After a parade of atmospheric river systems from late December through mid-January and a whopper of a winter storm earlier this week, California’s snowpack levels have surged to near-historic highs.
Water officials conducted a manual survey Friday morning at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, which revealed a snow-water equivalent of 41.5 inches, said Sean de Guzman, snow survey manager for the state Department of Water Resources.
That’s 177% of the site’s average for the date and 170% of its average for April 1, a date used by state water officials as a benchmark for the year’s typical peak in the snowpack, de Guzman said.
