""A dry January, which is historically the wettest month of the year in California, has now eroded the gains made at the start of the year and forecasts currently show no major precipitation in the next two weeks," California Department of Weather Resources spokesperson Jason Ince wrote in a Jan. 30 news release. The first month of the year certainly left the area warmer and drier than usual, weather officials confirmed."
"South Lake Tahoe finished the month with 2.19 inches of precipitation, making it the 16th driest January on record since the weather service began tracking the region in 1968, Fuentes said. On the north side of the lake, Tahoe City, which has been keeping records since 1909, fared much worse: 1.07 inches of precipitation, making it the 13th driest January over more than a century."
After early New Year's storms provided some precipitation, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada experienced a dry January that erased initial gains. Forecasts show no major precipitation for the next two weeks. South Lake Tahoe recorded 2.19 inches of precipitation, the 16th driest January since 1968, while Tahoe City received 1.07 inches, the 13th driest since 1909. January temperatures ranked among the warmest on record, with South Lake Tahoe averaging 44.4°F and Tahoe City 41.3°F. Snowpack totals declined from a promising start, and water officials conducted a second seasonal snow survey at Phillips Station.
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