California's Snowpack At Nearly 250% Above Average After Repeated Storms

KIRKWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 21: Vehicles pass along a highway snowplowed through deep snow after a series of atmospheric river storms on January 21, 2023 near Kirkwood, California. California was slammed by a barrage of atmospheric river storms which delivered massive amounts of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada mountains raising California’s snowpack to nearly 250 percent above average. Meltwater from California’s snowpack provides an essential source of water to the state and the widespread precipitation has led to a lower drought status as reservoirs have begun to fill. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)