UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory located a 6,900′ on Donner Summit, CA just north of Lake Tahoe just recorded the driest summer in recorded history. Records go back to 1949 – so this was the driest summer in 67 years.
“The rainfall on September 22 ended a record 95 days without measurable precipitation here at the Snow Lab. This spanned the entire summer season and is the driest stretch ever recorded at our station. A few seconds of rain sprinkles were observed on August 18 and September 13, but fell far below the measurement resolution (0.25 mm) of our rain gauges.” – Central Sierra Snow Lab
95 days without measurable precipitation (rain or snow).
Wow… That was one dry summer in Tahoe.
Lake Tahoe just fell below its natural rim on September 12th, 2016. Meaning that there is no Truckee River in Tahoe City, CA.
In 2016, Lake Tahoe was above its natural rim for 165 days.
In 2015, Lake Tahoe was above its natural rim for 5 days.
