CALIFORNIA HAS FACED EXTREME HEATWAVES AND DEVASTATING WILDFIRES THIS SUMMER, BUT NOW, AN UNUSUAL WEATHER EVENT HAS ADDED TO THE STATE’S DRAMATIC WEATHER PATTERNS: SNOW. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS, SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE STATE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AND RARE SNOW SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH CALIFORNIA’S SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAIN RANGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE –

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK HAS NOT EXPERIENCED AUGUST SNOW FOR AT LEAST TWO DECADES.

THE SNOW WAS PARTICULARLY WELCOMED AT MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN AND PALISADES TAHOE SKI RESORTS. 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN SHARED VIDEO FOOTAGE ON INSTAGRAM SHOWING THE FRESH SNOWFALL. 

LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK ALSO RECEIVED ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW, WHILE OTHER AREAS EXPERIENCED ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO SUMMERTIME NORMS JUST 24 HOURS LATER.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW, THE STORM BROUGHT A RECORD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DESCRIBED THE COOL CONDITIONS AS AN “ANOMALY,” COINCIDING WITH WHAT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE UNOFFICIAL END OF SUMMER THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

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