Old-timers remembered snow falling in downtown Los Angeles around 1880, but not like this. Weather Bureau (National Weather Service) started keeping track. 15, 1932, Hollywood was covered in snow for the first time since the U.S. The storms returned in January with a vengeance.

'Piru reported the heaviest fall with traffic in some instances tied up because of poor visibility and slippery pavements.' Even Fillmore and Bardsdale experienced a two-hour snowfall. The December storm also brought three inches of snow to eastern Ventura County. 'Great crowds enjoyed the snow, which fell to a depth of a foot, and the youngsters thoroughly entered into the spirit of play that was evident everywhere, the decision to return home being met with loud objections'. They brought their niece and a playmate to romp in the powder at their cabin near Newhall. Bottema of Arcadia had better luck on the roads. Snow on the roof of the San Fernando Mission was a rare sight. 'Then they went to the veterans' hospital and saw two inches of snow there'. Ruth Watson and Clara Sanborn set out from Covina to see the snow but couldn't get beyond San Fernando. Driving was dangerous if not impossible on the Ridge Route and on the Mint Canyon Route (Sierra Highway), which also saw 10 inches.

14, 1931, Newhall was blanketed in nine inches of snow, and Saugus reported 10 inches.

By local standards, the winter of 1931-32 was especially harsh in the Newhall-Saugus area as the Los Angeles basin experienced its first significant snowfall in recorded history.īy the time the first major storm of the season ended Dec.

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