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Winter Storm — San Bernardino County Mountains, California
March 1, 2023 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
An historic winter storm continued to produce very heavy snowfall in the San Bernardino County Mountains on March 1st. The final round of snow with this storm resulted in additional snowfall totals of anywhere from a few inches at some mountain communities between 5000-6000 feet in elevation, to upwards of 2-3 feet at many ski resorts. This resulted in storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 9-12 feet in many ski resorts, 5-9 feet of snow in many mountain communities at or above 6000 feet in elevation, 2-5 feet of snow at elevations between 5000-6000 feet, 1-3 feet of snow at elevations between 3000-5000 feet, and some reports of accumulating snow at elevations as low as 1000 feet. Some notable reports from February 22 to March 1 include 150 at Snow Valley, 134 at Snow Summit on Bear Mou
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.