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Washington snowpack

At the start of October 4, 2026, 29 of 72 SNOTEL stations in Washington showed snow on the pillow. The most snow sat at Surprise Lakes with 3.5 in of SWE.

as of

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

Washington snowpack map

Surprise Lakes: 3.5″Surprise Lakes 3.5″Cougar Mountain: 0.6″Cougar Mountain 0.6″Elbow Lake: 0.5″Elbow Lake 0.5″Mowich: 0.3″Pepper Creek: 0.3″Lynn Lake: 0.2″Muckamuck: 0.2″Pigtail Peak: 0.2″Quartz Peak: 0.2″Trinity: 0.2″Brown Top: 0.1″Bumping Ridge: 0.1″Bunchgrass Mdw: 0.1″Burnt Mountain: 0.1″Cayuse Pass: 0.1″Corral Pass: 0.1″Decline Creek: 0.1″Gold Axe Camp: 0.1″Huckleberry Creek: 0.1″Icicle Creek: 0.1″Lyman Lake: 0.1″Moses Mtn: 0.1″Park Creek Ridge: 0.1″Pinto Rock: 0.1″Skookum Creek: 0.1″Sourdough Gulch: 0.1″Spruce Springs: 0.1″Stampede Pass: 0.1″Swamp Creek: 0.1″Alpine Meadows: 0.0″Beaver Pass: 0.0″Blewett Pass: 0.0″Buckinghorse: 0.0″Calamity: 0.0″Deer Pass: 0.0″Dungeness: 0.0″Easy Pass: 0.0″Fish Lake: 0.0″Gold Mountain: 0.0″Green Lake: 0.0″Grouse Camp: 0.0″Harts Pass: 0.0″Indian Rock: 0.0″June Lake: 0.0″Lone Pine: 0.0″Lost Horse: 0.0″Marten Ridge: 0.0″Meadows Pass: 0.0″MF Nooksack: 0.0″Morse Lake: 0.0″Mount Crag: 0.0″Mount Gardner: 0.0″Mt. Tebo: 0.0″Olallie Meadows: 0.0″Paradise: 0.0″Potato Hill: 0.0″Rainy Pass: 0.0″Rex River: 0.0″Salmon Meadows: 0.0″Sasse Ridge: 0.0″Satus Pass: 0.0″Sawmill Ridge: 0.0″Sentinel Butte: 0.0″Sheep Canyon: 0.0″Skate Creek: 0.0″Spencer Meadow: 0.0″Spirit Lake: 0.0″Stevens Pass: 0.0″Swift Creek: 0.0″Thunder Basin: 0.0″Tinkham Creek: 0.0″Touchet: 0.0″Trough: 0.0″Upper Wheeler: 0.0″Waterhole: 0.0″Wells Creek: 0.0″White Pass E.S.: 0.0″IDOR
0.9″ 1.8″ 3.5″ Inches of snow water equivalentNo snow on the pillow
Circles mark each SNOTEL station in Washington, with area set by SWE at the start of October 4, 2026; tap a circle for that station.

SNOTEL stations in Washington

For every SNOTEL station in Washington, the table lists elevation, SWE, median, percent of the 1991-2020 median, change over 7 days, depth, and reading date.
StationElevationSWEMedianPercent of median7-day changeDepthDate
Alpine Meadows3,500 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Beaver Pass3,630 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Blewett Pass4,240 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Brown Top5,850 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Buckinghorse4,850 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Bumping Ridge4,600 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bunchgrass Mdw5,020 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Burnt Mountain4,160 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Calamity2,510 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Cayuse Pass5,260 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inchesOct 4
Corral Pass5,810 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Cougar Mountain3,210 ft0.6 inches0.0 inches+0.6 inches0 inchesOct 4
Decline Creek4,480 ft0.1 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Deer Pass3,360 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Dungeness3,990 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Easy Pass5,280 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Elbow Lake3,050 ft0.5 inches0.0 inches+0.5 inches0 inchesOct 4
Fish Lake3,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Gold Axe Camp5,380 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Gold Mountain4,500 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Green Lake5,920 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Grouse Camp5,390 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Harts Pass6,490 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Huckleberry Creek2,250 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Icicle Creek4,550 ft0.1 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Indian Rock5,320 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
June Lake3,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lone Pine3,940 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Lost Horse5,100 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Lyman Lake5,990 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lynn Lake3,900 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Marten Ridge3,520 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Meadows Pass3,230 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
MF Nooksack4,940 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Morse Lake5,400 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Moses Mtn5,470 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mount Crag3,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mount Gardner2,930 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Mowich3,170 ft0.3 inches0.0 inches+0.3 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mt. Tebo3,380 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Muckamuck4,470 ft0.2 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Olallie Meadows4,010 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Paradise5,150 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Park Creek Ridge4,610 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 4
Pepper Creek2,140 ft0.3 inches0.0 inches+0.3 inches1 inchesOct 4
Pigtail Peak5,800 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Pinto Rock4,450 ft0.1 inches+0.1 inches2 inchesOct 4
Pope Ridge3,590 ft
Potato Hill4,480 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Quartz Peak4,710 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Rainy Pass4,880 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Rex River3,810 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Salmon Meadows4,460 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Sasse Ridge4,340 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Satus Pass3,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sawmill Ridge4,640 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sentinel Butte4,680 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sheep Canyon3,990 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Skate Creek3,770 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Skookum Creek3,320 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sourdough Gulch3,960 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Spencer Meadow3,400 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Spirit Lake3,520 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Spruce Springs5,690 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stampede Pass3,850 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inchesOct 4
Stevens Pass3,940 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Surprise Lakes4,280 ft3.5 inches0.0 inches+3.5 inches3 inchesOct 4
Swamp Creek3,930 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Swift Creek4,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Thunder Basin4,310 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Tinkham Creek3,000 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Touchet5,520 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Trinity2,890 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Trough5,480 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Upper Wheeler4,330 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Waterhole5,010 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Wells Creek4,040 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
White Pass E.S.4,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4

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.

Record snow water equivalent by Washington station

The ten SNOTEL stations in Washington with the highest single-day snow water equivalent in their records.
StationSWEDateSince
Easy Pass129.7 inchesJune 3, 20122008
Paradise123.1 inchesMay 7, 19971980
Swift Creek111.2 inchesMay 5, 20172002
Pigtail Peak106.0 inchesMay 5, 19971981
Morse Lake103.5 inchesMay 26, 19991978
June Lake100.4 inchesApril 29, 20081984
Olallie Meadows100.1 inchesApril 21, 19971982
Lyman Lake98.1 inchesMay 13, 19911979
Alpine Meadows97.5 inchesMay 15, 20081994
MF Nooksack97.4 inchesApril 26, 20122002

Washington SNOTEL stations at a glance

Stations78
Highest stationHarts Pass, 6,490 ft
Lowest stationPepper Creek, 2,140 ft