California Data Exchange Center - Snow
SNOW COURSE INFORMATION
- Monthly Snow Course Measurements: Latest
- Active Snow Courses:Sorted by Basin | Alphabetical Listing
- Snow Survey Procedure Manual
- Snow Course Measurement Schedule includes Cooperating Agencies, active Snow Courses, and active Snow Sensors
- Preliminary Snow Course Measurements
- Individual Snow Course Historical Data
- Description of a Snow Survey
SNOW SENSOR INFORMATION
- Daily Snow Sensor Summary: Latest
- Daily Statewide Summary of Snow Water Content: Latest
- Daily Statewide Summary of Snow Water Content: Interactive
- Daily Regional Snowpack Plots from Snow Sensors (PDF): Latest
- Daily Regional Snowpack Plots from Snow Sensors: Interactive
- Daily Statewide Summary of Snow Water Content Map: Latest
- Daily Regional Snow Water Content: Data Retrieval
- Daily Snow Depth Summary: Latest
- Latest Real-time Snow Water Content Data or narrow by River Basin
- Snow Sensor Control (field verification) Measurements Latest
- Individual Snow Sensor Historical Data
- List of Active Snow Sensors Sorted by Basin
- List of Active Snow Depth Sensors Sorted by Basin
- Relationship between Snow Water Content and Snow Depth
- Peak Snowmelt Forecast
- Photo of a Snow Sensor Pillow
SNOW SENSOR PLOTS
- North Coast Region: Trinity & Scott Rivers | Eel River Area
- Sacramento River Region: Sacramento River above Lake Shasta | Feather River | Yuba & American Rivers
- San Joaquin River Region: Mokelumne & Stanislaus Rivers | Tuolumne & Merced Rivers | San Joaquin River
- Lahontan Regions: Surprise Valley Area | Truckee River below Lake Tahoe | Mono and Owens Lake Basins
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Select a river basin using these links or the highlighted area on the map for 14 day plots of snow water content & precipitation:
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OTHER SNOW INFORMATION
- Individual SNOTEL historical data
- Satellite Based Snow Maps from National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- Western Snow Conference
- Avalanche Bulletins from the CSAC
- Road conditions (CalTrans)