It Just Keeps Snowing

We have had an amazing amount of snow this year. We had our first snowfall on November 2, 2022, then eighteen days of snow in December 2022, twenty days of snow in January 2023, and four days leading up to a huge snowfall today. Utah County was expected to get 2-5 inches of snow, but as is evident in the picture of the snow covering the outside patio table, we have had eight inches at our house. At the end of the storm we had last night into the today, Provo received twelve inches. It has been wild. This winter season we have received as much or more snowfall than we did in 1983, the year we had so much runoff, there was a river that ran along Main Street in Salt Lake City and everyone filled sandbags. I was thirteen then and vividly remember filling sandbags with other youth from my ward and stake. We will likely be filling them again this year.

Post edit note: The snowfall was outrageous this year. An article in the Deseret News on April 9, 2023, reported snowpack was at 183% of normal levels, Salt Lake City received 87 inches of snow, the snow water equivalent surpassed 30 inches, the highest snow water equivalent since 1983 when a historic flood swept through Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake has risen three feet since November, and Bear Lake is expected to rise 10 feet. Several ski resorts were open into May because the snow didn't stop falling until then, we know several people with cabins in Midway who were not even able to get into them because the snow was so high. It was a wild year!