Tahoe area temps break multiple records
By Lake Tahoe News
Shorts weather is going to continue for the next couple days in the greater Lake Tahoe area.
Record highs were broken several places on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30.
The National Weather Service in Reno reports:
South Lake Tahoe’s high on Saturday was 58 degrees, breaking the high of 53 set in 1998. Glenbrook hit 56, the record was 53 degrees set in 1963; Daggett Pass was 51, old record set in 2000 was 47 degrees.
Records were also set on Friday:
South Lake Tahoe was 61, with the previous high of 56 set in 2011; Tahoe City was 60, old record was 55 from 1998; Truckee hit 63, previous record of 57 was from 1917; Glenbrook was 59, beating the 2008 record of 53.
“Through New Year’s we are expecting to flirt with some record high temperatures,” Evan LaGuardia, meteorologist with the Weather Service, told Lake Tahoe News. “Through New Year’s Day we should be 15 to 20 degrees above average.”
The weather is expected to start changing by Thursday when the high pressure system starts to break down.
LaGuardia said at this point to expect light precipitation with the incoming front. Snow levels are expected to be above 7,500 feet.