Record snowfalls this year in Sierra Nevada range, California, USA

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 17 March 2023 at 18:41:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 21 March 2023 at 01:51:30 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 March 2023 at 01:59:40 UTC
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Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 27 March 2023 at 18:18:42 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, mountain range, seasons, snowfalls, precipitation, weather, National Park, California, USA, United States
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI & SLSTR (17 & 27.03.2023) - The mountains of California have seen record-breaking snow this spring.
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Entire towns and Yosemite national park have shut down. The California governor has declared a state of emergency in 13 counties due to the unusual precipitation.
Fig. 2 - S2 (17.03.2023) - Several records have been beaten in Yosemite national park.
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The record average snow depth since 1930 happened this year with 4.49m measured in the valley of Tuolumne Meadows as against 4.27m in 1983.
Fig. 3 - S1 (21 & 26.03.2023; 01 & 08.05.2023) - May snow melt and vegetation growth viewed in radar.
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In April, a daily snowfall record exceeding with 1m has beaten the 1969 record of 90cm. Temperatures of -27°C have been hit the same month. The total new snow this season reached 4.3m, three times the historical average of 1.4m.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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