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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) The Golden State’s first test of the season’s snowpack left experts underwhelmed at the chances for another wet winter year, with California measuring well below average for rain and snowfall so far.
The manual survey by the Department of Water Resources recorded 7.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 3 inches, which is 30% of average.
It’s a stark contrast to where the state was at last year, when a series of atmospheric rivers brought extraordinarily high levels of precipitation to California.