California’s enormous snowpack
The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada this year is one of the largest ever recorded.
Snow water equivalent (in inches)
![Maps show the extent of the Sierra snowpack compared to the historical average](/projects/sierra-snowpack-maps-20230510/assets/img/ai2html/maps-legend.4d1e23fd.png)
0
35
44
77
59
April 1, 2023
![Maps show the extent of the Sierra snowpack compared to the historical average](/projects/sierra-snowpack-maps-20230510/assets/img/ai2html/maps-april-1-2023.36247f55.png)
Redding
Reno
Sacramento
San Francisco
Merced
Fresno
50 MILES
Bakersfield
Average, 2000-2021
![Maps show the extent of the Sierra snowpack compared to the historical average](/projects/sierra-snowpack-maps-20230510/assets/img/ai2html/maps-historical-average.ac8cd26b.png)
Redding
Reno
Sacramento
San Francisco
Merced
Fresno
50 MILES
Bakersfield
Lines divide Sierra Nevada watersheds. Average is a modeled estimate for years 2000-2021.
Leanne Lestak and Noah Molotch, University of Colorado, Boulder, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sean Greene LOS ANGELES TIMES