 31.3 28.1 111
Twelvemile Creek 5530 .1 .0 * 49.3 40.0 123
Twin Lakes 6380 6.7 16.1 42 63.5 54.8 116
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Basin Index (%) 26* 112
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Bear Mountain 5460 -M 35.6 * 81.2 79.4 102
Hoodoo Basin 6060 29.8 29.0 103 63.9 52.2 122
Humboldt Gulch 4260 .0 .0 * -M 44.2 *
Lookout 5180 .0 .0 * 47.5 44.0 108
Mosquito Ridge 5270 .1 9.8 1 52.1 49.8 105
Poorman Creek 5050 .0 8.0 0 76.0 64.8 117
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 35.3 27.2 130
Stuart Mountain 7270 27.4 22.8 120 39.5 38.4 103
Sunset 5570 .0 2.8 0 44.3 41.6 106
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Basin Index (%) 79 111
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .0 13.7 0 24.7 28.6 86
Barker Lakes 8250 5.0 12.2 41 22.5 23.0 98
Basin Creek 7120 .0 .2 0* 11.0 15.6 71
Beagle Springs 8880 .0 .0 * 14.5 15.7 92
Bloody Dick 7570 .0 .0 * 19.8 18.8 105
Calvert Creek 6410 .0 .0 * 17.2 14.4 119
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 11.0 0 18.5 23.7 78
Darkhorse Lake 8930 19.0 27.4 69 36.2 35.5 102
Divide 7770 .0 .0 * 18.7 16.4 114
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * 17.6 15.7 112
JL Meadow 8750 .0 -M * 19.2 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .0 .0 * 20.1 19.8 102
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .0 .0 * 15.4 18.2 85
Lower Twin 7920 3.8 13.9 27 24.9 29.6 84
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * 24.4 24.4 100
Mule Creek 8300 5.2 12.0 43 19.0 22.2 86
Rocker Peak 7960 1.2 11.0 11 21.1 19.4 109
Saddle Mtn. 7890 3.6 14.4 25 26.4 28.0 94
Short Creek 6990 .0 .0 * 10.1 11.4 89
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 -M -M * 38.8 -M *
White Elephant 7670 .0 6.0 0 31.6 35.2 90
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Basin Index (%) 31* 95
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .0 13.7 0 24.7 28.6 86
Beaver Creek 7820 .0 8.8 0 25.2 26.8 94
Black Bear 8160 9.6 29.0 33 40.7 45.4 90
Canyon 7870 .3 .0 * 18.3 20.5 89
Carrot Basin 9200 12.6 22.4 56 34.4 35.0 98
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 11.0 0 18.5 23.7 78
Lone Mountain 8820 1.8 12.6 14 21.5 24.4 88
Lower Twin 7920 3.8 13.9 27 24.9 29.6 84
Madison Plateau 7710 .1 10.2 1 30.3 31.7 96
Tepee Creek 7950 .0 .6 0* 17.8 19.2 93
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * 17.5 18.2 96
Whiskey Creek 6790 .1 .0 * 25.7 26.0 99
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Basin Index (%) 23 91
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7820 .0 8.8 0 25.2 26.8 94
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 7.0 1 29.1 35.2 83
Carrot Basin 9200 12.6 22.4 56 34.4 35.0 98
Lick Creek 6880 .0 .0 * 19.8 21.4 93
Lone Mountain 8820 1.8 12.6 14 21.5 24.4 88
Sacajawea 6610 .0 .0 * 26.5 32.3 82
Shower Falls 8060 9.0 19.8 45 30.5 32.9 93
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Basin Index (%) 33 90
HELENA VALLEY
Boulder Mountain 7890 .0 9.2 0 28.4 28.9 98
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * 17.6 15.7 112
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 5.0 4 26.0 21.2 123
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 16.9 16.8 101
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Basin Index (%) 1 108
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7890 .0 9.2 0 28.4 28.9 98
Crystal Lake 6130 .0 .1 0* 23.7 27.8 85
