Current Conditions:
Weather can't be forecast more than a week or so in advance, but weather averages are good indicators of what to expect any month. Current Conditions:

Weather Chnl: Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City
AccuWeather: Lake Tahoe
Soda Springs
Northern California at the National Weather Service by the U. Utah
Meyers
Other forecast links:

Fire Restrictions (Tahoe NF, Tahoe Basin

Averages:

Air Temperature:
From 1910 to 2008 average Daily minimum temperature at Tahoe City has increased by more than 4 degrees F, and daily maximum temperature has risen by less than 2 degrees F.

Source: TERC State of the Lake 2009

Tahoe basin Precipitation:
varies by location. The Sierra rain shadow causes yearly precipitation to decrease as one moves east. Donner summit in the north and Echo summit in the south can get 80 in. per year. Carson City over the mountains to the east gets only 25 in. per year. Precipitation ranges from 40 inches per year (in/yr) on the eastern side to 90 in/yr on the western side according to the 1999 USGS Fact Sheet.
According to the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) From 1910 to 2008, average annual precipitation (water equivalent of rain and snow) was 31.6 inches. The maximum was 69.2 inches in 1982. The minimum was 9.2 inches in 1977. 2008 was the 12th driest year on record, with only 19.3 inches of precipitation.

Recent Years:
1910-2008 av. 32 in
1995-1999 av. 50 in
2000-2004 av. 26 in
2005 38 in
2006 48 in
2007 20
2008 19

Soda Springs

Month

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Avg. High °F

60°

46°

39°

39°

42°

46°

52°

61°

70°

78°

77°

71°

Avg. Low °F

26°

20°

14°

14°

16°

20°

24°

29°

34°

37°

37°

32°

Record Low

7°

-10°

-28°

-21°

-33°

-9°

-3°

10°

18°

24°

25°

16°

Avg. Precip. (in.)

2.2

4.3

4.4

4.9

5.6

5.2

1.3

1.5

0.6

0.5

0.6

1.2

Snow - Soda Springs 1961-1998

Avg. snowfall (in.)

0

52

53

104

57

77

51

13

0.7

0

0

0

Avg. snow depth

0

3-18

18-45

40-80

80-100

90-105

90-50

50-10

10-0

0

0

0

Snowfall

Snow has declined as a fraction of total precipitation, from an average of 52 percent in 1910 to 34 percent in present times.

Source: State of the Lake 2009 - Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC)

Soda Springs Snow Depth

Source: Western Regional Climate Center - Desert Research Institute

Historical data from Informative Ski Reports and Other Ski Links by Tony Crocker
Tahoe National Forest Snow Report

California Snowpack Conditions (History of Snow Surveying) at the Dept. of Water Resources (cdec.water.ca.gov)
Historical Climate Information at the Western Regional Climate Center part of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) (www.wrcc.dri.edu/rcc.html)

Donner Summit:

Mon	Average Av. '61-'98		Snow Depth (in) (Begining of month)
	Soda Springs		Castle Creek		Donner Summit
	Snowfall	Depth	2005-6	2006-7	2005-6	2006-7
Nov	52	9
Dec	53	32
Jan	104	61	50	42
Feb	57	89	96	38	56	26
Mar	77	95	106	131	46	82
Apr	51	79	142	60	109	42
May	13	26	142	48	108	19
Jun	0.7	3		3.6

