Lake Tahoe reaches natural rim for first time in 300 days
Submitted by paula on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 7:50pm
The wet winter has proven useful for Lake Tahoe. For the first time in 10 months, the lake reached the its natural rim Saturday, April 9, 2016. This last happened in June of 2015 when the lake stayed at or slightly above the rim for a 5 day stretch between June 10th and June 15th. Prior to that, the lake had been below the rim since October 16, 2014.
Rising above the rim is a significant benchmark for the success of a water year. In early December, just as the wet season was beginning, the lake as more than 1.5 feet below its natural rim. In the time since, the lake has made significant rebounds due in part to an average seasonal snowfall, and more recently, the start of the spring melt. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, 60 billion gallons of water have flowed into the lake since early December.
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