The Guardian, a British daily, reported on the 25th that California, which has been suffering from heatwaves and wildfires this summer, has seen snow in August for the first time in 20 years.
According to this, Madera County Deputy Sheriff Larry Rich said in a statement released the previous day that he did not expect to see snow at Minera Vista, a Sierra Nevada Mountain lookout southeast of Yosemite National Park, in August, conveying the unusual snow news.
Deputy Sheriff Rich said that it is unusual to spend a birthday surrounded by a winter wonderland in the middle of summer, and that it was a very special moment to work here.
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook about the unusual summer snowfall and urged visitors to be safe.
The National Weather Service said that there has been no snow in Yosemite National Park in August for at least the past 20 years.
Officials at Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada Mountains also posted photos of snow on social media the day before, as snow fell on the mountains in the cold morning.
Local weather officials said that snow also fell at Lassen Volcanic National Park in northeastern California, but temperatures rose during the day, preventing snow accumulation.
The weather service then said that an unusual summer snowstorm brought record-breaking rainfall to Redding, Stockton, and Red Bluff in northern California.
Despite the heavy rain, the weather service warned that strong winds were blowing as a cold front passed by, increasing the risk of fires.
At the same time, weather officials issued a flood watch for areas where wildfires broke out in northern California late last month.
The northern wildfires, which began on March 24, swept across more than 1,700 square kilometers in four counties, making them the largest wildfire of the year and the fourth largest on record in California.