SNOW COURSE: VALDEZ
ID NUMBER = 46M02
ELEVATION = 50 ft.
LATITUDE = 61 deg. 8 min.
LONGITUDE = 146 deg. 20 min.
REMARKS - COURSE RELOCATED 1/4 MILE IN 1984; NO OVERLAP RECORD BUT CORRELATION PROBABLY EXCELLENT--LOCATIONS SIMILAR; NOW IN SMALL NATURAL OPENING WITHIN THICK ALDER/ AND COTTONWOODS. NO WIND EFFECTS.
year/ January February March April May
date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe
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72 2/29 53 15.2 3/28 74 20.7 4/28 69 24.6
73 EST 48 14.0 3/27 50 16.7 5/01 35 14.2
74 2/27 43 11.1 3/27 36 12.5 4/30 24 8.3
75 2/27 55 16.5 3/27 62 18.7 4/28 43 17.3
76 2/26 50 16.1 3/29 59 16.0 4/28 44 17.7
77 2/24 66 24.3 3/29 84 29.1 4/27 76 30.3
78 2/27 40 10.9 3/29 40 13.3 4/26 15 5.4
79 3/01 42 12.3 3/29 60 20.9 4/26 42 16.3
80 2/28 58 20.0 4/01 58 21.1 4/29 32 14.0
81 3/02 42 12.4 4/01 39 13.8 4/30 12 5.2
82 3/01 23 8.2 3/31 34 12.5 4/30 20 8.3
83 2/01 38 12.3 3/01 45 14.5 3/28 39 15.9 4/27 29 11.4
84 2/01 50 11.4 2/29 57 17.2 3/29 42 14.8 5/01 19 6.8
85 1/28 30 10.1 2/25 47 13.3 3/27 66 20.8 4/29 55 19.5
86 1/27 39 11.6 2/25 55 14.3 3/31 54 16.0 4/30 38 13.7
87 1/28 60 19.4 2/27 74 23.7 3/31 61 21.5 4/27 45 18.3
88 2/04 34 9.3 3/02 51 16.1 3/31 60 20.3 4/28 42 17.0
89 2/03 55 13.9 3/02 50 16.2 4/01 49 15.7 4/29 21 8.3
90 2/01 77 21.9 3/02 108 30.5 3/29 96 34.1 4/26 72 29.6
91 2/06 44 11.4 3/08 43 13.6 4/05 45 15.5 5/02 20 8.6
92 1/07 44 10.1 2/04 56 14.1 3/06 62 18.5 4/07 59 22.2 4/30 44 18.4
93 2/09 63 14.7 2/25 51 15.9 4/01 56 18.8 4/29 21 8.7
94 1/28 40 9.8 2/28 37 10.9 4/03 50 14.6
95 2/02 52 15.5 3/03 51 16.8 3/31 54 17.8 5/04 6 2.1
96 2/02 4 1.1 3/04 44 10.3 4/03 35 13.0 5/01 10 4.9
97 2/04 42 8.9 3/06 41 13.6 4/01 43 11.3 5/07 0 0.0
98 2/03 40 10.5 3/06 45 12.7 4/06 36 10.7 5/06 0 0.0
99 2/02 38 8.9 3/02 39 8.8 4/01 67 13.5 5/06 31 10.7
00 2/02 75 18.4 3/01 63 22.2 4/03 59 23.4
01 2/05 55 12.3 3/02 59 16.4 3/27 55 19.4 5/04 48 17.6
02 1/05 27 4.8 2/02 42 10.9 3/05 54 14.5 4/02 45 13.7 5/03 32 10.2
03 1/30 24 6.1 3/03 43 14.4 4/01 40 14.8 5/04 0 0.0
04 1/29 37 9.8 2/27 39 13.0 3/31 56 16.4 4/29 26 11.0
05 1/28 51 15.8 2/25 76 20.7 4/01 65 23.4 4/29 39 16.5
FIRST OF MONTH MEASUREMENTS
1971-2000 average depth (estimated if less than 30 years) and swe (snow water equivalent) :
45 11.9 51 15.5 54 17.8 33 12.6