California’s latest survey of snow levels in the Sierra Nevada shows the state continues to make gains against a punishing drought that seemed poised to drag on for a fourth consecutive year as recently as December.
The state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) Friday performed its third snow survey of the season at El Dorado County’s Phillips Station in the Central Sierra.
The survey measured 116.5 inches of snow with a snow-water equivalent of 41.5 inches, which is 177 percent of average for the date of March 3, according to DWR.
Additionally, data collected from 130 snow sensors throughout the state shows the statewide snowpack is currently at 190