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California's snowpack stands at 65% of average for this time of year. After a dry January, major storms are forecast to bring more rain and snow.
San Francisco has reported only 0.13 of an inch of rain since Jan. 1, when the historical average for the month is around 3.9 inches. Redding, California, has reported 0.63 of an inch, a minuscule ...
The season’s first manual snow survey recorded 24 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent — the amount of water contained in snow — of 9 inches, according to the California ...
Significant amounts of snow fell in the Sierra (2–4 feet) which brought the snowpack from 50 to 70% of average to 70-80% of average. Landslides and fallen trees due to the heavy rain and high wind gusts destroyed and damaged many homes and closed roads throughout California.
Lake Tahoe: 3-6 feet. Pollock Pines: 1-3 feet. Up to this point in the season, much of the Sierra has been running below average in snowfall. In some spots, the snowfall deficit is as much as 7 to ...
Since the start of the new water year (Oct. 1), there has only been 0.16 of an inch of rain. The historical average rainfall from Oct. 1 to Jan. 23 is 6.09 inches, so only 2% of the average rain ...
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
Most of the snowfall during this first round of the storm has been in the higher elevations at around 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Salas said, with rain making up most of the precipitation around Lake Tahoe.