California, 2005

Winter Storm in California, November 27 to 29, 2005

November 27 to 29, 2005 · NWS STO · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

A cold winter storm with low snow levels. In the Northern Sacramento Valley, snow fell down to near 1500 feet and left measurable amounts in the northern Redding metro area.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 STO wrote it up.

A cold winter storm with low snow levels. In the Northern Sacramento Valley, snow fell down to near 1500 feet and left measurable amounts in the northern Redding metro area.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 10:45 PM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 10:45 PM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Event by event

7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Nw & Nc Shasta

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
Nw & Nc Shasta forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, Ne & Ec Shasta

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
Ne & Ec Shasta forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, P Sc Shasta/C Tehama

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
P Sc Shasta/C Tehama forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, P Sc Shasta/E Tehama T X E/X E Butte/X Sw Plumas

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
P Sc Shasta/E Tehama T X E/X E Butte/X Sw Plumas forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winter Storm, W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine

When
November 27, 12:35 AM PST to November 29, 6:30 AM PST
Where
W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 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: 5480407, 5480408, 5480409, 5480410, 5480411, 5480412, 5480413.