00:59 Record Set: Wettest Water Year on Record in CA With all the rain and snow in the northern Sierra Nevada, California now holds the title for Wettest water year on record.

At a Glance The current water year is now the wettest on record in the northern Sierra.

The previous record from 1982-83 was officially broken Thursday.

This mountain range has recorded an accumulated average of 89.7 inches of water since Oct. 1.

California's northern Sierra Nevada has surpassed its all-time wettest "water year" after the latest barrage of stormy weather to hit the mountain range this week.

The "water year" in California runs from October through September, and in peaks from November through March. Each spring, the melted snowpack from the Sierra supplies water to much of California.

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As of Thursday, the northern Sierra has recorded an accumulated average of 89.7 inches of water across eight stations since Oct. 1, according to the California Department of Water Resources. This breaks the previous record of 88.5 inches, set during the 1982-83 water year.

This is 207 percent of average for April 13. An average water year has 50 inches of precipitation.

Oct. 1-March 31 was the wettest such period on record on record in Sacramento, California, South Lake Tahoe, California, and Reno, Nevada, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center . In the Northwest, this six-month period was also the wettest in Spokane, Washington, Pocatello, Idaho, Lewiston, Idaho, Kalispell, Montana, and Sheridan, Wyoming.

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Typically, when April arrives, the chance of big storm systems bringing heavy rain and mountain snow decreases in California. However, given this now record-wet water year, it likely comes as no surprise April's weather pattern is remaining active.

Last week's storm brought 10 to 40 inches of snow to the Sierra, and this week's weather system provided enough precipitation to top the previous record-wet water year from 1982-83.

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The water content in the snowpack throughout much of the West remains well-above average. As of April 13, areas of the Sierra and western Nevada are more than 200 percent of average for the date, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL Network.

Sugar Bowl and Boreal ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe region have seen more than 700 inches of snow so far this wet season, from fall through early spring.

When examining snow-water equivalent for the northern, central and southern Sierra, all areas are more than 165 percent of average for April 13, ranging from 43 to 52 inches of water, according to the California Cooperative Snow Surveys.

Additionally, many reservoirs continue to run above average as of April 13, including Lake Oroville, Lake Shasta, San Luis Reservoir and Pyramid Lake.

This wet year's snowpack is quite a change from the past four years when drought prevailed across California, leaving residents with low water supplies and increased water-use restrictions.

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Mount Shasta Ski Park, a small resort about 70 miles north of Redding, California, is typically open from mid-December through April. However, during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 ski seasons, it wasn't even able to open for a full month , Jason Young, a general manager for the park, told the Sacramento Bee.

This ski season opened at its normal time and anticipates remaining open through April. Mount Shasta Ski Park received 30 inches of fresh powder from last week's storm, according to its Facebook page.

Last Friday, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced an end to the drought but advised Californians to remain cautious about their water use , the Sacramento Bee reports. Brown warned that the state's groundwater supplies remain low in some areas, so residents are not allowed to hose off their sidewalks or water their lawns during or immediately after a rainfall.

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