National season
How 2018-19 compares — each mountain vs its own history
This is not a ranking of who got the most snow. It is 157 complete official gauges (of 172) through 2019-04-30, a finished November–April window. Among complete stations the median percentile is 71. The typical complete mountain is having a good year versus its own history (median percentile 71).
Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.
- Complete gauges
- 157
- Incomplete
- 15
- Good (≥67)
- 87
- Poor (<33)
- 22
87 mountains sit in a good year versus their own history, 48 are average, 22 are poor. 15 current seasons are Incomplete (gappy) and are not painted as quiet red years. Open the national map · Methodology
Utah / Wasatch
11 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog · 2 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain is having a good year versus its own history (median percentile 77).
9 good · 2 average · 0 poor
Colorado
19 complete / 19 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain is having a good year versus its own history (median percentile 79).
14 good · 5 average · 0 poor
Vermont
11 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog · 2 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain is having a good year versus its own history (median percentile 80).
10 good · 1 average · 0 poor
California / Sierra
15 complete / 15 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain is having a good year versus its own history (median percentile 79).
12 good · 3 average · 0 poor
Pacific Northwest
12 complete / 12 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 29).
2 good · 2 average · 8 poor