Friday Top of the Scroll: California snowpack: Sierra range below half of average statewide
Officials at Phillips Station recorded a snow-water equivalent of 11.5 inches, only 47 percent of average for the end of February, according to Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources… DeGuzman called the month’s minuscule rain and snow totals “quite disappointing,” noting that it will almost certainly go down as the driest February ever measured by DWR officials in the Northern Sierra Nevada range over 99 years of recorded history.
Related articles:
- Los Angeles Times: California snowpack depleted amid what could be a record-dry February
- Wall Street Journal: Drought fears rise in California
- Tehachapi News: Kern County braces for dry year as mountain snowfall well below average
- San Jose Mercury News: California Drought: Northern California having driest February since 1864
- Sacramento Bee: Nearly 25 percent of California in ‘moderate drought’ status, federal monitor says