Icy temps have caused Emerald Bay to freeze
South Tahoe has had overnight lows of below zero for several days.
Twenty years ago, in January 1993, we hit minus 28 degrees in South Tahoe. Emerald Bay froze over. That occurred also in February 1989 at minus 29.
At such temperatures, many frozen pipes and subsequent water damage wouldn’t be realized until those cracked pipes thawed, sometimes many days later and then flooding homes.
The least cold January since 1969 was last year’s January at 9 degrees.
Emerald Bay becomes a block of ice in 1993 and 1989. Photos/Bill Kingman
— Bill Kingman
KAE Having fond memories of serving on the 92/93 Grand Jury, i have no recall of the -28 degrees. Possibly due to the heat in Pville and SLT caused by that GJ.
Someone just posted a picture Of Emerald Bay from this morning. I am confused?
It is not frozen.
These are historical photos. Nowhere does it say 2013 Emerald Bay froze.
OK, I re read the article.
Old Photos.
I have the color front page tribune shot from Feb 9th, 1989. Much more ice then the above photos.
The caption reads:
a MANTLE of ice covered Emerald bay Wednesday all the way to the mouth, as a result of the arctic air that clamped a deep freeze over Tahoe this week. Although ice sheets usually can be seen on the bay during cold spells, this could be it’s first complete surface freeze since the heavy winter of 1951-52.
I’ve seen Emerald Bay frozen over once many years ago. Not sure what year it was as my recollection of things in that time period are a bit hazy, occasionaly coming back to me as if in a faded memory. Maybye 1969 or 70?
The ice was thick enough that my friend Chris walked out onto the frozen bay. We all were yelling at him to come back to shore. Crazy times indeed. Somewhere around here I’ve got pictures of the frozen bay. Old Long Skiis
This link shows January weather history since 1968. Slide your cursor to select other months from the small-print line just above the chart:
http://weather-warehouse.com/WeatherHistory/PastWeatherData_SouthLakeTahoeArpt_SouthLakeTahoe_CA_January.html
I have photo’s from 89 Emrald Bay was solid White
call me if you would like a copy
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