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Recent years show the atmosphere can deliver the coldest air sooner or later than the average: A bitterly cold outbreak in early March 2019 was the coldest of the season in Great Falls, Montana ...
Freezing levels in Southern California will fall to the lowest point seen this year on Thursday and Friday, bringing winter-like temperatures and snow as low as 3,000 feet.
The ENSO cycle has a huge effect on rainfall and snowfall patterns in California, especially during the winter and spring seasons. During the El Niño phase, the jet stream is located south through California, allowing for warmer temperatures and more heavy rains to occur, particularly in the southern portions of the state.
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. [2]
"The storm will push freezing levels to their lowest point of the entire cold weather season," Clark explained. "That means it will snow over the passes in Southern California." The existing ...
Average high temperatures are in the lower 80's F (26-28 C) with overnight lows in the lower 60's F (15-17 C). During this season, there is essentially no rainfall, and both July and August average less than 0.05 of an inch (1.27 mm) of monthly precipitation. The winter wet season normally runs from November through April.
The coldest storm of the season made its entrance in Southern California on Tuesday, dumping sleet and snow in high mountain areas.
This marks October as fire season for San Diego and the rest of Southern California due to low precipitation and sporadic heat waves that the average monthly temperatures do not immediately show. For example, the months with the highest record high temperatures are September at 111 °F (44 °C) and October at 107 °F (42 °C).