California, 2002

Heavy Snow in California, January 28, 2002

January 28, 2002 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Se Kern Cty Desert

When
January 28, 2:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
Where
Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

The relative infrequent occurrence of light snow fell in the Mojave Desert on the 28th as an unseasonably cold air mass moved through the area. Trace amounts of snow were reported near Edwards AFB and in the higher terrain around California City.

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

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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: 5279423.