Alaska NRCS Snow Programs

The NRCS Alaska Snow, Water and Climate Services is a highly collaborative network providing monthly, daily, and hourly information.  The monthly information is available in published Basin Oaklook Reports where more than 200 snow courses and precipitation gauges are measured across Alaska.  Historical snow course data is available from active and discontinued snow course sites in Alaska and the Yukon Territories.  Various analysis are available in the form of snowpack maps, reports, and precipitation reports.

Raw daily and hourly information may be obtained from 31 SNOTEL (SNOw TELemetry) sites.  The information from these sites vary. The site sensors may have Temperature (Current, Maximum, Minimum and Average), Precipitation, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth, Wind Speed and Direction, Relative Humidity, Solar Radiation, and Soil Temperature/Moisture. 

For retrieving this information go to www.ambcs.org

To view a map of the survey sites in Alaska, go to the Snow Survey Sites page. Click on the area of interest to view a larger scale region of the state.

Contact

Rick McClure, Snow Survey Supervisor
(907) 271-2424 ext. 113 
E-mail: richard.mcclure@ak.usda.gov

James Montesi, Hydrologist
(907) 271-2424 ext. 117
E-mail: james.montesi@ak.usda.gov