Snow Accumulation (Current): Snow Depth & Percent Coverage

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Our high-resolution maps of accumulated snowfall are updated several times a day for the United States and much of Canada.

Snow Cover Map (Current - High-Resolution)

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Today's Snow-Cover Percent, Depth, & Liquid Equivalent (SWE)

These stats include the total area and fraction/percent of the United States covered by snow, the average depth, and the range of depths across the nation. Snow cover stats for last month are also shown. We also include other data, such as the SWE (snow-water equivalent).

Automated Model Discussion:
October 23, 2026
  Area Covered By Snow:0.5%
  Area Covered Last Month:0.0%
Snow Depth
  Average:0.0 in
  Minimum:0.0 in
  Maximum:3389.6 in
  Std. Dev.:3.7 in
Snow Water Equivalent
  Average:0.0 in
  Minimum:0.0 in
  Maximum:2033.2 in
  Std. Dev.:2.2 in

2026 Snowpack

California's snowpack has collapsed at a pace never seen before in late winter, the fastest late February–March melt on record. Spring snowpack is now on track to be the second smallest since records began in 1950, trailing only 2015, the lowest snowpack year in the Sierra Nevada in at least the last 500 years. Phillips Station, the state's most iconic snowpack measurement site, is expected to show bare ground on April 1, the date that has historically marked peak snowpack.

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