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Brown Duck snowpack

NRCS SNOTEL station 368 at 10,570 ft in Duchesne County, Utah, in the Duchesne-Lower Green basin, with daily records since Oct 1, 1978. Latest reading Oct 29, 2026.

Snow water equivalent
75%
of the 1991–2020 median for this date · 53% of average
SWE today
0.9 in
median 1.2 in · average 1.7 in
Water-year precipitation
268%
of average since Oct 1 · 7.5 in vs. 2.8 in
Toward the normal peak
5%
of the average peak, 19.5 in around Apr 25

This water year against the normals

Water year 2027Water year 20261991–2020 median1991–2020 average
0 5 10 15 20 OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep normal peak, Apr 25
Daily snow water equivalent at Brown Duck, in inches, October through September, against the station's 1991–2020 median and average.

Water-year precipitation

Water year 2027Water year 20261991–2020 average
0 10 20 30 OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Precipitation accumulated since October 1, in inches (rain and snow together), against the 1991–2020 average.

Peak snowpack by water year

Since 1981 this station's snowpack has peaked as high as 40.1 in (May 30, 2011) and as low as 11.7 in (May 23, 2015). The 1991–2020 average peak is 19.5 in around Apr 25.

Water yearPeak SWE (in)Peak date% of normal peakApril 1 SWE (in)Days of data
2026 13.2 Mar 16, 2026 68% 9.1 365
2025 16.7 Apr 4, 2025 86% 16.3 365
2024 20.4 Apr 7, 2024 105% 20.2 366
2023 27.5 Apr 28, 2023 141% 25.8 365
2022 18.7 Apr 16, 2022 96% 16.8 365
2021 14.2 Mar 25, 2021 73% 14.2 365
2020 21.2 Apr 25, 2020 109% 19.6 366
2019 30.7 May 31, 2019 157% 24.4 365
2018 14.5 Apr 11, 2018 74% 13.2 365
2017 28.9 Mar 31, 2017 148% 28.6 365
2016 17.7 May 9, 2016 91% 15.7 366
2015 11.7 May 23, 2015 60% 10.4 365
2014 18 Apr 13, 2014 92% 17 365
2013 17.9 Apr 21, 2013 92% 13.2 365
2012 15.1 Mar 28, 2012 77% 14.7 366
2011 40.1 May 30, 2011 206% 28.6 365
2010 13.9 Apr 8, 2010 71% 11.5 365
2009 19 Apr 16, 2009 97% 15.5 365
2008 20.7 Apr 10, 2008 106% 19.8 366
2007 16.5 Apr 26, 2007 85% 13.9 365
2006 26 Apr 14, 2006 133% 23.4 365
2005 39.8 May 12, 2005 204% 33.9 365
2004 20.2 Apr 23, 2004 104% 17 366
2003 18.2 May 12, 2003 93% 13 365
2002 12.2 Apr 27, 2002 63% 10.7 365
2001 23.8 Apr 22, 2001 122% 18.3 365
2000 15.6 Apr 19, 2000 80% 14.6 366
1999 29.2 May 17, 1999 150% 17.4 365
1998 24 May 14, 1998 123% 19.1 365
1997 27.5 May 2, 1997 141% 23.1 365
1996 22.9 Apr 28, 1996 117% 20.2 366
1995 34.1 May 28, 1995 175% 22.7 365
1994 15.5 May 3, 1994 79% 13.3 365
1993 24.8 May 9, 1993 127% 20.8 365
1992 12 Apr 22, 1992 62% 11.6 366
1991 16.3 May 3, 1991 84% 14.6 365
1990 19.5 May 2, 1990 100% 15.7 365
1989 16.3 Apr 3, 1989 84% 15.4 365
1988 14.4 May 2, 1988 74% 13 366
1987 18.5 Apr 13, 1987 95% 17.5 365
1986 32 Apr 25, 1986 164% 27.4 365
1985 21.3 Apr 25, 1985 109% 20 365
1984 22.1 May 5, 1984 113% 19.1 366
1983 32.1 May 19, 1983 165% 23.3 365
1982 31.2 Apr 18, 1982 160% 28.8 365
1981 16.7 Apr 21, 1981 86% 15.9 365

Water years with fewer than 150 days of data are omitted. Data: NRCS National Water and Climate Center AWDB (station 368:UT:SNTL), pulled nightly; current-year values are provisional. Station location: 40.581, -110.5859. Other stations in the Duchesne-Lower Green basin are listed on the basin page.