Winter Storm, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- January 7, 6:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
Storm total snow accumulation of 4 inches was reported at Soda Springs.
Winter Storm in California, January 7, 2022
A quick-moving system brought periods of snow to the mountains of northern California on Friday January 7th.
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 STO wrote it up.
A quick-moving system brought periods of snow to the mountains of northern California on Friday January 7th.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 7, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, January 7 to 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, January 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Connecticut, January 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, January 7, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 7, 2022
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 7, 2022
- High Wind in Montana, January 7 to 9, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 7 to 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 7, 2022
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, January 7, 2022
More
Every storm in California in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2022
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: 1003758.