This season, some parts of Washington got a winter-and-a-half worth of its usual snow.
Author: Glenn Farley
Updated: 8:59 PM PDT March 31, 2021
Washington’s snowpack this year could end up being the third-highest since records were kept beginning in 1981. The snowpack is considered at its peak on April 1.
In the Central Puget Sound and Olympic zones, snowpack stands at 157% of normal. That’s like getting a winter-and-a-half worth of snow. In north Puget Sound, 123%. East of Tacoma and south toward the Columbia River, it stands at 141% of normal as measured on March 31.
The only disappointment is the Lower Pend Oreille zone at 94% of normal, which wouldn’t be bad in many years.