National season
How 2019-20 compares — each mountain vs its own history
This is not a ranking of who got the most snow. It is 154 complete official gauges (of 172) through 2020-04-30, a finished November–April window. Among complete stations the median percentile is 38. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 38).
Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.
- Complete gauges
- 154
- Incomplete
- 18
- Good (≥67)
- 18
- Poor (<33)
- 69
18 mountains sit in a good year versus their own history, 67 are average, 69 are poor. 18 current seasons are Incomplete (gappy) and are not painted as quiet red years. Open the national map · Methodology
Utah / Wasatch
13 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 43).
1 good · 8 average · 4 poor
Colorado
19 complete / 19 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 59).
5 good · 8 average · 6 poor
Vermont
13 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 40).
0 good · 10 average · 3 poor
California / Sierra
13 complete / 15 official gauges in this catalog · 2 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 25).
0 good · 2 average · 11 poor
Pacific Northwest
12 complete / 12 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 42).
1 good · 6 average · 5 poor