Heavy Snow in California, May 12 to 13, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in California, May 12 to 13, 1998
Start: 1998-05-12T07:00
End: 1998-05-13T06:00
Location: California

May 12 to 13, 1998 · NWS LOX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A late-season storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The storm produced up to 2 feet of new snow at resort levels.

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 LOX wrote it up.

A late-season storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The storm produced up to 2 feet of new snow at resort levels.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, N Los Angeles T X N

When: May 12, 7:00 AM PST to May 13, 6:00 AM PST
Where: N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone

Heavy Snow, N Ventura

When: May 12, 7:00 AM PST to May 13, 6:00 AM PST
Where: N Ventura 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

Every storm in California in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in California, May 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: 5640767, 5640768.