How fast the snowpack melts: San Joaquin Basin
In California's San Joaquin Basin, the snow water equivalent – a measure of snowpack – was 289% of the 1991-2020 median (dotted line) as it neared its peak in early April 2023, well above the past 40 years.
1983 2017 2019 2021 2022 2023
Lines show the snow water equivalent in the San Joaquin Basin day to day each year from 1983 through 2023. This year by far the highest. The lines show how quickly that snow can melt, in the span of a few weeks.
