Snow Depth Map: How Much Snow Is on the Ground Right Now?

Enter your ZIP code above: the map colors a grid around you by modeled snow depth from Open-Meteo's weather model, read for the current hour, with a toggle to the next 7 days of forecast snowfall. The nearest state page also lists live depth for three reference cities.

Modeled. Open-Meteo blends global and regional weather models (GFS, HRRR, ICON, and others) that carry a snowpack variable; it is not a gauge reading. It is usually within a few inches in open terrain but misses drifts, plowed areas, shaded north slopes, and urban melt. For observed values, NOAA's NOHRSC National Snow Analysis and USDA SNOTEL sites are the references.

In winter, almost always the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Wasatch, and Colorado high country for depth, and the Great Lakes snowbelts (Tug Hill, the Keweenaw, Buffalo's Southtowns) for fresh accumulation after a cold west wind. Pan the map to those regions or use the ~250-mile span to survey a whole range.

Model grid cells are several miles across, so a cell can average a bare valley with a snowy ridge. Also, freshly fallen snow in the model may have already melted or been plowed where you stand, and the model can hold onto old snowpack a few days too long in spring. Treat it as "where to look," not ground truth.

Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing work on about 6 in of settled snow; groomed XC trails want 8–12 in of base; snowmobile trails typically open at 12 in or more of packed base; backcountry skiing is comfortable once the base hides rocks and deadfall, usually 24–36 in. The map's bands break at 1, 4, 12 and 24 inches, so read "skiable" as the 4–12 in band and a real base as 12–24 in or deeper.

Each time you search or change the area span, the page reads the model fresh (results are cached in your browser for 30 minutes). The underlying models update hourly to every six hours, so the map is effectively current to within a few hours.