SEASON RELATIVE

Wetter than 47% of 34 past seasons since 1991 at this station. This season’s winter precipitation is 41.7 in water, below a typical 43.9 in water.

Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow. This page uses the NRCS SNOTEL station 462:CA:SNTL.

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Sierra · CA · 2025-26

Bear Valley

47
Average
This season at the gauge
41.7 in water
Median
43.9 in water
Record
82.9 in water · 2016-17
Sample
34 past seasons

Cumulative winter precipitation

Ghost lines are past seasons. Dashed is the median. Band is the 10th–90th percentile envelope. X-axis is day of season, not calendar year.

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Sliding the date recomputes the percentile against the same calendar date in past seasons — never a full year vs a partial year.

The station

NRCS SNOTEL at Ebbetts Pass, the closest long SNOTEL to Bear Valley (Blue Lakes is the Kirkwood gauge).

ID 462:CA:SNTL
Network NRCS SNOTEL
Elevation 8,660 ft
Metric winter precipitation (in)