TRUCKEE, CA - Us Californians were in for a surprise this past weekend. A spring storm brought heavy rains to the San Francisco Bay Area and across Northern California on Saturday. As a result, the storm produced the highest single-day snowfall record for the season in the Sierra Nevada.

The 26.4 inches of snowfall on Sunday beat the second snowiest day of the season—March 3—by 2.6 inches, according to the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab. AP News reported that the weather system had moved away from California by Sunday morning.

The storm caused unsafe driving conditions on several highways surrounding Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80. We are unsure how these closures impacted the transportation of fresh foods over the weekend, but knowing how many goods are transported at any given time, we have no doubt that some retail/foodservice shipments were delayed.

While the storm was focused in Northern California, Southern parts of the state also experienced light rain and gusty winds.

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