{"id":265516,"date":"2026-04-13T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265516\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:06:14","slug":"northern-california-weekend-storm-rain-and-snow-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265516\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern California weekend storm: Rain and snow totals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs this storm system winds down, the focus now turns to the impressive rain and snow totals left behind across Northern California, and the boost it provided to seasonal rainfall numbers.In the valley, rainfall totals ranged from about half an inch in Modesto to roughly 1.3 inches in both Sacramento and Stockton since Thursday. While those amounts were manageable for most lower elevations, parts of the foothills saw much heavier rain. Some foothill communities were placed under a flood advisory over the weekend, with storm totals climbing above 4 inches of rain.Below are rain totals as of 11:00 p.m. April 12:The latest rain also helped improve water year standings. Sacramento has climbed back to around 85% of normal for this point in the season, while Stockton is now at 112% and Modesto at 109%.Around the Lake Tahoe region, the storm delivered abundant rainfall before colder air helped change that moisture over to snow.Below is a list of snow totals from local SNOTEL sites in the Sierra as of 10:00 p.m. April 12:In Truckee, the SNOTEL site has recorded 16 inches of snow since Thursday. Closer to the Sierra summits, snowfall totals were even more impressive. Palisades Tahoe picked up nearly 3 feet of snow, while SNOTEL sites at Carson Pass and Heavenly Valley each reported around 2 feet. Mount Rose measured close to a foot and a half.While storm impacts significantly subsided early Monday morning, the Sierra is not completely done with this system yet. A few more showers are expected through Monday as the storm wraps moisture back into the mountains from the northeast.Conditions are improving for the valley, but the Sierra will continue to see lingering impacts a bit longer as this Spring season storm system finally pulls away.REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAPClick here to see our interactive traffic map.TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADARClick here to see our interactive radar.DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATESTHere is where you can download our app.Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist\/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.Meteorologist Ophelia Young on Facebook and X.Watch our forecasts on TV or onlineHere&#8217;s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we&#8217;re live.We&#8217;re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As this storm system winds down, the focus now turns to the impressive rain and snow totals left behind across Northern California, and the boost it provided to seasonal rainfall numbers.<\/p>\n<p>In the valley, rainfall totals ranged from about half an inch in Modesto to roughly 1.3 inches in both Sacramento and Stockton since Thursday. While those amounts were manageable for most lower elevations, parts of the foothills saw much heavier rain. Some foothill communities were placed under a flood advisory over the weekend, with storm totals climbing above 4 inches of rain.<\/p>\n<p>Below are rain totals as of 11:00 p.m. April 12:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"KCRA-TV\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2659ddb0-d0e3-45d9-a4b6-2f7d0c8d36c2.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRain totals since Thursday<\/p>\n<p>The latest rain also helped improve water year standings. Sacramento has climbed back to around 85% of normal for this point in the season, while Stockton is now at 112% and Modesto at 109%.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Lake Tahoe region, the storm delivered abundant rainfall before colder air helped change that moisture over to snow.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of snow totals from local SNOTEL sites in the Sierra as of 10:00 p.m. April 12:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"KCRA-TV\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3b342578-a57d-4305-bdc0-80b90b89ab90.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnow totals since Thursday<\/p>\n<p>In Truckee, the SNOTEL site has recorded 16 inches of snow since Thursday. Closer to the Sierra summits, snowfall totals were even more impressive. Palisades Tahoe picked up nearly 3 feet of snow, while SNOTEL sites at Carson Pass and Heavenly Valley each reported around 2 feet. Mount Rose measured close to a foot and a half.<\/p>\n<p>While storm impacts significantly subsided early Monday morning, the Sierra is not completely done with this system yet. A few more showers are expected through Monday as the storm wraps moisture back into the mountains from the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions are improving for the valley, but the Sierra will continue to see lingering impacts a bit longer as this Spring season storm system finally pulls away.<\/p>\n<p>REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see our interactive traffic map<\/a>.<br \/>TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADAR<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/weather\/radar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see our interactive radar.<br \/><\/a>DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATEST<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-on-the-go\/4012809\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is where you can download our app<\/a>.<br \/>Follow our KCRA weather team on social media<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologist Tamara Berg on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KCRATamaraBerg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCRAtberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KCRADirkVerdoorn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>Meteorologist\/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HeatherWaldmanWeather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCRAHeather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.Meteorologist Kelly Curran on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCRAKelly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.Meteorologist Ophelia Young on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kcraophelia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KCRAOphelia\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our forecasts on TV or online<br \/>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where to find our latest video forecast<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/nowcast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch a livestream of our latest newscast here<\/a>. The banner on our website turns red when we&#8217;re live.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also streaming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/tag\/promish\/#!?utm_medium=website-external&amp;utm_campaign=promish-station-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the Very Local app<\/a> for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As this storm system winds down, the focus now turns to the impressive rain and snow totals left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2820,20675,7,9,8,3167,23615,76751,2821,2641,59,116187,23834,2959,110365,266,33875,116189,62,4026,273,271,31139,483,61,116190,116188,2822,475,19,316,72],"class_list":{"0":"post-265516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-app","9":"tag-april","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-climate-reporter-heather-waldman","14":"tag-download","15":"tag-dry-month","16":"tag-facebook","17":"tag-foot","18":"tag-inch","19":"tag-local-snotel-site","20":"tag-look","21":"tag-march","22":"tag-modest-amount","23":"tag-northern-california","24":"tag-northern-california-rain-total","25":"tag-northern-california-weekend-storm","26":"tag-rain","27":"tag-rain-totals","28":"tag-sierra","29":"tag-snow","30":"tag-snow-total","31":"tag-stockton","32":"tag-storm","33":"tag-storm-impact","34":"tag-storm-total","35":"tag-tv","36":"tag-valley","37":"tag-weather","38":"tag-wednesday","39":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}