Yukon snow survey and automated stations (AquaCache)#

yukon-stations · theme stations · live

SWE and snow depth from the Yukon Snow Survey Network’s automated snow-weather stations and manual snow courses, plus ECCC meteorological stations mirrored into the same database, served by the Yukon Water Data API. Station ids are AquaCache location codes (09AA-M1). A few courses the survey operates sit in northern BC and Alaska.

import easysnowdata as esd

aoi = (-121.94, 46.72, -121.54, 46.99)   # Mount Rainier

inv_gdf = esd.stations.inventory(aoi, networks="yukon")
obs_ds = esd.stations.load(inv_gdf, variables=["swe", "snwd"],
                           time="2023-10/2024-09")

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Every route to this product is open. Nothing to set up.

Sources#

source

provider

credentials

resolution

extent

temporal

latency

notes

yukon (default)

stations

none

—

Yukon, with courses in northern BC and Alaska

~1975/present

hours to a day

the open AquaCache REST API; no account

Where each route points#

yukon — Yukon Water Data (AquaCache) API v2 live

https://service.yukon.ca/water-data/api/v2

Variables#

variable

units

dtype

nodata

categorical

baro

hPa

float64

—

no

other

—

float64

—

no

precip

mm

float64

—

no

rh

%

float64

—

no

snowfall

cm

float64

—

no

snwd

cm

float64

—

no

swe

cm

float64

—

no

temp

°C

float64

—

no

temp_max

°C

float64

—

no

temp_min

°C

float64

—

no

wind_dir

degrees

float64

—

no

wind_spd

km/h

float64

—

no

Provenance#

Licence · Open Government Licence – Yukon

Cite the data as

Government of Yukon, Department of Environment, Water Science and Stewardship Branch. Yukon Water Data (AquaCache) API v2, https://service.yukon.ca/water-data/api/v2/; Yukon Snow Survey Network. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Yukon.

Documentation

Loader · easysnowdata.stations.load