Snowpack
Snow season overUtah snowpack
Statewide snow water equivalent vs the 1991-2020 median
Data through Sep 30, 2026 · source last checked Oct 1, 2026 · page revised Oct 1, 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 7.8 in of snow water equivalent around Mar 6, 2026, 56% of the normal peak. The 2028 snow year begins October 1.
Utah's snowpack peaked at 7.8 in on Mar 6, 56% of the normal peak of 14.0 in. Water-year precipitation totaled 28.8 in, 96% of the 1991-2020 median, but the spring snowpack peak remained well below normal.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This season's peak (SWE) | 7.8 in on Mar 6, 2026 |
| Normal peak (1991-2020 median) | 14.0 in |
| Peak vs normal peak | 56% |
| Percent of median at last snow reading | 0% (Jun 3, 2026) |
| Water-year precipitation to date | 28.8 in (96% of median) |
Previous weeks
Week of Sep 23, 2026
Utah's snowpack peaked at 7.8 in of snow water equivalent on Mar 6, 2026, 56% of the normal peak. The snow year ended with the snowpack depleted. Water-year precipitation totaled 27.7 in, 95% of the 1991-2020 median.
Week of Sep 15, 2026
Utah's snowpack peaked at 7.8 in of snow water equivalent on Mar 6, 2026, 56% of the normal peak. The snow year is complete. Water-year precipitation totaled 25.0 in, 92% of median.
Week of Sep 2, 2026
Utah's snowpack peaked at 7.8 in of snow water equivalent on Mar 6, 2026, 56% of the 1991-2020 median peak of 14.0 in. The snow year is complete with the pack fully melted out. Water-year precipitation finished at 25.4 in, 95% of the 1991-2020 median.
Week of Aug 26, 2026
Utah's snowpack peaked at 7.8 in of snow water equivalent on Mar 6, 2026, 56% of the normal peak. The 2026 snow year is complete. Water-year precipitation to date is 24.0 in, 91% of the 1991-2020 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 (101 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.