National season

How 2020-21 compares — each mountain vs its own history

This is not a ranking of who got the most snow. It is 160 complete official gauges (of 172) through 2021-04-30, a finished November–April window. Among complete stations the median percentile is 27. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 27).

Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.

Complete gauges

160

Incomplete

12

Good (≥67)

8

Poor (<33)

101

8 mountains sit in a good year versus their own history, 51 are average, 101 are poor. 12 current seasons are Incomplete (gappy) and are not painted as quiet red years. Open the national map · Methodology