Northeast Interior Basins
The Sierra crest and its snowpack.
Climate divisions are broad reporting areas. Golden State Weather's eighteen terrain regions nest inside them imperfectly but usefully: the division supplies the statewide frame, while the region explains which range, gap, basin or coastline makes one station differ from the next.
California map highlighting Northeast Interior Basins.
1 terrain regions, 5 stations. Atlas regions assigned to CA-3.
The atlas station sample
PRO · NOT AN AREAL AVERAGEThese figures summarize the named NOAA stations attached to this site's places inside the division. They are useful for comparing its internal spread, but they are not NCEI's official gridded or area-weighted divisional series. Mountains and cities are intentionally over-represented because this is a terrain atlas.
5Atlas stations
20.5–62.4″Annual precipitation
61.5–73.3°FJuly mean
3,966–7,880ftStation elevation
| Place | Region | Elev ft | Jan mean | Jul mean | Annual precip | Snow | Nov–Apr share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truckee | Sierra Nevada | 5,817 | 28.9° | 62.6° | 30.6″ | 206.6″ | 83% |
| Blue Canyon | Sierra Nevada | 5,280 | 40.5° | 70.2° | 62.4″ | — | 85% |
| South Lake Tahoe | Sierra Nevada | 6,237 | 30.6° | 61.5° | 20.5″ | — | 79% |
| Yosemite Valley | Sierra Nevada | 3,966 | 38.0° | 73.3° | 36.5″ | — | 87% |
| Mammoth Lakes | Sierra Nevada | 7,880 | 28.9° | 63.3° | 23.7″ | — | 80% |