Statewide snowpack measures 160% of average as winter storms pound California

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Dec. 30, 2021 Statewide snowpack measures 160% of average as winter storms pound California After two of California's driest years on record, a stormy December has given a major boost to the state's water supplies. Officials from the Department of Water Resources announced Thursday that automated stations throughout the Sierra Nevada have recorded snowpack that is 160% of average for this time of year. Snowpack measurements are necessary to forecast how much snowmelt runoff will fill the state's reservoirs in the coming months. Read more

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