It May Be June, But Snow is Falling Early This Week in Parts of the West
Snow is coating parts of the mountain West for the beginning of June's second full week as an unseasonably cold air mass infiltrates the northwestern United States.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno, Nevada, dubbed the wintry weather pattern "Juneary" in a tweet that showed snow falling as low as 5,800 feet in elevation in California's Sierra Nevada early Monday morning.
Measurable snow was also observed at Lake Tahoe on Monday morning. That only happens in June about every 5 to 10 years, the NWS said.
In the central Nevada town of Austin, up to 10 inches of snow had been reported as of Monday morning.
A trace of wet snow fell in Elko, Nevada, Monday morning, making it one of the latest occurrences of observable snow in records dating to 1889, according to the NWS.
Incline Village, Nevada, measured 3 to 6 inches of snow Sunday into Monday.
A webcam at Gilmore Summit in Lemhi County, Idaho, showed snow falling there early Tuesday morning.
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