More than 2 feet of Sierra snow and plenty of rain hit Northern California this weekend
After scattered storms this weekend, Northern California has seen significant amounts of rain and snow, with more than two feet of precipitation at higher elevations.
Over the weekend, the National Weather Service reported localized roadway flooding amid downpours, while snowfall over the Sierra Nevada forced chain controls and roiled traffic in the region.
Between Friday morning and Sunday morning, downtown Sacramento received 1.08 inches of rain, while parts of Sacramento County were briefly placed under a flood advisory Saturday by the weather service.
Sacramento, despite seeing moderate amounts of rain, managed to tie a winter heat record two days in a row.
After tying a five-year-old heat record Friday, Sacramento saw another day of unseasonable heat Saturday, when temperatures reached 67 degrees to match a record set in 1988.
Shasta County saw the heaviest rainfall over the weekend, with Whiskeytown receiving 5.54 inches, Blue Canyon receiving 3.85 inches and Redding receiving 3.46 inches.
Meanwhile, Quincy saw 2.35 inches of rain and Sonora saw 1.67 inches. Stockton got .63 inches of rain and Modesto, the driest of the bunch, received just .28 inches.
In the mountains, snow was plentiful. Sugar Bowl reported the most snowfall over the weekend, at 2 feet, 2 inches, while Squaw Valley saw exactly 2 feet, Tahoe Donner saw 1 foot and Kingvale had 11 inches.
Below is a complete list of precipitation reports as of Sunday morning, as recorded by the National Weather Service:
Snow totals
- Alpine Meadows: 18 inches since Saturday morning; 23 inches since Friday morning
- Sugar Bowl: 17 inches since Saturday morning; 26 inches since Friday morning
- Squaw Valley 16 inches since Saturday morning; 24 inches since Friday morning
- Northstar: 16 inches since Saturday morning; 22 inches since Friday morning
- Soda Springs: 15 inches since Saturday morning; 22 inches since Friday morning
- Heavenly: 15 inches since Saturday morning; 19 inches since Friday morning
- Sierra-at-Tahoe: 14 inches since Saturday morning; 19 inches since Friday morning
- Homewood: 14 inches since Saturday morning; 21 inches since Friday morning
- Boreal: 12 inches since Saturday morning; 16 inches since Friday morning
- Soda Springs Ski Resort: 12 inches since Saturday morning; 19 inches since Friday morning
- Kirkwood: 12 inches since Saturday morning; 17 inches since Friday morning
- Tahoe Donner: 12 inches since Saturday morning; 14 inches since Friday morning
- Bear Valley Ski Resort: 9 inches since Saturday morning; 12 inches since Friday morning
- Dodge Ridge: 7 inches since Saturday morning; 11 inches since Friday morning
- Kingvale: 5 inches since Saturday morning; 11 inches since Friday morning
Rain totals
- Whiskeytown: 5.54 inches since Friday morning
- Blue Canyon: 3.85 inches since Friday morning
- Redding: 3.46 inches since Friday morning
- Quincy: 2.35 inches since Friday morning
- Clear Lake: 2.30 inches since Friday morning
- Sonora: 1.67 inches since Friday morning
- Red Bluff: 1.16 inches since Friday morning
- Downtown Sacramento: 1.08 inches since Friday morning
- Stockton: .63 inches since Friday morning
- Fairfield: .59 inches since Friday morning
- Marysville: .53 inches since Friday morning
- Modesto: .28 inches since Friday morning
This story was originally published December 8, 2019 at 5:58 PM.