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 SATURDAY: OCTOBER 24 , 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 * .4 1.6 25
Bear Mountain 5460 .0 .3 0* .4 5.0 8
Garver Creek 4250 .1 .0 * .8 1.4 57
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * .4 2.8 14
Hand Creek 5030 .0 .0 * .6 1.3 46
Hawkins Lake 6460 .0 .5 0* .9 2.8 32
Poorman Creek 5050 .2 .0 * 1.1 5.2 21
Stahl Peak 6040 .3 1.4 21* .4 3.6 11
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Basin Index (%) 27* 21
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Ashley Divide 4820 -M -M * .7 -M *
Badger Pass 6870 .2 .8 25* 1.5 2.8 54
Bassoo Peak 5130 .0 -M * .9 -M *
Bisson Creek 4880 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.6 62
Blacktail Mtn 5660 .0 .0 * .7 1.4 50
Emery Creek 4340 .0 .0 * .4 2.0 20
Flattop Mtn. 6280 .0 1.2 0* .4 4.0 10
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * .4 2.8 14
Hand Creek 5030 .0 .0 * .6 1.3 46
Kraft Creek 4770 .0 .0 * 1.0 2.1 48
Moss Peak 6760 .2 1.4 14* 1.4 3.4 41
Noisy Basin 6070 .2 .6 33* 1.0 2.9 34
North Fork Jocko 6110 .0 .5 0* 1.6 3.5 46
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 1.6 -M *
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.8 2.0 90
Stahl Peak 6040 .3 1.4 21* .4 3.6 11
Stuart Mountain 7270 .4 .7 57* 1.4 2.4 58
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Basin Index (%) 20* 38
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 .7 1.2 58* 2.6 2.0 130
Basin Creek 7120 .5 .4 125* -M 1.3 *
Black Pine 7170 .4 .0 * 2.9 1.4 207
Combination 5620 .3 .0 * 1.5 1.2 125
Copper Bottom 5200 .4 .0 * 1.8 1.2 150
Copper Camp 6980 .4 .2 200* 2.4 2.3 104
Lubrecht Flume 4690 .0 .0 * 2.7 1.1 245
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .4 225* 4.1 2.0 205
N Fk Elk Creek 6180 .0 .0 * 2.8 1.2 233
North Fork Jocko 6110 .0 .5 0* 1.6 3.5 46
Peterson Meadows 7190 .6 .4 150* 2.2 1.6 138
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .2 .2 100* 1.5 1.6 94
Stuart Mountain 7270 .4 .7 57* 1.4 2.4 58
Warm Springs 7840 .3 1.1 27* 2.2 2.4 92
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Basin Index (%) 100* 124
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 .1 .0 * 1.5 1.2 125
Lolo Pass 5280 .1 .0 * 1.1 2.2 50
Moose Creek 6170 .1 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Nez Perce Camp 5670 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.6 62
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .7 .6 117* 1.6 1.5 107
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .2 .2 100* 1.5 1.6 94
Twelvemile Creek 5530 .1 .0 * 1.3 2.4 54
Twin Lakes 6380 .2 .2 100* 1.4 3.1 45
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Basin Index (%) 150* 76
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Bear Mountain 5460 .0 .3 0* .4 5.0 8
Hoodoo Basin 6060 .0 .3 0* 1.1 3.1 35
Humboldt Gulch 4260 .0 .0 * .4 2.6 15
Lookout 5180 .1 .0 * .5 2.4 21
Mosquito Ridge 5270 -M .0 * -M 3.0 *
Poorman Creek 5050 .2 .0 * 1.1 5.2 21
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.8 2.0 90
Stuart Mountain 7270 .4 .7 57* 1.4 2.4 58
Sunset 5570 .0 .0 * .6 2.4 25
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Basin Index (%) 54* 29
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .7 1.4 50* 3.6 2.2 164
Barker Lakes 8250 .7 1.2 58* 2.6 2.0 130
Basin Creek 7120 .5 .4 125* -M 1.3 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .6 .4 150* 2.5 1.2 208
Bloody Dick 7570 .6 .0 * 2.7 1.6 169
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * 1.7 1.1 155
Clover Meadow 8770 .2 1.6 12* 2.1 2.0 105
Darkhorse Lake 8930 1.1 2.0 55* 2.6 2.1 124
Divide 7770 .2 .6 33* 3.4 1.3 262
Frohner Meadow 6520 1.1 .0 * 3.3 1.5 220
JL Meadow 8750 1.7 -M * 1.7 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * 3.4 1.4 243
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .9 .4 225* 2.7 1.6 169
Lower Twin 7920 .4 1.1 36* 2.6 2.2 118
