North County Residents Share Photos of February Snowfall

Community members showcase the winter beauty through their camera lenses

By CAMILLE DeVAUL

NORTH COUNTY — The last weekend of February brought a unique and unusually cold winter storm through San Luis Obispo County that resulted in snow blanketing some regions of North County.

The last time our county saw any kind of “snow flurry” was in 2019. In an article John Lindsey wrote, featured in Santa Maria Times in December 2019, described the “most famous snow event occurred Dec. 15, 1988, when an intense storm from the eastern part of the Gulf of Alaska combined with a cold, upper-level low-pressure system that moved through Central California from Nevada.”

Some residents saw a light dusting, and some had enough to bring out their snowboards. Either way, it was a sight that we don’t get very often around here. Enjoy the collection of photos sent to Atascadero News/ Paso Robles Press, capturing the snow of 2023.

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