The Winters area saw snow-dusted peaks in February following an extremely cold weather system. On Feb. 24, Lake Berryessa News posted photos of the snow-covered lake on its Facebook page. According to the post, the snowfall began around 11 p.m. on Feb. 23. Upon morning, about four inches of snow blanketed the hills at 1,500 feet and up. The snow-capped region could be seen from Vacaville and Woodland.
Lake Berryessa News also reported the lake level hit a milestone at 415.2 feet on Monday. It is 24.8 feet below the Glory Hole, which is a 21.2-foot rise since its low of 394.0 feet on Dec. 1, 2022.
As of Tuesday morning, the level of Lake Berryessa was up by 1.58 feet, with an increase in storage of 22,779 acre-feet of water from the lake levels reported on March 1, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District. On the morning of Tuesday, March 8 the lake level was 415.33 feet above sea level, with storage computed at 1,115,547 acre-feet of water. Evaporation on the lake averaged 67 acre-feet of water per day. The SID is diverting 57 feet per second of water in the Putah South Canal, with 29 feet per second flowing at the Diversion Dam.