Moose Creek 6170 .1 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Mule Creek 8300 .5 .9 56* 2.3 1.6 144
Rocker Peak 7960 .8 1.2 67* 2.7 1.7 159
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .7 .6 117* 1.6 1.5 107
Short Creek 6990 .1 .0 * 2.0 1.2 167
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .4 -M * 2.0 -M *
White Elephant 7670 .5 .4 125* 3.3 1.8 183
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Basin Index (%) 81* 159
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .7 1.4 50* 3.6 2.2 164
Beaver Creek 7820 .2 .7 29* 2.0 1.9 105
Black Bear 8160 .7 1.9 37* 2.6 3.1 84
Canyon 7870 .3 .4 75* 1.8 1.6 112
Carrot Basin 9200 .8 1.9 42* 2.4 2.4 100
Clover Meadow 8770 .2 1.6 12* 2.1 2.0 105
Lone Mountain 8820 .2 .8 25* 1.6 1.7 94
Lower Twin 7920 .4 1.1 36* 2.6 2.2 118
Madison Plateau 7710 .3 .8 38* 2.4 2.0 120
Tepee Creek 7950 .4 .3 133* 1.9 1.4 136
West Yellowstone 6680 .2 .0 * 2.0 1.1 182
Whiskey Creek 6790 .2 .0 * 2.6 1.5 173
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Basin Index (%) 42* 119
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7820 .2 .7 29* 2.0 1.9 105
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 .4 25* 3.7 2.6 142
Carrot Basin 9200 .8 1.9 42* 2.4 2.4 100
Lick Creek 6880 .4 .1 400* 1.0 2.0 50
Lone Mountain 8820 .2 .8 25* 1.6 1.7 94
Sacajawea 6610 .2 .0 * 3.3 2.8 118
Shower Falls 8060 .3 2.0 15* 2.3 2.8 82
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Basin Index (%) 37* 101
HELENA VALLEY
Boulder Mountain 7890 .8 1.0 80* 3.1 2.1 148
Frohner Meadow 6520 1.1 .0 * 3.3 1.5 220
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .4 225* 4.1 2.0 205
Tizer Basin 6880 .5 .4 125* 3.2 1.5 213
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Basin Index (%) 183* 193
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7890 .8 1.0 80* 3.1 2.1 148
Crystal Lake 6130 .8 .3 267* 2.2 1.9 116
Daisy Peak 7590 .6 .4 150* 3.9 1.4 279
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * 2.0 1.4 143
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Onion Park 7420 .6 .1 600* 2.6 2.0 130
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .7 -M * 3.9 -M *
Spur Park 8080 2.0 1.3 154* 3.1 1.6 194
Stringer Creek 6550 .9 .0 * 2.6 1.5 173
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Basin Index (%) 184* 164
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6870 .2 .8 25* 1.5 2.8 54
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .6 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Mount Lockhart 6430 .2 .6 33* 1.3 2.1 62
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 1.6 -M *
Waldron 5640 .5 .0 * 1.3 1.6 81
Wood Creek 5970 .6 .0 * 2.8 1.7 165
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Basin Index (%) 150* 92
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN
Flattop Mtn. 6280 .0 1.2 0* .4 4.0 10
Many Glacier 4930 .1 .0 * .6 3.0 20
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Basin Index (%) 8* 14
MILK RIVER BASIN
Rocky Boy 4730 .8 .0 * 2.2 1.2 183
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Basin Index (%) * 183
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 .5 1.8 28* .9 1.6 56
Box Canyon 6720 .0 .0 * 1.7 1.4 121
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 .4 25* 3.7 2.6 142
Burnt Mtn 5920 .1 .0 * 1.0 2.1 48
Canyon 7870 .3 .4 75* 1.8 1.6 112
Cole Creek 7910 .2 1.6 12* .5 2.1 24
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * .6 2.2 27
Evening Star 9030 .2 1.6 12* 1.8 2.4 75
Fisher Creek 9110 .4 2.1 19* 2.2 2.6 85
Monument Peak 8740 .3 1.4 21* 2.1 2.0 105
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * 1.4 1.2 117
Parker Peak 9420 .4 1.8 22* 1.3 2.0 65
Placer Basin 8790 .1 1.6 6* .9 2.4 38
Porcupine 6480 .4 .0 * 2.0 1.6 125
Sacajawea 6610 .2 .0 * 3.3 2.8 118
Shower Falls 8060 .3 2.0 15* 2.3 2.8 82
S Fork Shields 8090 .2 .8 25* 1.6 2.6 62
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 1.1 27* 2.4 2.2 109
