April 1 percent of average snow-waterequivalent of California snowpack compared to April 1 average from 2005-2015. The April 1, 2015 snow-water content set an all-time low for April 1.
A statewide snow survey Wednesday found that the water content of California's snowpack was only 5 percent of the April 1 average, by far the lowest reading on record for that date. The previous record lowest snowpack for the first day of April was 25 percent of average, in records dating to 1950.
From Oct. 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015, only 19.5 inches of snow had fallen in Tahoe City. That's 143.1 inches below average for that period, or almost 12 feet less snow than average.
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