Latest Survey Confirms Snowpack Ties AllTime Record

FREMONT, CA — The state’s continuous stormy weather has officially brought enough snow to not only relieve more than half the state of drought conditions but also to tie a record for the most snowfall set way back in 1952, state water officials confirmed during their fourth snow survey of the year. The manual survey recorded 126.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 54 inches, which is 221 percent of average at Phillips Station April 3, California Department of Water Resources announced Monday. DWR’s electronic readings from 130 snow sensors placed throughout the state indicate the…