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Horse Meadow SNOTEL

No snow sat on the pillow at Horse Meadow at the start of October 4, 2026. The NRCS median first snow is November 20, and the median peak is 20.5 in around March 26.

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All values are from the start of the day, midnight Pacific Standard Time

Last 8 days

Start-of-day readings for Horse Meadow, last 8 days.
DateSWEMedianPercentDepthPrecip since Oct 1
Oct 40.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches0.0 inches
Oct 30.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches0.0 inches
Oct 20.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches0.0 inches
Oct 10.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches0.0 inches
Sep 300.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches26.7 inches
Sep 290.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches26.7 inches
Sep 280.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches26.7 inches
Sep 270.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches26.7 inches

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) created the figures on this page, which are works of the US government and therefore have no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. Neither NRCS nor USDA endorses or is affiliated with WeatherTotals. See: Data sources and attribution.

Records at Horse Meadow

Record values for Horse Meadow, from daily snowpack history.
Highest SWE on record54.0 inches, April 8, 2023
Deepest snow on record144 inches, March 13, 2023
Biggest season peak54.0 in, 2022-23 season, on April 8, 2023
Smallest season peak6.7 in, 2014-15 season, on February 10, 2015
Last season's peak14.0 in, 2025-26 season, on February 20, 2026

23 complete water years in the record, daily SWE since October 1, 2003

Station details

Elevation8,580 ft
CountyAlpine
Position38.8365, -119.8873
Record startsOctober 10, 2003
Median peak SWE20.5 in around March 26
Median first snowNovember 20
Median melt-outMay 16
NRCS station ID1050:CA:SNTL

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