Daisy Peak 7590 .6 1.9 32 13.2 17.3 76
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * 18.3 17.8 103
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Onion Park 7420 .0 5.0 0 22.8 24.2 94
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .0 -M * 22.8 -M *
Spur Park 8080 8.5 17.0 50 23.6 24.4 97
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * 20.4 20.5 100
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Basin Index (%) 27 93
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6870 5.9 20.1 29 45.7 39.2 117
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .0 .0 * 21.1 18.2 116
Mount Lockhart 6430 .0 8.6 0 42.3 31.1 136
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 44.7 -M *
Waldron 5640 .0 .0 * 28.5 21.4 133
Wood Creek 5970 .0 .0 * 24.4 20.2 121
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Basin Index (%) 21* 125
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN
Flattop Mtn. 6280 29.0 35.8 81 68.3 61.1 112
Many Glacier 4930 .0 .0 * 44.8 36.4 123
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Basin Index (%) 81 116
MILK RIVER BASIN
Rocky Boy 4730 .0 .0 * -M 15.5 *
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Basin Index (%) * *
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 21.3 20.0 106 31.0 26.9 115
Box Canyon 6720 .0 .0 * 20.6 16.9 122
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 7.0 1 29.1 35.2 83
Burnt Mtn 5920 .0 .0 * 15.0 20.2 74
Canyon 7870 .3 .0 * 18.3 20.5 89
Cole Creek 7910 .0 12.2 0 12.7 20.6 62
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 17.3 20.0 86
Evening Star 9030 13.3 21.8 61 40.1 35.6 113
Fisher Creek 9110 -M 31.3 * 42.8 42.0 102
Monument Peak 8740 4.6 15.7 29 31.0 28.1 110
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * 18.9 17.2 110
Parker Peak 9420 4.0 15.8 25 31.7 25.2 126
Placer Basin 8790 .8 12.8 6 25.8 26.4 98
Porcupine 6480 .0 .0 * -M 18.2 *
Sacajawea 6610 .0 .0 * 26.5 32.3 82
Shower Falls 8060 9.0 19.8 45 30.5 32.9 93
S Fork Shields 8090 .0 10.1 0 26.9 30.0 90
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 8.2 0 29.4 29.8 99
Thumb Divide 7970 .0 .0 * 24.2 23.2 104
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 24.8 27.6 90 37.3 33.1 113
White Mill 8730 14.2 19.4 73 30.7 28.7 107
Wolverine 7660 .0 .0 * 19.7 16.0 123
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Basin Index (%) 49 100
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9360 10.1 15.0 67 20.8 21.8 95
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .0 * 13.1 13.4 98
Blackwater 9830 15.3 22.1 69 32.4 29.6 109
Bone Springs Div 9340 1.8 10.4 17 15.1 20.8 73
Burroughs Creek 8760 -M -M * 21.4 -M *
Castle Creek 8410 .0 .0 * 10.5 12.9 81
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .0 * 16.1 15.3 105
Deer Park 9690 .0 6.0 0 22.8 24.8 92
Evening Star 9030 13.3 21.8 61 40.1 35.6 113
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .0 * 12.8 14.4 89
Hobbs Park 10080 .9 8.2 11 21.1 20.3 104
Kirwin 9580 .0 3.6 0 22.7 18.2 125
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 18.2 16.2 112
Marquette 8800 .1 .1 100* 10.7 16.5 65
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .0 * 13.9 15.4 90
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .0 * 8.7 11.2 78
Powder River Pass 9480 .0 .0 * 18.5 18.4 101
Shell Creek 9570 7.2 10.2 71 18.5 19.2 96
South Pass 9040 .0 2.0 0 20.0 21.1 95
