SEASON RELATIVE

Wetter than 5% of 19 past seasons since 2006 at this station. This season’s winter precipitation is 6.4 in water, below a typical 11.3 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 1083:NM:SNTL.

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Southern Rockies · NM · 2025-26

Sipapu

5
Bust
This season at the gauge
6.4 in water
Median
11.3 in water
Record
14.7 in water · 2016-17
Sample
19 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.

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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 Tres Ritos, near Sipapu. Record begins 2006.

ID 1083:NM:SNTL
Network NRCS SNOTEL
Elevation 8,740 ft
Metric winter precipitation (in)