#Storm totals tahoe series#
But, by the end of January in 1938, a series of cold storms pummeled the area with 12 feet of snow in less than a week. The winter of 1938 started off wet with high snow levels that left minimal snow in the mountains. In San Francisco, snow fell, and pond ice formed in Golden Gate Park. During that winter there was a storm so cold that affected all of California and drove temperatures down to freezing in Los Angeles and San Diego. 14, 1906, the Reno Evening Gazette reported: “Weather Prophets in various sections of the country and Nevada have been foretelling a long, hard winter, beginning immediately after Thanksgiving.” True to predictions, heavy snow invaded the Sierra Nevada mountains on Nov. That epic winter was not entirely unexpected. That year Tamarack in South Lake Tahoe received an astounding snowfall total of 884 inches, which is more than 73 feet. Strong storms from the Pacific buried elevations above 8,000 feet with a snowpack that typically averaged 30 feet deep. The epic winter of 1906/1907 is debated as one of the snowiest on record in the Sierra Nevada. Let’s look at how some of the snowiest winters in Lake Tahoe measure up to this year’s snow-filled year.
Although February alone has brought almost 25 feet of snow it isn’t the biggest snow levels that Lake Tahoe has experienced.
The February snow has transformed Lake Tahoe into a winter wonderland and the term “Februburied” has been coined for the record-breaking snow totals. Lake Tahoe is the place to be this winter with some of the best snowpack in the United States.
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