Thumb Divide 7970 .2 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .5 2.7 19* 2.4 2.2 109
White Mill 8730 .1 1.4 7* 1.6 1.8 89
Wolverine 7660 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.6 62
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Basin Index (%) 23* 85
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9360 .7 2.4 29 2.4 2.2 109
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .3 33* 1.1 1.4 79
Blackwater 9830 .6 1.9 32* 2.3 2.0 115
Bone Springs Div 9340 .1 1.8 6* 1.5 2.2 68
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * 3.2 -M *
Castle Creek 8410 .0 .0 * 1.9 1.1 173
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .4 0* 1.9 1.3 146
Deer Park 9690 .2 1.2 17* 4.6 1.8 256
Evening Star 9030 .2 1.6 12* 1.8 2.4 75
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.2 133
Hobbs Park 10080 .4 1.3 31* 2.2 1.6 138
Kirwin 9580 .1 1.4 7 2.0 1.4 143
Little Warm 9370 .2 .8 25* 2.6 1.4 186
Marquette 8800 .1 .6 17* 1.1 1.6 69
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .3 0* 1.2 1.6 75
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .4 0* 1.3 1.1 118
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 1.1 9 1.5 1.8 83
Shell Creek 9570 .1 2.4 4 1.4 2.1 67
South Pass 9040 .0 .6 0* 3.0 1.5 200
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .2 -M * 1.5 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 1.1 27* 2.4 2.2 109
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 2.2 1.6 138
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .2 0* 1.2 1.4 86
Togwotee Pass 9590 .2 1.8 11* 2.6 2.2 118
Townsend Creek 8720 .2 .3 67* 2.5 1.6 156
Younts Peak 8340 .4 .8 50* 3.1 1.6 194
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Basin Index (%) 17* 123
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 8010 .0 .5 0* .9 1.5 60
Bone Springs Div 9340 .1 1.8 6* 1.5 2.2 68
Burgess Junction 7910 .2 .8 25* 1.0 1.8 56
Dome Lake 8890 .1 1.1 9* 1.3 2.0 65
Little Goose 8560 .2 .0 * .8 1.6 50
Sucker Creek 8840 .2 1.1 18* .8 1.8 44
Tie Creek 7050 .2 .0 * .6 1.8 33
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Basin Index (%) 19* 54
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .3 33* 1.1 1.4 79
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .1 1.2 8* 1.1 2.2 50
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.2 133
Hanson Sawmill 8360 .1 .2 50* .9 1.4 64
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .3 0* 1.2 1.6 75
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 1.1 9 1.5 1.8 83
Soldier Park 8680 .0 .0 * .6 1.5 40
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Basin Index (%) 11* 72
Missouri River Basin ab Ft. Peck
Albro Lake 8500 .7 1.4 50* 3.6 2.2 164
Badger Pass 6870 .2 .8 25* 1.5 2.8 54
Barker Lakes 8250 .7 1.2 58* 2.6 2.0 130
Basin Creek 7120 .5 .4 125* -M 1.3 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .6 .4 150* 2.5 1.2 208
Beaver Creek 7820 .2 .7 29* 2.0 1.9 105
Black Bear 8160 .7 1.9 37* 2.6 3.1 84
Bloody Dick 7570 .6 .0 * 2.7 1.6 169
Boulder Mountain 7890 .8 1.0 80* 3.1 2.1 148
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 .4 25* 3.7 2.6 142
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * 1.7 1.1 155
Canyon 7870 .3 .4 75* 1.8 1.6 112
Carrot Basin 9200 .8 1.9 42* 2.4 2.4 100
Clover Meadow 8770 .2 1.6 12* 2.1 2.0 105
Crystal Lake 6130 .8 .3 267* 2.2 1.9 116
Daisy Peak 7590 .6 .4 150* 3.9 1.4 279
Darkhorse Lake 8930 1.1 2.0 55* 2.6 2.1 124
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * 2.0 1.4 143
Divide 7770 .2 .6 33* 3.4 1.3 262
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .6 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Frohner Meadow 6520 1.1 .0 * 3.3 1.5 220
JL Meadow 8750 1.7 -M * 1.7 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * 3.4 1.4 243
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .9 .4 225* 2.7 1.6 169
Lick Creek 6880 .4 .1 400* 1.0 2.0 50
