Skip to content
WeatherTotals
Get updates

Cougar Mountain SNOTEL

Cougar Mountain recorded 0.6 in of snow water equivalent at the start of October 4, 2026 and 0 in of snow on the ground.

as of

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

Last 8 days

Start-of-day readings for Cougar Mountain, last 8 days.
DateSWEMedianPercentDepthPrecip since Oct 1
Oct 40.6 inches0.0 inches0 inches
Oct 30.6 inches0.0 inches0 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 inches109.4 inches
Sep 290.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches108.4 inches
Sep 280.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches108.4 inches
Sep 270.0 inches0.0 inches0 inches108.4 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 Cougar Mountain

Record values for Cougar Mountain, from daily snowpack history.
Highest SWE on record46.7 inches, April 27, 2008
Deepest snow on record106 inches, April 16, 2008
Biggest season peak46.7 in, 2007-08 season, on April 27, 2008
Smallest season peak2.5 in, 2014-15 season, on January 5, 2015
Last season's peak7.3 in, 2025-26 season, on March 16, 2026

45 complete water years in the record, daily SWE since October 1, 1981

Station details

Elevation3,210 ft
CountyKing
Position47.2767, -121.6714
Record startsOctober 1, 1979
Median peak SWE17.7 in around March 22
Median first snowNovember 23
Median melt-outMay 9
NRCS station ID420:WA:SNTL

Nearby SNOTEL stations