Note: 2005-06 had an unusally heavy late (March) showfall

NOAA/NWS Cooperative Observer Network Stations

COUNTY	COOP STN NAME	COOP St ID	Div	NWS	LAT	LONG	ELEV
El Dorado	Blodgett Exp Forest	40883	2	BLEC1	38 54 43	-120 39 53	4414
El Dorado	Echo Summit Sierra Ski	42671	3		38 47	-120 02	7350
El Dorado	Georgetown 4 ENE	43385	N		38 55 00	-120 46 00	3251
El Dorado	Georgetown R S	43384	2	GEOC1	38 55 59	-120 48 03	3001
El Dorado	Kelsey 1 N	44484	2	Klsc1	38 48 32	-120 49 15	2000
El Dorado	Myers Inspection Stn	45572	3	xx	38 51	-120 01	6350
El Dorado	Pacific House	46597	2	Pchc1	38 45 29	-120 30 12	3440
El Dorado	Placerville	46960	2	Plcc1	38 41 43	-120 49 26	1850
El Dorado	Placerville Disp Plant	46964	2	Pldc1	38 43 52	-120 50 46	1560
El Dorado	Robbs Peak P H	47489	2	Polc1	38 54 07	-120 22 36	5120
El Dorado	Tahoe Valley Faa Ap	48762	3	TVL KTVL	38 54 00	-120 00 00	6254
Nevada	Boca	40931	3	Bocc1	39 23 00	-120 06 00	5575
Nevada	Bowman Dam	41018	2	Bodc1	39 27 00	-120 39 00	5383
Nevada	Donner Memorial St Pk	42467	3	Donc1	39 19 00	-120 14 00	5937
Nevada	Farad	42972	3	Farc1	39 26 00	-120 02 00	5153
Nevada	Grass Valley No 2	43573	2	Grac1	39 12 15	-121 04 05	2400
Nevada	Harry Englebright Dam	43800	2	Hlec1	39 14 14	-121 16 00	800
Nevada	Lake Spaulding	44713	2	Lspc1	39 19 00	-120 38 00	5155
Nevada	Nevada City	46136	2	Nvdc1	39 14 53	-121 00 06	2781
Nevada	Sagehen Creek	47641	3	Sghc1	39 26 00	-120 14 00	6337
Nevada	Snow Laboratory Central	48320	2	CSSL	39 20	-120 22	6910
Nevada	Soda Springs 1 E	48332	2	SODC1	39 19 00	-120 22 00	6883
Nevada	Truckee Rs	49043	3	Tkec1	39 20 00	-120 11 00	6020
Placer	Alpine Meadows	40140	3	APMC1	39 10 00	-120 14 00	6960
Placer	Auburn	40383	2	Aubc1	38 54 26	-121 05 02	1292
Placer	Blue Canyon	40897	2	BLU KBLU	39 17 00	-120 42 00	5280
Placer	Colfax	41912	2	Cofc1	39 07 18	-120 57 02	2400
Placer	Foresthill Ranger Stn	43134	2	Fstc1	39 00 35	-120 50 42	3015
Placer	Gold Run 2 Sw	43491	2	Glrc1	39 09 12	-120 51 29	3320
Placer	Hell Hole	43891	2	Helc1	39 03 30	-120 24 54	4850
Placer	Iowa Hill	44288	2	Iowc1	39 07 05	-120 50 06	3100
Placer	Tahoe City	48758	3	TAHC1	39 10 00	-120 08 00	6230
Placer	Squaw Valley Lodge	48474	3	xx	39 12	-120 14	6230
Sierra	Downieville	42500	2	Dwnc1	39 34 00	-120 50 00	2914
Sierra	Sierra City	48207	2	Siec1	39 34 04	-120 37 22	4240
Sierra	Sierraville R S	48218	2	Serc1	39 35 00	-120 22 00	4975
Amador	Fiddletown Dexter Ranch	43038	5	Fddc1	38 31 25	-120 42 22	2160
Amador	Salt Springs Pwr House	47689	5	Spgc1	38 30 02	-120 13 08	3700
Amador	Tiger Creek Ph	48928	5	Tigc1	38 26 46	-120 29 57	2355
Douglas, NV	Stateline-Harrash's	27806	x	xx	38 58	-119 57	6250
Washoe, NV	Mount Rose Highway STN	26554	x	xx	39 20	-119 53	7370

