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Damage/Deaths Notes Refs. January 1862 North American Megastorm/1861-1862 ARkStorm Lithograph showing a flooded street in Sacramento in 1862. Unknown winds Unknown pressure 102 in (2,600 mm) of rain at Sonora, California, 15 ft (180 in; 460 cm) feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada: $100 million ($3.05 billion in 2023) >4000 deaths
Consequently, the snowpack in the northern Sierra Nevada was only 60% of the average by April 1, and many major reservoirs in California did not fill to capacity from the spring snowmelt. [3] The flooding caused roughly $2 billion in damages ($2.94 billion in 2023) and was attributed to the deaths of 9 people. [2]
At least 17 deaths have been reported in the state in two weeks of storms. The most common causes of death are flooding and falling trees. Tracking the deaths from California's winter storms
Snowpack has historically made up around two-thirds of California’s total water supply. State scientists have surveyed snow since 1941 as a key tool to forecast future supply for farms and cities.
California rivers fed by this winter's massive Sierra Nevada snowpack have been turned into deadly torrents, drawing warnings from public safety officials ahead of the Memorial Day weekend's ...
Statewide snowpack is hovering just below a record set in the winter of 1982-83, with more storms on the horizon, state officials announced Friday. California's snowpack is approaching an all-time ...
By April 2022, snowpack was at just 35% of average levels. The big melt has begun, but plenty of snow remains. DWR's most recent reading shows statewide snowpack at 243% of the average May level .
The survey recorded 47.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 18 inches, which is 77% of normal. ... All but one of California’s major reservoirs are at or above the historical ...