Following a year of both extreme heat and drought, Lake Tahoe has seen a record-breaking amount of snow this December, according to the U.C. Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab.
, typically about 110 inches of snow will have fallen by Jan. 1 in a given water year, which begins on Oct. 1. But, so far, 2021 has already seen 264 inches of snowfall, putting the region at 258% of its average for this point in the year and breaking the 51-year-old October through December snowfall record of 260 inches set in 1970.This handout photo obtained on Dec. 27, 2021, from Caltrans Distric 3, shows Highway 50/Lake Tahoe Boulevard, in Lake Tahoe, Calif., covered in snow.
He cautioned, however, that if those months end up being dry, then California could end up short of its average snowfall and there won't be any improvement in the drought at all.Snow is pictured in a Lake Tahoe residential backyard in this still image from a video in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Dec. 27, 2021.
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