Weather
South Lake Tahoe easily exceeded its record high temperature on Tuesday, Jan. 30, according to the National Weather Service in Reno, reports the tahoedailytribune.
The previous record high of 52 degrees for the date was reached in 1989 and 2012, NWS noted via Twitter just after 2:30 p.m. At that point, the temperature on Tuesday had reached 56 degrees.
South Lake Tahoe also sets a Record High temperature of 56 degrees so far today, easily surpassing their old record of 52 degrees for this date which occurred in 1989 and 2012.
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) January 30, 2018
Unseasonably warm temperatures are in the forecast for the remainder of the week, where the high temperatures in South Lake Tahoe are expected to reach into the mid 50s. The forecast also includes sunny conditions through the weekend and no precipitation.
It is expected that the beginning of February may also result in record temperatures, which is bad news for the snowpack.
The first week or so of February 2018 will likely be the warmest on record with an extended period of daytime temperatures 10-20° above average.
Of course this will not be good for the current near record low snowpack (30-50% in the Sierra). pic.twitter.com/bP7SvzIRWz
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) January 31, 2018
