Some of us might be hoping for no more snow this year, but our latest storms certainly helped our water supply. It wasn’t the wettest March on record, but strong enough to be in the top ten both in Reno and Tahoe City. It was the 6th snowiest March on record in Tahoe City, with 85.5 inches of snow falling throughout the month. The record is 131 inches, set back in 1967. Only 8.2 inches of snow fell during the month of December in Tahoe City.
It was also the 8th snowiest March on record at the Reno Airport. A lot of the snow and rain fell the first week of March as a strong storm moved through the region. Almost a foot of snow fell between March 1st and 31st at the Reno Airport this year. Average is closer to three inches. Areas at or above 5000’ received even more snow than the airport.
Reno is now roughly a quarter of an inch above average for this point in the water year, which began October 1st. It was the fourth wettest March on record at the Reno Airport, with 2.20 inches of rain or melted snow falling in the bucket. The average high in Reno last month was roughly 55 degrees, or about four degrees cooler than normal.
