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Heavy Snow in Southern Humboldt Interior, California

Heavy Snow February 21, 2023 – February 23, 2023 · Southern Humboldt Interior, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

Reported 18 inches of total snow accumulation over the last 48 hours 4 miles west-southwest of Dinsmore at an elevation of 2625 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 1086025. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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