diff --git a/amiadapters/storage/snowflake.py b/amiadapters/storage/snowflake.py
index 2002b4f..a65ad57 100644
--- a/amiadapters/storage/snowflake.py
+++ b/amiadapters/storage/snowflake.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from datetime import datetime, time
+from datetime import datetime
 import logging
 from typing import List, Set
 
@@ -999,53 +999,24 @@ def calculate_end_of_backfill_range(
             logger.info(f"Set earliest to {next_end.isoformat()}")
             return earliest
 
-        # Calculate nth percentile of number of readings per day
-        # We will use that as a threshold for what we consider "already backfilled"
-        percentile_query = """
-        SELECT PERCENTILE_CONT(0.75) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY num_readings) AS nth_percentile
-        FROM (
-            SELECT count(*) as num_readings 
-            FROM readings WHERE org_id = ? AND flowtime > ? AND flowtime < ? 
-            GROUP BY date(flowtime)
-        )
-        """
-        percentile_result = conn.cursor().execute(
-            percentile_query, (org_id, min_date, max_date)
-        )
-        percentile_rows = [i for i in percentile_result]
-        if len(percentile_rows) != 1:
-            threshold = 0
-        else:
-            threshold = float(percentile_rows[0][0])
-
-        # Lower threshold by x% to allow dates with legitimately lower volume to be considered backfilled
-        threshold = 0.5 * threshold
-
-        # Find the oldest day in the range that we've already backfilled
-        query = """
-        SELECT MIN(flow_date) from (
-            SELECT DATE(flowtime) as flow_date 
-            FROM readings 
+        # Use MIN(flowtime) as the leading edge of already-backfilled data.
+        # Each successful chunk pushes MIN earlier, so the next chunk
+        # advances naturally. Replaces an earlier percentile-threshold
+        # heuristic that got stuck on orgs whose leading edge had
+        # below-threshold per-day read volume (legitimate ramp-up at the
+        # start of vendor data).
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT MIN(flowtime) FROM readings
             WHERE org_id = ? AND flowtime > ? AND flowtime < ?
-            GROUP BY DATE(flowtime)
-            HAVING COUNT(*) > ?
-        ) 
-        """
-        result = conn.cursor().execute(
-            query,
-            (
-                org_id,
-                min_date,
-                max_date,
-                threshold,
-            ),
+            """,
+            (org_id, min_date, max_date),
         )
-        rows = [i for i in result]
-        if rows is None or len(rows) != 1 or rows[0][0] is None:
+        row = cursor.fetchone()
+        if row is None or row[0] is None:
             return max_date
-
-        result = rows[0][0]
-        return datetime.combine(result, time(0, 0))
+        return row[0]
 
 
 class SnowflakeMetersUniqueByDeviceIdCheck(BaseAMIDataQualityCheck):
diff --git a/test/amiadapters/storage/test_snowflake.py b/test/amiadapters/storage/test_snowflake.py
index 4a22289..03410ad 100644
--- a/test/amiadapters/storage/test_snowflake.py
+++ b/test/amiadapters/storage/test_snowflake.py
@@ -472,3 +472,27 @@ def test_verify_no_duplicate_reads_and_return_oldest_flowtime_finds_oldest_flowt
             reads[1].flowtime,
             oldest_flowtime,
         )
+
+    def test_calculate_end_of_backfill_range__returns_min_flowtime(self):
+        expected_min = datetime.datetime(2024, 11, 29, 19, 0, tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
+        self.mock_cursor.fetchone.return_value = (expected_min,)
+
+        result = self.snowflake_sink.calculate_end_of_backfill_range(
+            "some_org",
+            datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 1),
+            datetime.datetime(2026, 4, 23),
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_min, result)
+
+    def test_calculate_end_of_backfill_range__returns_max_date_when_no_readings(self):
+        max_date = datetime.datetime(2026, 4, 23)
+        self.mock_cursor.fetchone.return_value = (None,)
+
+        result = self.snowflake_sink.calculate_end_of_backfill_range(
+            "some_org",
+            datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 1),
+            max_date,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(max_date, result)