Lower Ben Lomond Snotel ~~ Upper Ben Lomond Snotel

CURRENT CONDITIONS
2025-2026 Season Snow
Total To Date: 39"
compared to   116.5"   this time  
last season
Last Updated 5/18/26 @ 6pm
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Year over Year Charts & Totals Here
1.50" Snowflake 5/18/2026 6:00pm .25 SWE

.50" Raindrop 5/5-6/2026 6:00pm    

April brought a bit of everything including high winds,
5" snow, 5" rain & 1.15" SWE.
1" Snowflake 4/27/2026 6:00pm .40 SWE
1.50" Raindrop 4/26/2026 6:00pm    
.50" Raindrop 4/23/2026 6:00pm    
.30" Snow Rain Mix 4/22/2026 6:00pm    
1.25" Snowflake 4/16/2026 6:00pm .25 SWE
.40" Snow Rain Mix 4/13/2026 6:00pm    
.25" Raindrop 4/11/2026 6:00pm    

After ~month sans precip, April entered w/rain, hail & snow!
2.5" Snowflake 4/2/2026 6:00pm .5 SWE
2" Raindrop 4/1/2026 6:00pm    

1" Snowflake 3/6/2026 6:00pm .2 SWE

2.5" Snowflake 3/5/2026 6:00pm .4 SWE

Rain switched to snow ~9pm on 3/2 - Look back: we received 28" of snow last March.
2" Snowflake 3/3/2026 6:00pm .625 SWE

1.25" Raindrop 3/2/2026 6:00pm    

Back to warmer temps & rain
2" Raindrop 2/24-26/2026 6:00pm    

Cold temps & a few flurries at time of report
TR Snowflake 2/20/2026 6:00pm    

Additional 1/4" over night added to 2/18
7.25" Snowflake 2/18/2026 6:00pm 1" SWE

Following gusts of up to 40mph, winter finally arrived.
2" Snowflake 2/17/2026 6:00pm .75" SWE

Mostly rain w/snow fluries & sleet mixed in. Raining & ~40° at time of report.
1.50" Snow Rain Mix 1/11-12/2026 6:00pm    

1/23/2026: Following a rainy December, we've had a colder January but sans snow. Look back: least amount of snow in the 18 years I've been tracking :-(.

First real snow storm - storm total 6"
5.25" Snowflake 1/8/2026 6:00pm .60" SWE
.75" Snowflake 1/7/2026 6:00pm .25" SWE

1.5" of extremely wet snow intermixed with rain. SWE includes snow & rain
1.5" Snow Rain Mix 1/5/2026 6:00pm 1.9" SWE

More rain today w/continued rain at time of report :-{
~8" of rain since Christmas
1.8" Raindrop 1/4/2026 6:00pm    

2026 arrived w/2 days of rain.
2.25" Raindrop 1/1-2/2026 6:00pm    

Much colder temps but still lots of water content brought an icy snow mix.
1.25" Snowflake 12/27/2025 6:00pm .70" SWE

Continuing high winds and rain! Temps slowly cooling w/5 minutes of hail ~5pm.
.75" Raindrop 12/26/2025 6:00pm    

High winds and sheets of rain!
1.90" Raindrop 12/25/2025 6:00pm    

.10" Raindrop 12/21/2025 6:00pm    

Warm temps, high winds and rain!
.70" Raindrop 12/19-20/2025 6:00pm    

WOW...an inch of snow containing over an inch of water!
1" Raindrop 12/6/2025 6:00pm 1.15" SWE

1" Raindrop 12/5/2025 6:00pm .2" SWE

First snow of the season in Durfee Creek! Snowing very lightly at time of report.
7" Raindrop 11/30/2025 6:00pm .5" SWE

1.25" Raindrop 11/16-17/2025 6:00pm    

.25" Raindrop 11/6/2025 6:00pm    

A wet October w/over 8" of rain. Good preparation for a (hopefully) great snow season.

.125" Raindrop 10/16/2025 6:00pm    

.3" Raindrop 10/15/2025 6:00pm    

.4" Raindrop 10/13/2025 6:00pm    

Short but impressive hail storm hail followed by rain. Durfee just below the snow line.
.8" Raindrop 10/11/2025 6:00pm    

10/5: First snow on the peaks!

1.6" Raindrop 10/3-4/2025 6:00pm    

After ~3 months sans rain, we received a day & a half of record downpours resulting in 5+" of rain!
5" Raindrop 8/26-27/2025 6:00pm    


Snowflake: Snow       Raindrop: Rain       hail: Hail       Snow Rain Mix: Mix      

TR: Trace (< .5")
SWE: Snow Water Equivalent (New column as of 24-25 season)
Will show 'tbd' until snow has melted for measurement.


Daily measurement finalized at 6:00pm unless noted
Season total includes measurable snow and hail only
Rain is only listed on days where a significant amount is received (or pre-season)
     
LINKS & SUCH

LOCAL WEATHER STATION - Located in Durfee Creek at top of Phase 1
Year over Year charts:   Historical charts (kept since 2008-2009 season)

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