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 11.7 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 8.2 0 29.4 29.8 99
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 22.2 21.0 106
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .0 * 8.1 13.8 59
Togwotee Pass 9590 8.7 20.8 42 33.2 30.8 108
Townsend Creek 8720 .0 .0 * 15.7 18.0 87
Younts Peak 8340 -M 1.1 * 25.0 19.8 126
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Basin Index (%) 45* 98
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 8010 -M .0 * 13.6 19.2 71
Bone Springs Div 9340 1.8 10.4 17 15.1 20.8 73
Burgess Junction 7910 .0 .6 0* 16.2 17.9 91
Dome Lake 8890 .0 .1 0* 17.4 20.7 84
Little Goose 8560 .0 3.7 0 17.3 20.7 84
Sucker Creek 8840 .1 2.0 5 19.6 21.6 91
Tie Creek 7050 .0 .0 * 13.8 18.9 73
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Basin Index (%) 11* 81
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .0 * 13.1 13.4 98
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .0 8.6 0 18.5 21.8 85
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .0 * 12.8 14.4 89
Hanson Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 12.3 14.8 83
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .0 * 13.9 15.4 90
Powder River Pass 9480 .0 .0 * 18.5 18.4 101
Soldier Park 8680 .1 .2 50* 10.4 15.8 66
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Basin Index (%) 3* 87
Missouri River Basin ab Ft. Peck
Albro Lake 8500 .0 13.7 0 24.7 28.6 86
Badger Pass 6870 5.9 20.1 29 45.7 39.2 117
Barker Lakes 8250 5.0 12.2 41 22.5 23.0 98
Basin Creek 7120 .0 .2 0* 11.0 15.6 71
Beagle Springs 8880 .0 .0 * 14.5 15.7 92
Beaver Creek 7820 .0 8.8 0 25.2 26.8 94
Black Bear 8160 9.6 29.0 33 40.7 45.4 90
Bloody Dick 7570 .0 .0 * 19.8 18.8 105
Boulder Mountain 7890 .0 9.2 0 28.4 28.9 98
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 7.0 1 29.1 35.2 83
Calvert Creek 6410 .0 .0 * 17.2 14.4 119
Canyon 7870 .3 .0 * 18.3 20.5 89
Carrot Basin 9200 12.6 22.4 56 34.4 35.0 98
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 11.0 0 18.5 23.7 78
Crystal Lake 6130 .0 .1 0* 23.7 27.8 85
Daisy Peak 7590 .6 1.9 32 13.2 17.3 76
Darkhorse Lake 8930 19.0 27.4 69 36.2 35.5 102
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * 18.3 17.8 103
Divide 7770 .0 .0 * 18.7 16.4 114
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .0 .0 * 21.1 18.2 116
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * 17.6 15.7 112
JL Meadow 8750 .0 -M * 19.2 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .0 .0 * 20.1 19.8 102
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .0 .0 * 15.4 18.2 85
Lick Creek 6880 .0 .0 * 19.8 21.4 93
Lone Mountain 8820 1.8 12.6 14 21.5 24.4 88
Lower Twin 7920 3.8 13.9 27 24.9 29.6 84
Madison Plateau 7710 .1 10.2 1 30.3 31.7 96
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * 24.4 24.4 100
Mount Lockhart 6430 .0 8.6 0 42.3 31.1 136
Mule Creek 8300 5.2 12.0 43 19.0 22.2 86
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 5.0 4 26.0 21.2 123
Onion Park 7420 .0 5.0 0 22.8 24.2 94
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .0 -M * 22.8 -M *
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 44.7 -M *
Rocker Peak 7960 1.2 11.0 11 21.1 19.4 109
Sacajawea 6610 .0 .0 * 26.5 32.3 82
Saddle Mtn. 7890 3.6 14.4 25 26.4 28.0 94
Short Creek 6990 .0 .0 * 10.1 11.4 89
Shower Falls 8060 9.0 19.8 45 30.5 32.9 93
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 -M -M * 38.8 -M *
Spur Park 8080 8.5 17.0 50 23.6 24.4 97
