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Northstar California snow report As of 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19, the Northstar California SNOTEL station (Truckee #2, 6,500 ft) reports 0 in. of new snow in 24 h, 0 in. in 48 h, base 0 in.
Lake Tahoe · California
Today’s numbers Source: SNOTEL (Truckee #2, 6,500 ft). Measured 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19 .
Measure Value Source Measured Base depth 0″ SNOTEL 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19 New snow, 24 h 0″ SNOTEL 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19 New snow, 48 h 0″ SNOTEL 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19 Snow water equivalent 0″ SNOTEL 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19 Percent of normal — SNOTEL 4:50 p.m. MT Oct 19
Last 7 days Date Snow depth SWE Precip (accum.) High / low QC Oct 18, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 68° / 38° valid Oct 17, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 71° / 41° valid Oct 16, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 70° / 42° valid Oct 15, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 63° / 40° valid Oct 14, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 62° / 30° valid Oct 13, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 51° / 25° valid Oct 12, 2026 0″ 0″ 0.2″ 50° / 29° valid
Daily readings from NRCS station 834:CA:SNTL; suspect rows are kept and flagged.
Forecast Day Forecast High / low Est. snow Precip chance Today Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain 61° / 38° 0″ 20% Wed Showers And Thunderstorms 57° / 35° 3″ 93% Thu Rain And Snow 49° / 32° 3″ 82% Fri Mostly Sunny 54° / 29° 0″ 6% Sat Sunny 57° / 32° 3″ 4%
National Weather Service point forecast. Snow amounts are keyword estimates from the forecast text, not a quantitative precipitation forecast.
Where these numbers come from Depth, new snow and snow water equivalent are read from the Truckee #2 NRCS station at 6,500 ft, synced every six hours and run through range and spike checks. A station sits at one elevation, so it can disagree with the resort’s own upper-mountain report. How PeakCam reads the sensors .