Source: www.wrcc.dri.edu/inventory/coop04.html

Other

Truckee River flow:
TTC - TRUCKEE RIVER AT TAHOE CITY flow

Snowfall Tracking Stations

Stations with Snow Depth or Snowfall information
California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) Station ID

Tahoe: (Map) BWY - BROCKWAY SUMMIT DMN - DIAMOND CROSSING LCR - LOST CORNER MOUNTAIN RP2 - RUBICON PEAK 2 RP3 - RUBICON PEAK 3 SQ1 - SQUAW VALLEY 1 SQV - SQUAW VALLEY GOLD COAST TCC - TAHOE CITY CROSS Current TCT - TAHOE CITY 1910-1977 WC3 - WARD CREEK 3 daily 2004-present

Donner (Map) CC5 - CASTLE CREEK 5 CCO - CISCO CSF - CISCO FLAT DMS - DONNER MEM ST PARK DNR - DONNER LAKE (SNOW COURSE) DNS - DONNER SUMMIT DP2 - DONNER PARK 2 SDS - SODA SPRINGS TK2 - TRUCKEE 2

South Lake Tahoe Snowfall at USAToday

Month	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Avg. snowfall (in.)	3	17	34	44	37	36	15	4	0	0	0	0
Avg. snow depth	0	3	11	21	30	28	14	2	T	0	0	T

Average total snow fall at lake level is 14 ft. accumulating to a maximum depth of 2.8 ft.
Ski areas report average snowfall of 34-38 feet.
The 2004-2005 season had more than double the average snowfall.
Kirkwood reported a total of 66 feet.

Greatest Sierra snowstorms (1949-50 through 2004-2005) with storm total snowfall amounts (in.) At various locations

Can - canyon dam (plumas county)
boc - Boca (nevada county)
css - central Sierra snow lab (nevada-Placer county)
tah - Tahoe City (placer county)
grg - Grant Grove (tulare county)
                                     can    boc    css    tah    grg
   1.  Jan. 10-17, 1952             108.0   68.0  141.0  149.0   68.0
   2.  Mar. 28-Apr. 1, 1982          26.0   47.0  125.5   59.0   63.0
   3.  Mar. 29-Apr. 4, 1958          46.5   48.0    mm    98.5   69.0
   4.  Dec. 28, 1992-Jan. 2, 1993    74.0   47.0   76.6   57.5    mm
   5.  Mar. 21-24, 1995              32.0   26.0  100.6   74.0   59.0

   6.  Mar. 10-14, 1967              60.0   59.0   74.8   92.0   38.5
   7.  Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 1975          62.0   38.0   65.0   42.0   25.0
   8.  Dec. 27-31, 1964              46.0   42.0   87.2   77.0   26.0
   9.  Feb. 23-26, 1969              35.0   28.0   74.0   37.0   63.0
  10.  Jan. 27-30, 1981              24.0   24.0   72.0   40.0   48.0

  11.  Dec. 21-23, 1996              23.0   65.0   53.6   73.0   25.0
  12.  Dec. 29, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005    48.0   49.5   89.7   64.0    mm
  13.  Feb. 9-12, 1959               43.0   31.0    mm    43.0   64.0
  14.  Feb. 16-18, 1990              30.0   49.0   73.0   46.0   24.0
  15.  Jan. 20-23, 1997              34.0   18.0   73.4   44.0   35.0

Mm - missing data
Range at CSS 4'-6" (54") to 11'-9" (141")
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Source: Public Information Statement, TUE JAN 01 2008,
from the National Weather Service  Reno Weather Forecast Office.

Links:
Warings and Alerts at the Emergency Info. page
Historical data from Informative Ski Reports and Other Ski Links by Tony Crocker

LINKS:
Northern California GCA at the National Weather Service by the U. Utah
Tahoe National Forest Snow Report
Sierra Avalanche Center
Western Region Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute (DRI)
  Northern California Map with stations
Averages at the Weather Channel