SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the second snow survey of the season on January 31 at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 22.5 inches of snow ...

California’s snowpack has fallen well below average following an extremely dry January, according to the Department of Water Resources’ second snow survey of the season. The survey was ...

(FOX40.COM) — The latest snow Sierra Nevada survey performed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR), shows the state’s precipitation level lagging behind average totals for this time of ...

The survey recorded 22.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 8 inches—just 46% of the historical average at that location. Statewide, the snowpack sits at 65% of normal for this ...

Andy Reising, a snow survey manager for California’s Department of Water Resources called the new survey findings “essentially unchanged.” “So what we’ve seen over the last month ...

Andy Reising, a snow survey manager with the California Department of Water Resources, breaks down the results from the state's second snow survey of the 2025 season at Phillips Station.

State officials announced the below-average snowpack measurements as they carried out their monthly snow survey ... and water supply forecasting for the state Department of Water Resources.

The manual survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains by the California Department of Water Resources yielded 22.6 inches of snow depth with a snow water equivalent of 8 inches.

On Jan. 1, the California Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season at the Phillips Station, which is located at about 6,800 feet in elevation in El Dorado County.

Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River basins — major sources of water for the Reno-Sparks area — declined by about 50% ...