High Wind, Apple and Yucca Valleys
- When
- March 31, 2:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Apple and Yucca Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 31, 1998
A strengthening upper-level low pressure center and surface cold front produced high winds in the Victor Valley, and heavy snow in the San Bernardino Mountains. Victorville reported wind gusts to 51 mph.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 SGX wrote it up.
A strengthening upper-level low pressure center and surface cold front produced high winds in the Victor Valley, and heavy snow in the San Bernardino Mountains. Victorville reported wind gusts to 51 mph. By midnight, up to eight inches of snow had fallen in Lake Arrowhead and Wrightwood.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, San Bernardino County Mountains
- When
- March 31, 8:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5632183, 5632182.