The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada on Tuesday stood at 110 percent of average for early April, an encouraging sign that the state would have plenty of water.
In the dry months to come, the snow will melt and course downhill, replenishing scarce water supplies.
Californians navigated flood watches and blizzard warnings in February and March, as a string of big storms caused mudslides and snarled traffic.
Gov. Gavin Newsom warned residents not to grow too comfortable with heavy precipitation and pointed to the month-to-month swings as indicative of how California's weather patterns had become ever more erratic.
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