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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.
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 .
Snowpack in the mountains of California is near average for this time of year, after a recent series of storms provided a much-needed boost to the region, officials reported Thursday. The season ...
This marked the second year in a row with above-average snowfall and was a huge turnaround from conditions at the beginning of 2024, when the snowpack across the state was barely a quarter of the ...
All but one of California’s major reservoirs are at or above the historical average to date. California is a drought-free state, which is similar to what was monitored in March 2020, according ...
SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack and related climate sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Western United States. There are over 900 SNOTEL (or snow telemetry) sites in 11 states, including Alaska.
It didn’t take long to conduct the snow survey near South Lake Tahoe. California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains that usually have snow-capped peaks aren't as full as they should be. The snowpack ...
State agencies use historical averages to predict where melting snow could become floods. But climate extremes make forecasting difficult. Where will California’s record snowpack melt into floods?