SNOTEL Update: 12/27/25

by Rock Snot

Here’s a SNOTEL update! We’re still a bit low, but if the predictions hold, we could see more snow in late winter/early spring like last season.

Median (seasons 1991 – 2020): 5.4 inches

2025 Season (last season): 4.7 inches

2015 Season (Box raft runnable into August): 4.5 inches

2019 Season (high water season): 4.2 inches

2026 Season: 2.8 inches

2018 Season (low water season): 1.8 inches

Data source: https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/states/CO/products/#state=co&element=wteq&stationBasin=Upper%20Rio%20Grande

Graph of snow water equivalence in inches for the seasons 2015, 2018, 2019, 2025, and 2026.

Graph of snow water equivalent for seasons 2015, 2018, 2019, 2025, and 2026 (https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/states/CO/products/#state=co&element=wteq&stationBasin=Upper%20Rio%20Grande)