A powerful winter storm system that dumped rain and snow on San Diego County overnight moved out of the region Wednesday, but it left behind record-breaking cold temperatures across the county.
The National Weather Service in San Diego said multiple regions in Southern California, including Vista, El Cajon, Palomar Mountain and Lake Cuyamaca experienced record-low maximum temperatures.
Rainfall records were also set in Ramona and Campo.
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The system moved in Tuesday and brought sweeping downpours, powerful wind gusts and mountain snow at low elevations.
Here are the snowfall totals in San Diego County as of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday:
- Mt. Laguna (6,000 feet): 14 inches
- Birch Hill (5,700 feet): 13 inches
- Palomar Observatory (6,100 feet): 10 inches
- Palomar Mountain (5,500 feet): 7 inches
- Julian (4,150 feet): 6 inches
- Descanso (3,400 feet): 1 inch
- Campo (2,600 feet): .5 inches
Some chain control requirements are still in place on State Route 78 and SR-79. Follow the latest with this map from Caltrans (Click options, road conditions then chain control).
As for the rest of the county, 3-day rainfall totals crept past 2 inches for some areas. Get the latest rainfall totals here.
"Aside from the rain, we'll also be dealing with cold temperatures that will be heading our way later tonight," NBC 7 Meteorologist Sheena Parveen said. "We have a frost advisory for the coast, a freeze warning for the inland valleys, expect very cold temperatures also for the mountains and the deserts."
The frost advisory and freeze warning were in effect from midnight to 8 a.m. Thursday. During that time, temperatures could fall as low as 34 degrees along the coast and 28 degrees in the valleys overnight.
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There will be no more rain in February, according to forecasters, and a slight warm-up is set to begin Thursday.
