California, 1997

Heavy Snow in California, December 5 to 6, 1997

December 5 to 6, 1997 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Other snow amounts included 3 inches at Castaic on the Grapevine (Interstate-5) by Saturday morning the 6th.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

Other snow amounts included 3 inches at Castaic on the Grapevine (Interstate-5) by Saturday morning the 6th.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, E Fresno/Madera T Sw/Mariposa/Se Tuolumne

When
December 5, 6:00 PM PST to December 6, 6:00 AM PST
Where
E Fresno/Madera T Sw/Mariposa/Se Tuolumne forecast zone

12 inches of snow at 8000 feet...6" snow by 0500 PST at 7000 feet.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1997

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626861.