Up to 4 feet of snow fell at Sierra pass levels, with light accumulations down into the upper foothills.
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.
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Up to 4 feet of snow fell at Sierra pass levels, with light accumulations down into the upper foothills.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Caltrans reported 46 inches of snow at Castle Peak, 22 inches at Kingvale. Pacific House received 3.0 inches of snow, Kyburz 2.25 inches, Camino 7 inches. This brought chain controls and delays on mountain highways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2018
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 798656.