California, 2024

Heavy Snow in California, February 1 to 2, 2024

February 1 to 2, 2024 · NWS STO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A winter storm that started at the end of January carried over into early February, bringing continued moderate to heavy rain and mountain snow, thunderstorms, and gusty winds. Periods of chain controls were observed in the mountains.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 winter storm that started at the end of January carried over into early February, bringing continued moderate to heavy rain and mountain snow, thunderstorms, and gusty winds. Periods of chain controls were observed in the mountains.

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.

In the hours before

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County

When
February 1, 12:00 AM PST to February 2, 11:00 PM PST
Where
Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS

CoCoRaHS in Shingletown reported snow amounts of 3 to 4 inches. Trained spotters in Quincy reported snow amounts of 2 to 3 inches. The sensor at Lower Lassen Peak reported snow amounts of 9.5 inches. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated snow amounts of 6 to 18 inches over the area from February 1st through February 2nd.

Heavy Snow, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada

When
February 1, 12:00 AM PST to February 2, 11:00 PM PST
Where
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
Reported by
Public

Ski resorts reported snow amounts of 15 to 30 inches from February 1st through February 2nd. UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reported 14.6 inches of snow over the same timeframe. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated 10 to 30 inches of snow as well.

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

More

Every storm in California in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2024

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: 1161386, 1161387.