snow totals for western usa

Much of the Western USA did not have a good year. Or should we say “had one of the worst years on record.” Lake Tahoe had it’s second worst winter on record with only 174″ of snow. As you can see on this SNOWTEL map, the the Sierra Nevada mountains in California were saw snowfall totals below 40% of normal. Taos, New Mexico saw around 42% of normal snowfall. Oregon was also all below normal. But, the pictures gets better as you go north and east. Colorado mountains mostly saw over 100% of average snowfall this year. Wyoming was up around 150% of average. Washington […]