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PHOTOS: See Where Rare Snowfall Blanketed Parts of the Bay Area

Jasmine GarnettDan Brekke
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In an aerial view, snow covers a vineyard on Feb. 24, 2023, in Angwin, in the Napa Valley. A large winter storm brought snow to lower elevations overnight. Much of California is being affected by a cold winter storm that is bringing rain, wind and snow below 1,500 feet in many locations. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

For days, weather forecasters have been promising we'd see widespread snowfall at unusually low elevations around the Bay Area.

And overnight, those predictions came true with snow-frosted hills, ridges and mountains all around the region.

Fourteen inches of snow fell on the summit of Mount Hamilton. High winds whipped up drifts 4 to 5 feet deep at Lick Observatory atop the peak there.

Lower down, very heavy, wet snow and gusting winds snapped trees over a wide area, leading to power outages for more than 20,000 customers throughout the Bay Area and Santa Cruz County.

The snow also made a mess of many area roads, with Highway 17 shut down between San José and Santa Cruz.

Keep reading to see photos of the snowfall around the Bay Area.


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Snowfall at Russian Ridge on Feb. 24, 2023. (Courtesy of Reddit user u/Altruistic_Ad2676)
Snowfall at Neal Family Vineyards in Angwin. (Courtesy of Laura Neal)
Snowfall at Cade Estate Winery in Angwin. (Courtesy of Ann Conover)
two children wearing blue coats have a snowball fight - one in the foreground packs a snowball facing the camera as one in the background lies horizontal in the snow, which appears to be a foot deep
Eight-year-old Gael Guzman (left) has a snowball fight with his 11-year-old brother Atziel Guzman on Feb. 24, 2023, in Angwin. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Snow-covered peaks seen behind downtown San José. (Courtesy of Jamal Edwards)

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