Snowfall

the Mayacamas should have visible snowy summits—and cloudy weather, gusting winds and a 60% chance of precipitation could prevail into Friday. The rest of the weekend will bring intermittent rainfall, nighttime frost and mostly cloudy skies. While a break in the cloud cover results in sunny skies on Saturday, another storm front is gathering force in the mid-Pacific that should hit the California coast on Sunday, bringing with it a high probability of rain and near-freezing temperatures into the middle of next week. Does that mean waking up to a snow-covered Plaza? Probably not. Residents may remember snowfall in Healdsburg as recently as 2017, and historic photos from the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society, and the Healdsburg Tribune, show several periods of time where streets, parks, houses and farms in the area are covered with the white stuff.

In 1930, a two-hour snowfall melted relatively swiftly after warmer rains began to fall. Four inches of snow were measured on Jan. 15, 1932, a like amount in 1916, and at least a couple inches in 1903 and 1948—when 27 inches were reported in Middletown.

But the fact that snow was newsworthy indicates it was uncommon, even then.