Snow conditions commentary

A bi-weekly commentary of snow conditions based on readings from the B.C. Automated Snow Weather Station (ASWS) network is published during the snow season.

June 16, 2025

Very warm temperatures province-wide during the first half of June rapidly melted the higher elevation snowpack.

A complete listing of Automated Snow Weather Stations (ASWS) expressed as percent of long-term median for the entire length of record is found in the ASWS Weekly Summary (PDF, 186KB)*. Hyperlinks to interactive plots are available for each ASWS in the table.

*Note: These are not the official snow basin indices. 

The provincial average for June 15th at all ASWS sites with remaining snow is 33% of the period of record median, decreasing from 64% on June 1st. 

Based on the average of all active ASWS sites, the peak date of snow this year was April 11th. As of June 15th, approximately 90% of the total snowpack at the ASWS sites has melted since the peak. Typically, about 75% of the snowpack melts by June 15th.

A provincial composite graph of all automated stations with relatively long-term record is shown below. The data for the graph begins in 1988. 

^{From the above graph, the June 15th percentage of average is 17% (June 1st: 50%) and at the 6th percentile (June 1st: 18th).} 

The June 15th, 2025 Snow and Water Supply Bulletin is scheduled to be released June 19, 2025, based on data availability. The official Snow Basin Indices are calculated within the Bulletin.