Heavy Snow, N Los Angeles T X N
- When
- March 31, 12:00 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
Heavy Snow in California, March 31, 1998
A cold Pacific storm brought more snow to Southern California. With this storm, snow levels dropped down to 2000 to 2500 feet.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 LOX wrote it up.
A cold Pacific storm brought more snow to Southern California. With this storm, snow levels dropped down to 2000 to 2500 feet. In the mountains, Mount Wilson reported 8 inches of snow while Lockwood Valley reported 9 inches. With such low snow levels, significant snow accumulations were reported in the foothills. La Canada reported 5 inches of snow while up to 6 inches of snow fell in the foothills of Palmdale. In fact, heavy snow forced the closure of Highway 14 from Palmdale Boulevard to Aqua Dulce. Many trees were reported down due to the heavy, wet snowfall.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, N Ventura
- When
- March 31, 12:00 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- N Ventura forecast zone
Heavy Snow, P C Santa Barbara
- When
- March 31, 12:00 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- P C Santa Barbara forecast zone
Heavy Snow, X N Los Angeles
- When
- March 31, 12:00 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- X N Los Angeles forecast zone
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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 31, 1998
- Blizzard in South Dakota, March 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 31, 1998
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspouts in California, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 31, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 1998
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: 5633918, 5633919, 5633920, 5633921.