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Alaska Snow Survey Reports
Snow survey reports are published four times a winter, generally 7 business days after the beginning of the month. If you like email notification when the report is available, please contact Daniel Fisher at (907)761-7746.
Historic Snow Survey Reports
Recent Snow Survey Reports
Water Year 2021
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May 1st, 2021 (PDF 2.3MB) Early April precipitation pushed more areas into above normal snowpack conditions, but warm mid-April temperatures pushed the throttle on melt out. Southeast, the Kenai, parts of the Tanana and western Alaska retain above normal snowpack ,while other locations have settled down into normal or below normal stature. |
Water Year 2021
| May 1st, 2021 (PDF 2.3MB) Early April precipitation pushed more areas into above normal snowpack conditions, but warm mid-April temperatures pushed the throttle on melt out. Southeast, the Kenai, parts of the Tanana and western Alaska retain above normal snowpack ,while other locations have settled down into normal or below normal stature. |
| April 1st, 2021 (PDF 2.3MB) Snowpack made significant gains many parts of Alaska. The Northern Interior has below normal snowpack, but much of the rest of the state has near to above normal snowpack. Parts of Kenai, Kuskokwim, Copper and Southeast Alaska are near record highs. |
| March 1st, 2021 (PDF 2.3MB) Snow came more localized during February and portions of all regions were variable. Snowpack made significant gains in parts of Southeast and the Tanana Valley. The Gulf Coast added less than average snow during February and the Copper Valley and Mat-Su were mixed. |
| February 1st, 2021. (PDF 1.1MB) The Kenai starts big, rains decimate Southeast and the Interior remains modest. |
Water Year 2020
| May 1st, 2020. (PDF 2.3MB) Despite warm weather and heavy melt, snowpacks remain above normal in much of the Interior, Southeast and portions of Southcentral Alaska. The snowpacks on the Kenai Peninsula and in Northern Cook Inlet remain lackluster. |
| April 1st, 2020. (PDF 2.5MB) Snowpacks across much of the state are near or above normal. Some snow sites in the Tanana and the Kuskokwim Basins have set new record highs. The Kenai Peninsula and isolated portions of Southcentral have below normal snowpack. |
| March 1st, 2020. (PDF 2.3MB) Snowpacks across much of the state made significant gains during February. Northwest Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula continue to have lackluster snow conditions, but Southeast, and much of Southcentral and the Interior have above normal snowpacks. |
| February 1st, 2020. (PDF 1.9MB) While warm temperatures brought a delayed start to winter in much of the state, snowpacks in several basins are near or above normal. However, Southeast Alaska, along with portions of Southcentral and Western Alaska report below normal snowpacks. |
Water Year 2019
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May 1st, 2019. (PDF 2.2MB) April snow showers delayed early meltout. Instead of being snow-free a month early many locations will melt out only 1-2 weeks early. Many mountain snowpacks were closer to normal May 1st than they were April 1st.
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April 1st, 2019 (PDF 3.2MB) - Snowpack at the beginning of April is more like a typical May Snowpack. Many locations are melting out 2 to 5 weeks early. Snowpack across much of the state is below normal, but bucking the trend, Northwest Alaska and the Koyukuk Basins are well above normal, even record high in locations.
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March 1st, 2019 (PDF 2.5MB) - February storms brought snow to much of the state. Parts of Southeast Alaska, which were devoid of snow last month, now have snow down to seal level. The eastern Interior retains a paltry snowpack with 10-36 year lows, while the Koyukuk snowpack is near record high.
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February 1st, 2019 (PDF 2.0MB) - Winter started 1-6 weeks late in much of the state. Much of western Alaska has above normal snowpack, while the eastern Interior, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska generally have below normal snowpacks.
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