California Declining Snow Deluge
FILE - Sean de Guzman, right, snow survey manager for the Department of Water Resources, measures the snow with the help of DWR engineer Jacob Kollen for the final snow survey of the season at Phillips Station on April 3, 2023. A new study finds the snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls.
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A new study finds that last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. Don’t get used to it. Monday's study says with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza, which was a record for snow on the ground on April 1, will be less likely in the future. Last year's heavy snow edged out 1922 for a statewide record. Researchers looked at how the big snows, the ones that happen once every 20 years or so, are getting smaller.
