Is It Snowing In San Francisco?

Is it snowing in SF?

With forecasts predicting the first possible snow in San Francisco this weekend since 1976, websites have cropped up to keep us abreast of the Flurry of the Century:

isitsnowinginsanfrancisco.com

isitsnowinginsfyet.com

For those of you unfamiliar with San Francisco weather, snow is an extremely rare occurrence. The Poop, a San Francisco Chronicle blog, lists all the notable snowfalls mentioned in the newspaper’s archives dating back to 1882. There are 5. Here’s 1882:

Snow in San Francisco, 1882

UPDATE: Yes, It Did Snow In San Francisco… Sort Of

photo from the Chronicle archives/No photo credit listed

E.D.W. Lynch
E.D.W. Lynch

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