Snowpack
Snow season overUtah snowpack
Statewide snow water equivalent vs the 1991-2020 median
Data through Oct 28, 2026 · source last checked Oct 30, 2026 · page revised Oct 29, 2026
Cite
- This snow year
- 1991-2020 median
About this data
- Source
- USDA NRCS SNOTEL (Air-Water Database)
- Series
- Snow water equivalent (WTEQ), basin-index percent of the 1991-2020 median
- Geography
- Utah
- Unit
- in
- Calculation
- Daily reading, aggregated across reporting SNOTEL stations
- Last observation
- Jun 3, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily in season (Oct-Jun); melts out by mid-summer
Snow year complete. Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in of snow water equivalent around Oct 14, 2026, 151% of the normal peak. The 2028 snow year begins October 1.
Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in of snow water equivalent on Oct 14, 2026, 151% of the normal peak. Water-year precipitation through Oct 28 totals 4.9 in, 235% of the 1991-2020 median. The snow year is now complete.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This season's peak (SWE) | 0.2 in on Oct 14, 2026 |
| Normal peak (1991-2020 median) | 0.2 in |
| Peak vs normal peak | 151% |
| Percent of median at last snow reading | 0% (Jun 3, 2026) |
| Water-year precipitation to date | 4.9 in (235% of median) |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in on Oct 14, 186% of the normal peak. Water-year precipitation reached 4.9 in, 254% of the 1991-2020 median. The snowpack has melted as the season concludes.
An earlier week
Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in of snow water equivalent on Oct 14, 2026, 207% of the normal peak. Water-year precipitation to date is 4.9 in, 265% of the 1991-2020 median.
Week of Oct 25, 2026
Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in on Oct 14, 2026, 228% of the normal peak. Water-year precipitation through Oct 25 stands at 4.8 in, 272% of median. The pack has declined from the peak and now sits below the 1991-2020 median.
An earlier week
Utah's snowpack peaked at 0.2 in of snow water equivalent on Oct 14, 2026, 276% of the normal peak. As of Oct 24, snow water equivalent stood at 0.122 in, above the 1991-2020 median of 0.089 in. Water-year precipitation to date reached 4.8 in, 282% of median.
About Utah snowpack
Snow water equivalent (SWE) is the depth of water held in the snowpack, and it is the single number that best predicts the coming spring and summer runoff. Depth alone can mislead: a deep, dry snowpack can hold less water than a shallow, dense one.
The Waterline reads Utah's snowpack from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL network using the standard basin-index method. It sums the current water content across every reporting SNOTEL station in Utah (103 on the latest reading), divides by the sum of those same stations' 1991-2020 medians for the date, and reports the ratio as percent of median, so a deep high-elevation site counts for more than a shallow valley one and a station with no long-term normal never distorts the number. The inch figures shown here are the average snow water equivalent across those reporting stations.
Snow builds from about October, normally peaks near April 1, and melts out by early summer. Once the normal snowpack for the date nears zero, percent of median stops being a meaningful number, so this page reports the season's peak instead of a percentage until the snow returns.