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * 20.4 20.5 100
Tepee Creek 7950 .0 .6 0* 17.8 19.2 93
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 16.9 16.8 101
Waldron 5640 .0 .0 * 28.5 21.4 133
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * 17.5 18.2 96
Whiskey Creek 6790 .1 .0 * 25.7 26.0 99
White Elephant 7670 .0 6.0 0 31.6 35.2 90
Wood Creek 5970 .0 .0 * 24.4 20.2 121
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Basin Index (%) 29 98
Yellowstone River Basin ab Glendive
Bald Mtn. 9360 10.1 15.0 67 20.8 21.8 95
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .0 * 13.1 13.4 98
Beartooth Lake 9360 21.3 20.0 106 31.0 26.9 115
Big Goose 8010 -M .0 * 13.6 19.2 71
Blackwater 9830 15.3 22.1 69 32.4 29.6 109
Bone Springs Div 9340 1.8 10.4 17 15.1 20.8 73
Box Canyon 6720 .0 .0 * 20.6 16.9 122
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 7.0 1 29.1 35.2 83
Burgess Junction 7910 .0 .6 0* 16.2 17.9 91
Burnt Mtn 5920 .0 .0 * 15.0 20.2 74
Burroughs Creek 8760 -M -M * 21.4 -M *
Canyon 7870 .3 .0 * 18.3 20.5 89
Castle Creek 8410 .0 .0 * 10.5 12.9 81
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .0 8.6 0 18.5 21.8 85
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .0 * 16.1 15.3 105
Cole Creek 7910 .0 12.2 0 12.7 20.6 62
Deer Park 9690 .0 6.0 0 22.8 24.8 92
Dome Lake 8890 .0 .1 0* 17.4 20.7 84
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 17.3 20.0 86
Evening Star 9030 13.3 21.8 61 40.1 35.6 113
Fisher Creek 9110 -M 31.3 * 42.8 42.0 102
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .0 * 12.8 14.4 89
Hanson Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 12.3 14.8 83
Hobbs Park 10080 .9 8.2 11 21.1 20.3 104
Kirwin 9580 .0 3.6 0 22.7 18.2 125
Little Goose 8560 .0 3.7 0 17.3 20.7 84
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 18.2 16.2 112
Marquette 8800 .1 .1 100* 10.7 16.5 65
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .0 * 13.9 15.4 90
Monument Peak 8740 4.6 15.7 29 31.0 28.1 110
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * 18.9 17.2 110
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .0 * 8.7 11.2 78
Parker Peak 9420 4.0 15.8 25 31.7 25.2 126
Placer Basin 8790 .8 12.8 6 25.8 26.4 98
Porcupine 6480 .0 .0 * -M 18.2 *
Powder River Pass 9480 .0 .0 * 18.5 18.4 101
S Fork Shields 8090 .0 10.1 0 26.9 30.0 90
Sacajawea 6610 .0 .0 * 26.5 32.3 82
Shell Creek 9570 7.2 10.2 71 18.5 19.2 96
Shower Falls 8060 9.0 19.8 45 30.5 32.9 93
Soldier Park 8680 .1 .2 50* 10.4 15.8 66
South Pass 9040 .0 2.0 0 20.0 21.1 95
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 11.7 -M *
Sucker Creek 8840 .1 2.0 5 19.6 21.6 91
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 8.2 0 29.4 29.8 99
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 22.2 21.0 106
Thumb Divide 7970 .0 .0 * 24.2 23.2 104
Tie Creek 7050 .0 .0 * 13.8 18.9 73
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .0 * 8.1 13.8 59
Togwotee Pass 9590 8.7 20.8 42 33.2 30.8 108
Townsend Creek 8720 .0 .0 * 15.7 18.0 87
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 24.8 27.6 90 37.3 33.1 113
White Mill 8730 14.2 19.4 73 30.7 28.7 107
Wolverine 7660 .0 .0 * 19.7 16.0 123
Younts Peak 8340 -M 1.1 * 25.0 19.8 126
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Basin Index (%) 45* 96
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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.
