California Snowpack Is Highest in 40 Years: Officials

California Snowpack Is Highest in 40 Years: Officials
The California Department of Water Resources conducts the first snow survey of the 2023 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in El Dorado County on Jan. 3, 2023. Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources
Jill McLaughlin
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Snowpack levels in California’s mountains were at the highest level in 40 years Jan. 3 but time will tell whether the latest storms will help deliver enough water to the state to end a three-year drought streak, state water officials reported.

California’s snowpack was measured at 174 percent of the historical average for the year Tuesday, boosted by recent storms that drenched the state during the holidays and brought snow to the mountains.

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