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California weather instruments
35 of 2,879 instruments in California: a snow pillow on a mountainPlacesInstruments
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Weather instrument stations by state
What stands in California
Every kind of place an instrument stands at in California, and how many stand at each.
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In a volunteer observer's own ground1,521At a river or reservoir gauge594A remote fire weather station247At a cooperative observer's station218At an airfield151Beside a road38A snow pillow on a mountain35At a dam20At a fire lookout or ranger station16On a farm or research station12At a reservoir7On a college campus6In a park or preserve6At a power station3At a water treatment plant2At a school1On a military installation1At a harbour1
What the snow tracker reads here
8 instruments in California are read by 6 of the 63 mountains. Listed in the rank order of the state. Each one has its own page, and the ranking they feed is on the snow tracker.
Truckee #2 SnotelTRUC1 / 39.301, -120.184 / 6,509 ftPalisades Tahoe, Northstar, Olympic Valleyrank11of 2,879Truckee-TahoeTRK / 39.320, -120.140 / 5,899 ftNorthstarrank22of 2,879Ward Creek #3 SnotelWRDC1 / 39.136, -120.218 / 6,655 ftPalisades Tahoe, Olympic Valleyrank33of 2,879Heavenly Valley SnotelHVNC1 / 38.924, -119.916 / 8,582 ftHeavenlyrank55of 2,879Mammoth PassMAMC1 / 37.610, -119.033 / 9,416 ftMammoth Mountainrank55of 2,879Carson Pass SnotelCXSC1 / 38.693, -119.993 / 8,353 ftKirkwoodrank1111of 2,879Fallen Leaf SnotelFLFC1 / 38.934, -120.055 / 6,236 ftHeavenlyrank1111of 2,879Owens CampOWNC1 / 38.733, -120.233 / 5,499 ftKirkwoodrank1111of 2,879
Every instrument in this state
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The instruments
Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing
Adin Mtn SnotelADMC1 / 41.236, -120.792 / 6,190 ftBlue Lakes SnotelBLAC1 / 38.608, -119.924 / 8,057 ftBurnside Lake SnotelBSKC1 / 38.719, -119.894 / 8,129 ftCarson Pass SnotelCXSC1 / 38.693, -119.993 / 8,353 ftrank1111of 2,879Cedar Pass SnotelCDRC1 / 41.582, -120.302 / 7,030 ftCrowder Flat SnotelCRWC1 / 41.893, -120.752 / 5,170 ftCss Lab SnotelCSSC1 / 39.326, -120.752Dismal Swamp SnotelDMLC1 / 41.991, -120.180 / 7,360 ftEbbetts Pass SnotelEBTC1 / 38.550, -119.805 / 8,765 ftEcho Peak SnotelECOC1 / 38.849, -120.079 / 7,670 ftrank3333of 2,879Fallen Leaf SnotelFLFC1 / 38.934, -120.055 / 6,236 ftrank1111of 2,879Forestdale Creek SnotelFDCC1 / 38.682, -119.960 / 8,017 ftHagan S Meadow SnotelHGNC1 / 38.852, -119.937 / 7,776 ftHeavenly Valley SnotelHVNC1 / 38.924, -119.916 / 8,582 ftrank55of 2,879Horse Meadow SnotelHORC1 / 38.837, -119.887 / 8,557 ftIndependence Camp SnotelICPC1 / 39.453, -120.292 / 7,003 ftIndependence Creek SnotelICKC1 / 39.490, -120.281 / 6,456 ftIndependence Lake SnotelILKC1 / 39.428, -120.313 / 8,352 ftLeavitt Lake SnotelLELC1 / 38.276, -119.612 / 9,617 ftLeavitt Meadows SnotelLVTC1 / 38.304, -119.550 / 7,198 ftLobdell Lake SnotelLOBC1 / 38.437, -119.366 / 9,233 ftMarkleeville 10WSW - Lost Lake SnotelLLXC1 / 38.647, -119.951 / 8,642 ftMonitor Pass SnotelMNPC1 / 38.668, -119.609 / 8,310 ftPoison Flat SnotelXXXC1 / 38.505, -119.626 / 7,736 ftRubicon #2 SnotelRUBC1 / 38.999, -120.130 / 7,689 ftSonora Junction 6S - Willow Flat SNOTELWFSC1 / 38.272, -119.451 / 8,228 ftSonora Pass SnotelSRAC1 / 38.310, -119.599 / 8,827 ftSpratt Creek SnotelSPCC1 / 38.666, -119.818 / 6,115 ftSquaw Valley G.C. SnotelSQWC1 / 39.190, -120.265 / 8,029 ftrank2020of 2,879State Line SnotelTATC1 / 41.986, -120.716 / 5,680 ftSummit Meadow SnotelSDWC1 / 38.398, -119.535 / 9,313 ftTahoe City Cross SnotelTHOC1 / 39.172, -120.154 / 6,797 ftTruckee #2 SnotelTRUC1 / 39.301, -120.184 / 6,509 ftrank11of 2,879Virginia Lakes Ridge SnotelVGAC1 / 38.073, -119.234 / 9,445 ftWard Creek #3 SnotelWRDC1 / 39.136, -120.218 / 6,655 ftrank33of 2,879