RENO, Nev. (AP) 鈥� Here is a list of the Top 10 Sierra winters with the most snow in the 77 years since the UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab started keeping records in 1946 northwest of Lake Tahoe near Donner Pass at Soda Springs, California:
TOP TEN HISTORIC SIERRA SNOW SEASONS
1951-52 鈥� 812 inches (2,062 cm), or 67.7 feet (20.6 meters)
2022-23 鈥� 677 inches (1,719.6 cm), or 56.4 feet (17.2 meters)
1982-83 鈥� 671 inches (1,704 cm), or 55.9 feet (17 meters)
2010-11 鈥� 643 inches (1,635 cm), or 53.6 feet (16.35 meters)
1981-82 鈥� 624 inches (1,583 cm), or 52 feet (15.8 meters)
1968-69 鈥� 602 inches (1,529 cm), or 50.2 feet (15.3 meters)
1994-95 鈥� 598 inches (1,519 cm), or 49.8 feet (15.2 meters)
1955-56 鈥� 594 inches (1,509 cm), or 49.5 feet (15.1 meters)
1957-58 鈥� 593 inches (1,506 cm), or 49.4 feet (15 meters)
2016-17 鈥� 573 inches (1,455 cm), or 47.7 feet (14.5 meters)
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Source: UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab; Soda Springs, California; founded 1946. The snow season coincides with the water season that begins on October 1 and runs through the following September 30.
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This story corrects an earlier version to show the total snowfall for 1982-83 was 671 inches.
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