Russ Steele
A late winter storm will strike the Sierra just as organizers are kicking off the Amgen bike tour of California at 10:00 on Sunday morning. The National Weather Service is predicting 3-5 inches of snow at lake level in the Tahoe basin by Sunday evening, while higher elevations could see 12 inches of snow.
Is snow in May at Lake Tahoe unusual you ask? Looking at the 107 year record it snowed an inch or more in May 44 years out of 107, or 41 percent of the time. The average depth is 3.7 inches, how ever there were some block buster springs:
1912 - 20 in
1933 - 16.5 in
1950 - 21 in
1953 - 16 in
1964 - 33.5 in
1977 - 16.5 in
Exit Question: Will the start of Amgen be delayed?
