Tamarack, California

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Tamarack is a weather station in Alpine County, California which has been the site of United States meteorological records.

Tamarack has the snowfall record for one month. In January 1911, Tamarack received 390 inches (32.5 feet) of snow. [1] It also experienced the seasonal snow depth record. During the winter of 1911 Tamarack was buried beneath a total of 767 inches (63.9 feet) of snow, most of which fell during that notorious January.[1]

Tamarack is located on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada, at an elevation of about 8000 feet.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com/docs/galleries/nathist/weather/snowfall.htm

Coordinates: 38°26′20″N, 120°04′34″W

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