Forecasters: ‘Miracle March’ Not Likely for Tahoe, Sierra as Drought Continues

It’s been a tale of two winters.

After record-breaking storms pushed Tahoe-area snowpack to 200% of normal on Jan. 1, winter has all but disappeared.

January and February are historically the wettest months for Nevada and California. But this year, many snow-measuring sites in the eastern Sierra recorded the lowest precipitation levels on record for the first two months of 2022.