Lone Mountain 8820 .2 .8 25* 1.6 1.7 94
Lower Twin 7920 .4 1.1 36* 2.6 2.2 118
Madison Plateau 7710 .3 .8 38* 2.4 2.0 120
Moose Creek 6170 .1 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Mount Lockhart 6430 .2 .6 33* 1.3 2.1 62
Mule Creek 8300 .5 .9 56* 2.3 1.6 144
Nevada Ridge 7030 .9 .4 225* 4.1 2.0 205
Onion Park 7420 .6 .1 600* 2.6 2.0 130
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .7 -M * 3.9 -M *
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 1.6 -M *
Rocker Peak 7960 .8 1.2 67* 2.7 1.7 159
Sacajawea 6610 .2 .0 * 3.3 2.8 118
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .7 .6 117* 1.6 1.5 107
Short Creek 6990 .1 .0 * 2.0 1.2 167
Shower Falls 8060 .3 2.0 15* 2.3 2.8 82
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .4 -M * 2.0 -M *
Spur Park 8080 2.0 1.3 154* 3.1 1.6 194
Stringer Creek 6550 .9 .0 * 2.6 1.5 173
Tepee Creek 7950 .4 .3 133* 1.9 1.4 136
Tizer Basin 6880 .5 .4 125* 3.2 1.5 213
Waldron 5640 .5 .0 * 1.3 1.6 81
West Yellowstone 6680 .2 .0 * 2.0 1.1 182
Whiskey Creek 6790 .2 .0 * 2.6 1.5 173
White Elephant 7670 .5 .4 125* 3.3 1.8 183
Wood Creek 5970 .6 .0 * 2.8 1.7 165
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Basin Index (%) 87* 138
Yellowstone River Basin ab Glendive
Bald Mtn. 9360 .7 2.4 29 2.4 2.2 109
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .1 .3 33* 1.1 1.4 79
Beartooth Lake 9360 .5 1.8 28* .9 1.6 56
Big Goose 8010 .0 .5 0* .9 1.5 60
Blackwater 9830 .6 1.9 32* 2.3 2.0 115
Bone Springs Div 9340 .1 1.8 6* 1.5 2.2 68
Box Canyon 6720 .0 .0 * 1.7 1.4 121
Brackett Creek 7370 .1 .4 25* 3.7 2.6 142
Burgess Junction 7910 .2 .8 25* 1.0 1.8 56
Burnt Mtn 5920 .1 .0 * 1.0 2.1 48
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * 3.2 -M *
Canyon 7870 .3 .4 75* 1.8 1.6 112
Castle Creek 8410 .0 .0 * 1.9 1.1 173
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .1 1.2 8* 1.1 2.2 50
Cold Springs 9640 .0 .4 0* 1.9 1.3 146
Cole Creek 7910 .2 1.6 12* .5 2.1 24
Deer Park 9690 .2 1.2 17* 4.6 1.8 256
Dome Lake 8890 .1 1.1 9* 1.3 2.0 65
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * .6 2.2 27
Evening Star 9030 .2 1.6 12* 1.8 2.4 75
Fisher Creek 9110 .4 2.1 19* 2.2 2.6 85
Grave Springs 8560 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.2 133
Hanson Sawmill 8360 .1 .2 50* .9 1.4 64
Hobbs Park 10080 .4 1.3 31* 2.2 1.6 138
Kirwin 9580 .1 1.4 7 2.0 1.4 143
Little Goose 8560 .2 .0 * .8 1.6 50
Little Warm 9370 .2 .8 25* 2.6 1.4 186
Marquette 8800 .1 .6 17* 1.1 1.6 69
Middle Powder 7760 .0 .3 0* 1.2 1.6 75
Monument Peak 8740 .3 1.4 21* 2.1 2.0 105
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * 1.4 1.2 117
Owl Creek 8990 .0 .4 0* 1.3 1.1 118
Parker Peak 9420 .4 1.8 22* 1.3 2.0 65
Placer Basin 8790 .1 1.6 6* .9 2.4 38
Porcupine 6480 .4 .0 * 2.0 1.6 125
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 1.1 9 1.5 1.8 83
S Fork Shields 8090 .2 .8 25* 1.6 2.6 62
Sacajawea 6610 .2 .0 * 3.3 2.8 118
Shell Creek 9570 .1 2.4 4 1.4 2.1 67
Shower Falls 8060 .3 2.0 15* 2.3 2.8 82
Soldier Park 8680 .0 .0 * .6 1.5 40
South Pass 9040 .0 .6 0* 3.0 1.5 200
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .2 -M * 1.5 -M *
Sucker Creek 8840 .2 1.1 18* .8 1.8 44
Sylvan Lake 8440 .3 1.1 27* 2.4 2.2 109
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * 2.2 1.6 138
Thumb Divide 7970 .2 .0 * 2.1 1.6 131
Tie Creek 7050 .2 .0 * .6 1.8 33
Timber Creek 7910 .0 .2 0* 1.2 1.4 86
Togwotee Pass 9590 .2 1.8 11* 2.6 2.2 118
Townsend Creek 8720 .2 .3 67* 2.5 1.6 156
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .5 2.7 19* 2.4 2.2 109
White Mill 8730 .1 1.4 7* 1.6 1.8 89
Wolverine 7660 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.6 62
Younts Peak 8340 .4 .8 50* 3.1 1.6 194
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Basin Index (%) 20* 95
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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.
