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Tower SNOTEL

No snow sat on the pillow at Tower at the start of October 4, 2026. The NRCS median first snow is October 16, and the median peak is 49.0 in around May 7.

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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 Tower, 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 inches49.2 inches
Sep 290.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches49.2 inches
Sep 280.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches49.0 inches
Sep 270.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches48.9 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 Tower

Record values for Tower, from daily snowpack history.
Highest SWE on record79.7 inches, May 28, 2011
Deepest snow on record184 inches, May 3, 2011
Biggest season peak79.7 in, 2010-11 season, on May 28, 2011
Smallest season peak27.7 in, 2011-12 season, on March 23, 2012
Last season's peak28.4 in, 2025-26 season, on May 8, 2026

47 complete water years in the record, daily SWE since October 1, 1979

Station details

Elevation10,610 ft
CountyRoutt
Position40.5374, -106.6766
Record startsOctober 1, 1978
Median peak SWE49.0 in around May 7
Median first snowOctober 16
Median melt-outJune 27
NRCS station ID825:CO:SNTL

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