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Winter Weather in Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California
Winter Weather November 20, 2025 – November 21, 2025 · Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
CoCoRaHs station CA-NV-51 1.6 N of Truckee recorded 3.4 inches of snow. Heavenly Ski Resort reported 8 inches of snowfall. These are 24 hour totals ending the 21st.
The wider storm
The final storm of this series brought colder conditions with a rain-snow mix down to 4500-5000 feet. Rainfall totals from this series of storms were between 0.50' and 2' across eastern Mono/Lassen counties, with liquid totals between 2-5' for much of the eastern Sierra and Tahoe basin northward to western Lassen County, Sierra snow totals were generally 1-2 feet above 7000 feet but amounts below 7000 feet were minimal, generally 2' or less.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299332. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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