Nearly all of California’s major reservoirs are fuller than they were in previous years after a wet and stormy winter. … The state’s largest reservoir, Lake Shasta, is at 92% capacity as of Sunday, which amounts to 115% of its historical capacity for this time of year, according to data from the California Department of Water Resources. The lake is at a surface elevation of 1,055 feet, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, a continuation of rising water levels since the holiday season’s heavy downpours. (Shasta Lake is considered full at 1,067 feet, according to Lakes Online, a website that records lake data.) The season’s rains also have filled California’s other large reservoirs, including Lake Oroville and Trinity Lake, which are now at at 90% and 87% capacity, respectively. If Oroville surpasses 100%, it would be the third straight year the reservoir has hit capacity.

Other water supply and snowpack news around the West:

• Weather West: Blog: As wet & cool late-winter pattern departs, growing signs of unusually warm & dry spring across CA & broader West​
• Union of Concerned Scientists: Blog: FIRO to avoid water FOMO: How to save every drop with smart reservoir operations in California
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: News release: Near-average snowpack strengthens water supply resiliency for Los Angeles​
• The Record-Courier (Minden, Nev.): Hydrologist: Second average year in a row anything but
• KOLO (Reno, Nev): Tahoe Basin snowpack now at 111%
• Nevada Appeal (Carson City, Nev.): Snowpack above normal for western Nevada
• Newsweek: Warning issued over Lake Mead, Lake Powell water levels