Tahoe Records dryest march and April on record...

[Bentley@DOSMedia]

so last year was one of the dryest winters ever in tahoe. This year started off well in january, but we have unfortunately seen one decent storm since then. The past two months (march and april) are supposed to be a couple of the snowiest months in tahoe each each. However this year it turned bone dry again. Tahoe city recording the second dryest ever and Truckee being the dryest ever...

This is from the NWS

...VERY DRY CONDITIONS DURING MARCH AND APRIL 2008...

MARCH AND APRIL OF 2008 HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DRY. ONLY 0.07 INCH OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE RENO- TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING MARCH. DURING APRIL ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. TOTAL PRECIPITATION DURING THESE TWO MONTHS AVERAGES 1.21 INCHES.

IT HAS BEEN DRY ALSO ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA. THE PERIOD OF MARCH AND APRIL 2008 HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DRIEST MARCH-APRIL PERIODS IN THE LAST 100 YEARS. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TEN DRIEST MARCH-APRIL PERIODS AT FOUR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

TAHOE CITY, CALIFORNIA (1914-2008)

MAR-APR AVG 6.39 INCHES

MAR-APR AMT...YEAR

1. 0.62 1977 2. 0.85 2008 3. 1.36 1976 4. 1.48 1959 5. 1.56 2004 6. 1.62 1915 1.62 1988 8. 1.68 1994 9. 1.97 1992 10. 2.13 1934 2.13 2000

TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA (1949-2008)

MAR-APR AVG 6.36 INCHES

MAR-APR AMT...YEAR

1. 0.90 2008 2. 0.92 2004 3. 1.58 1988 4. 2.07 1977 5. 2.10 1997 6. 2.11 1994 7. 2.13 1959 8. 2.19 1992 9. 2.41 1966 10. 2.57 1973

 

[miroz]

Bummer dog, I guess it just kind of evens out the killer winter they had 1-2 years ago. That was gnarly.

 

[spere]

its gonna be a rough fire season

 

[LineGhettoBlaster]

jan. was pritty crazy though atleast and we did get one storm during march

 

[Literature]

I think your precip came north. WA is still getting hammered.

 

[alpineplease]

as if last year wasnt worse enough... fuuuck

 

[coolhandluke]

shhhhhhh