A spring storm that drenched Fresno on Saturday also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in the Sierra Nevada. (Peter Morning/Mammoth Mountain Ski Area via AP)
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The storm that drenched Fresno on Saturday also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
“Did anyone have the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season being in May on their winter bingo card?” the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab asked on the social platform X.
The 26.4 inches of snow beat the second snowiest day of the season — March 3 — by 2.6 inches, according to the lab.
5/5/24 9:35am Update:
Did anyone have the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season being in May on their winter bingo card?This storm dropped 26.4″ (67 cm) in the last day, making May 5th the snowiest day of the season at the lab. It beat 2nd place (March 3rd) by 2.6″ (6.5 cm)! pic.twitter.com/iEg01CyabX
— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (@UCB_CSSL) May 5, 2024
Treacherous driving conditions on Saturday forced the closure of several highways near Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80 over the Donner Summit.
Flood advisories were issued for parts of the Bay Area, where up to an inch of rain fell while temperatures dipped into the low 40s, the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts reaching 40 mph were reported Saturday near San Francisco.
About one-third of rain fell in Fresno on Saturday, bringing the water-year total since Oct. 1 to 9.99 inches, according to NWS records.
Warm-up Coming in the Valley
A warming trend is expected this week with temperatures 10 degrees above normal by Sunday afternoon, NWS Hanford says.
A warming trend is expected today through Sunday. By Sunday afternoon, high temperatures across Central California will be around ten degrees above normal for this time of year. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/0u7Xh4nXgi
— NWS Hanford (@NWSHanford) May 6, 2024
(Associated Press contributed to this article.)
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