SEASON RELATIVE

Wetter than 9% of 34 past seasons since 1991 at this station. This season’s winter precipitation is 11.6 in water, below a typical 16.5 in water.

Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow. This page uses the NRCS SNOTEL station 387:CO:SNTL.

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Colorado Rockies · CO · 2025-26

Purgatory

9
Bust
This season at the gauge
11.6 in water
Median
16.5 in water
Record
25.7 in water · 2022-23
Sample
34 past seasons

Cumulative winter precipitation

Ghost lines are past seasons. Dashed is the median. Band is the 10th–90th percentile envelope. X-axis is day of season, not calendar year.

06131926NovDecJanFebMarAprApr 30

Sliding the date recomputes the percentile against the same calendar date in past seasons — never a full year vs a partial year.

The station

NRCS SNOTEL at Cascade #2, near Purgatory / Durango Mountain. Winter precipitation.

ID 387:CO:SNTL
Network NRCS SNOTEL
Elevation 8,990 ft
Metric winter precipitation (in)