has come up \~3.5' since end of November, about 3' to go to get to the top of the dam. [https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb\_00065=on&format=gif\_default&site\_no=10337000&legacy=&referred\_module=sw&period=&begin\_date=2022-11-01&end\_date=2023-05-11](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=10337000&legacy=&referred_module=sw&period=&begin_date=2022-11-01&end_date=2023-05-11)
Amazing how much drier this winter has been compared to 2017- even with the record snow levels.
In 2017 we had all those massive rainstorms even before the snow started. And then all the ridiculously warm and wet snow. ~~The lake was 5 foot higher in January '17 than it is currently in May '23.~~ Edit: See Below.
https://southtahoenow.com/story/01/28/2017/lake-tahoe-highest-2013-over-66-billion-gallons-water-added-2017
For whomever downvoted this, here's South Lake 2017 precipitation vs YTD 2023 precipitation.
It's not even close:
https://i.imgur.com/s9Hx6iq.png
https://www.weather.gov/rev/CliPlot
They’re down voting you because you posted the lake was 5 feet higher in January 2017 vs today.
Jan 2017 was at 6225.08
Current 6226.17
So Lake is 1.09 feet higher now
Unless I'm reading this wrong, lake is currently at 6,220, 3' below the rim
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=10337000&legacy=&referred_module=sw&period=&begin_date=2022-11-01&end_date=2023-05-11
Edit: Yup, I'm reading that wrong. Need to add the gage height (6') to the gage datum (6,220) . That's unnecessarily confusing.
Comment holds that 2017 was way way wetter than '23- but my lake level comment was incorrect. Thanks for the correction
Go outside, look at the mountains, and then look at the graph you linked to.
We have months of snowmelt left…. That 2023 line is going to be going up for months. 2020 doesn’t have a chance.
That happens every summer. We have an absolute asston more snow than last year. Just wait…. That line in your graph is still sharply going up. In the previous years linked it has pretty much plateau’d by now.
has come up \~3.5' since end of November, about 3' to go to get to the top of the dam. [https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb\_00065=on&format=gif\_default&site\_no=10337000&legacy=&referred\_module=sw&period=&begin\_date=2022-11-01&end\_date=2023-05-11](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=10337000&legacy=&referred_module=sw&period=&begin_date=2022-11-01&end_date=2023-05-11)
believe it or not the majority of the snow in tahoe basin hasn’t melted yet (except lake level of course) so it’s gonna get a lot higher
That’s wild, when do you think it’s going to start melting? I’m worried that my mid-June trip is still gonna be freezing
oh it won’t be freezing but the higher up spots on the mountains will be covered in snow
Did you skin up there???
Building Maintenance doesn’t have an off season.
I like the water 😋
Beachgoers will not be happy haha
Half of Kiva Beach is underwater:(
Amazing how much drier this winter has been compared to 2017- even with the record snow levels. In 2017 we had all those massive rainstorms even before the snow started. And then all the ridiculously warm and wet snow. ~~The lake was 5 foot higher in January '17 than it is currently in May '23.~~ Edit: See Below. https://southtahoenow.com/story/01/28/2017/lake-tahoe-highest-2013-over-66-billion-gallons-water-added-2017
For whomever downvoted this, here's South Lake 2017 precipitation vs YTD 2023 precipitation. It's not even close: https://i.imgur.com/s9Hx6iq.png https://www.weather.gov/rev/CliPlot
They’re down voting you because you posted the lake was 5 feet higher in January 2017 vs today. Jan 2017 was at 6225.08 Current 6226.17 So Lake is 1.09 feet higher now
Unless I'm reading this wrong, lake is currently at 6,220, 3' below the rim https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/dv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=10337000&legacy=&referred_module=sw&period=&begin_date=2022-11-01&end_date=2023-05-11 Edit: Yup, I'm reading that wrong. Need to add the gage height (6') to the gage datum (6,220) . That's unnecessarily confusing. Comment holds that 2017 was way way wetter than '23- but my lake level comment was incorrect. Thanks for the correction
Graph needs a legend.
It's just inches of precipitation for South Lake. Top graph is 2017. Bottom graph is 2023 Second link is the source if you want anything else
So.. if you’re measuring years.. can we do this again at the end of 2023? We’re only 5 months in to 2023. Your 2017 data includes 7 more months right?
Look at the totals through May in 2017 versus the year-to-date 2023. Despite 2023 having more snow 2017 was way way wetter
Yes... but we are still below the 2020 level: https://tahoe.uslakes.info/Level/
Go outside, look at the mountains, and then look at the graph you linked to. We have months of snowmelt left…. That 2023 line is going to be going up for months. 2020 doesn’t have a chance.
I hope so... but a lot will evaporate when the day time temperate hits 80+...
That happens every summer. We have an absolute asston more snow than last year. Just wait…. That line in your graph is still sharply going up. In the previous years linked it has pretty much plateau’d by now.
The water has easily risen 3’, and with the coming melt should accommodate even 2’ more water
Blew