National season
How 2021-22 compares — each mountain vs its own history
This is not a ranking of who got the most snow. It is 159 complete official gauges (of 172) through 2022-04-30, 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
- 159
- Incomplete
- 13
- Good (≥67)
- 14
- Poor (<33)
- 99
14 mountains sit in a good year versus their own history, 46 are average, 99 are poor. 13 current seasons are Incomplete (gappy) and are not painted as quiet red years. Open the national map · Methodology
Utah / Wasatch
12 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog · 1 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 21).
0 good · 0 average · 12 poor
Colorado
18 complete / 19 official gauges in this catalog · 1 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 29).
1 good · 6 average · 11 poor
Vermont
13 complete / 13 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 15).
0 good · 4 average · 9 poor
California / Sierra
15 complete / 15 official gauges in this catalog. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 21).
0 good · 2 average · 13 poor
Pacific Northwest
11 complete / 12 official gauges in this catalog · 1 Incomplete. The typical complete mountain sits near the middle of its own history (median percentile 59).
3 good · 7 average · 1 poor