- Parts of California were filled with snow over the weekend after a massive storm delivered as much as 48 inches of snow in the Lake Tahoe area.
- The Sierra Nevada got the brunt of the snowfall, with the intense storm causing intense winter weather conditions two weeks before Christmas.
- At the University of California, Berkeley, Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, 43.5 inches of snow was recorded in a 48-hour time span, with 37.8 inches occurring in a 24-hour span.