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Heavy Snow in Southwestern Humboldt, California

Heavy Snow February 21, 2023 – February 22, 2023 · Southwestern Humboldt, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Observer reported 6.5 inches of snow overnight 2 miles south-southeast of Honeydew at at an elevation of 1395 feet.

The wider storm

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 1085778. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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