Heavy Snow, Mono
- When
- February 27, 10:00 PM PST to February 28, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mono forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, February 27 to 28, 2005
A relatively weak low pressure system moved through the Sierra Nevada overnight on February 27th-28th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 REV wrote it up.
A relatively weak low pressure system moved through the Sierra Nevada overnight on February 27th-28th. Five to ten inches of snow fell in the Sierra.Storm total snowfall amounts:Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort (9200 ft.) 9 inches (8000 ft.) 4 inches
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Florida, February 27, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Florida, February 27, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 27 to 28, 2005
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 27 to 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 27 to 28, 2005
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 27 to 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 27 to 28, 2005
- High Wind in Georgia, February 27, 2005
- High Wind in Oregon, February 27 to 28, 2005
- High Wind in South Carolina, February 27, 2005
- High Surf in South Carolina, February 27 to 28, 2005
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 2005
More
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2005
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: 5470450.