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.



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California snowpack near average in season’s first survey, though officials caution ‘anything can happen’

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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.

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Sonora, CA – Noting that the fall was extremely dry except for a handful of big storm systems in November and late December, state water officials caution that more storms are needed to keep the state’s water supplies flowing properly. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted today’s first manual reading of the 2025 snowpack season at the Phillip Station in Lake Tahoe in the eastern Sierra Nevada. “While our snowpack looks go…

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California is now a third of the way through the wettest time of the year, and the first snow survey of 2025 is giving some mixed messages.

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California's first snow survey of 2025 shows near average snowpack

What to KnowStatewide, the snowpack is 108 percent of average for Jan. 2. The manual survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains showed snow water equivalent at 91 percent of average for that location.Snow water equivalent is the amount of water in the snowpack once it melts and flows into the state’s water system.Although there are signs of optimism to start January, California has a history of extremes when it comes to snowpack.T…

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See results of California's first snowpack survey of the season

(KRON) -- The Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Thursday. The manual survey recorded 24 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of nine inches.  2024's record-breaking hot and dry summer continued well into the fall, but a powerful atmospheric river in November broke several rainfall records in Northern California. A series of storms in late …

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Here’s how much December storms boosted Northern California’s snowpack

Every winter, scientists across California ascend high into the Eastern Sierra  via skis, snowshoes, motorized snow cats and helicopters. Along with equipment to survive harsh days and nights in the backcountry, they bring a snow-sampling kit made up of long, thin aluminum pipes. Their mission: measure the weight of the snow beneath their feet. The simple measurement has serious implications for the whole state. Come spring, it will make up near…

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L.A.’s water supply looks good right now — but it might not last

The state Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Thursday morning and the results showed a near average snowpack for California.  Despite a warm and dry fall season, according to a DWR news release, after a “powerful atmospheric river in November broke several rainfall records in Northern California and a series of storms in late December,” the snowpack got a boost.…

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DWR releases first snow survey of the season

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. — California is beginning 2025 with a solid start to the winter snowpack, officials said Thursday, but they cautioned that more storms are needed to keep the state’s water supplies on track.

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State begins 2025 with solid start to winter snowpack

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA, Calif./ Nev. – The Tahoe basin snowpack is near normal levels for this time of year, but a drier forecast looms that may challenge that following Friday’s storm. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), which monitors the west side of the Sierra, measured the snowpack at 91% of average for this time of year. The survey conducted on Jan. 2 near Sierra-at-Tahoe recorded 24 inches of snow depth and a snow water e…

California snowpack near average in season’s first survey, though officials caution ‘anything can happen’

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