New Data Reveals Worrying Trend in Key Water Supply That Could Impact Millions: ‘We Are Quickly Running Out of Time’

California’s snowpack fell in late February to 85% of the average for the end of the second month of meteorological winter. By the middle of March, the snow water equivalents in the Sierra Nevada ranged from 96% in the northern part of the mountain range to only 77-80% in the central and southern portions.