California, 2025

Winter Weather in California, April 25 to 27, 2025

April 25 to 27, 2025 · NWS REV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A colder low pressure moved slowly across the region from the 25th-27th, dropping daytime temperatures to 10-15 degrees below average. Patchy light rain showers developed across much of the region on the 25th, with isolated thunderstorms over west central NV.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

A colder low pressure moved slowly across the region from the 25th-27th, dropping daytime temperatures to 10-15 degrees below average. Patchy light rain showers developed across much of the region on the 25th, with isolated thunderstorms over west central NV. More widespread rain and snow developed during the late night of the 25th into the 26th, and again the following night, bringing late season snow for the Sierra and a rain-snow mix down to lower elevations of western NV. Snowfall amounts ranged from 2-7 for the Tahoe basin and into northern Mono County, while in western NV up to 2 of snow fell (mainly on unpaved surfaces) around the main cities of far western NV, and up to 4 in Virginia City. An additional 1-5 of snow fell in the Tahoe basin with up to 8 in higher elevations during the late night of the 26th into the morning of the 27th (Photos 4 to 6). Rainfall was heaviest across far northeast CA and northwest NV, with several sites receiving between 0.50 and 1 inch, and up to 1.25 inch in parts of the Surprise Valley.

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Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Greater Lake Tahoe Area

When
April 25, 5:00 PM PST to April 27, 10:00 AM PST
Where
Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
38.935, -120.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A CO-OP observer in Tahoma, TAAC1, and a CO-OP observer at Boca Reservoir, BOCC1, and a CO-OP observer in Tahoe City, TAHC1, reported a 2-day storm total of 2.6, 6.5, and 4.5 inches of snow, respectively. The Central Sierra Snow Lab reported a 2-day storm total of 8.8 inches with 9 inches at Palisades Tahoe Ski area.

Winter Weather, Mono

When
April 25, 6:00 PM PST to April 27, 6:00 PM PST
Where
Mono forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cocorahs station CA-MN-8 Walker 1.2 NE, Cocorahs station CA-MN-5 Mammoth Lakes 16.3 ESE, and Cocorahs station CA-MN-6 Mono City 1.9 SW reported 7.2, 3.5, and 1.2 inches of snowfall, respectively.

Winter Weather, Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra

When
April 26, 12:00 AM PST to April 27, 8:00 PM PST
Where
Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra forecast zone
Reported by
NWS Employee
Coordinates
40.086, -120.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An off-duty NWS employee reported a storm total of 5 inches of snow at Lake Davis, with a CO-OP observer in Verdi, VERC1, reporting 1 inch of snow.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 1244441, 1244448, 1244445.