SEASON RELATIVE

Wetter than 13% of 32 past seasons since 1992 at this station. This season’s snowfall is 112 in, below a typical 168 in.

Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow. This page uses the NOAA GHCN-Daily station USC00048758.

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Sierra · CA · 2025-26

Northstar

13
Poor
This season at the gauge
112 in
Median
168 in
Record
322 in · 1994-95
Sample
32 past seasons

Cumulative observed snowfall

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

NOAA COOP in Tahoe City — lake-level, not Northstar's mid-mountain. Very long record.

ID USC00048758
Network NOAA GHCN-Daily
Elevation 6,230 ft
Metric observed snowfall (in)