Heavy Snow, Mono
- When
- January 2, 6:00 PM PST to January 3, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mono forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, January 2 to 3, 2005
One of the most powerful snowstorms to hit the region in 15 years continued to affect the northern and central Sierra Nevada and northwestern Nevada into the new year. As the snowfall tapered off on January 3rd heavy snow continued across Mono County, California.
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.
One of the most powerful snowstorms to hit the region in 15 years continued to affect the northern and central Sierra Nevada and northwestern Nevada into the new year. As the snowfall tapered off on January 3rd heavy snow continued across Mono County, California. Up to two feet of snow fell in the higher elevations of the central Sierra. Communities throughout the region continued to dig out from the historic snowstorm which started nearly a week earlier in late-December.Snowfall storm total amounts:June Lake 12 inches1 WNW Mammoth Lakes 6 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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 2 to 3, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2005
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Michigan, January 2, 2005
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 2 to 7, 2005
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 2 to 5, 2005
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 2 to 3, 2005
- Strong Wind in Vermont, January 2, 2005
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, January 2 to 3, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in California, January 2 to 4, 2005
More
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470318.