Winter Weather — Coastal Del Norte, California

2023-02-21 · Coastal Del Norte, California

Event narrative

A thin layer of small hail covered the ground in Crescent City. It took nearly a half hour for the hail to melt.

Wider weather episode

Snow was reported all the way to the coast with heavy snow in the mountains as the coldest in a series of storms impacted the region beginning February 20/21. For the next two weeks storms continuously impacted the region with bouts of heavy snow in the mountainous terrain. Anecdotal reports from people who have lived in the area for a long time said this cold period into early March resulted in the heaviest snow at elevations between 1500 and 4000 feet since the 1980s.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1081829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.