California Snowpack Still Below Average Despite Winter Storms

Despite the recent onslaught of winter storms in California, the state’s snowpack is still below average, according to state officials. During the third snow survey of the season, Department of Water Resources officials “recorded 28 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 11 inches, which is 47% of average for this location,” the agency said in a Feb. 27 news release.

Statewide, the snowpack is 66% average for this time of year, officials said.