Was that a typo, your winter precipitation was down 70%? That’s quite the difference from up here. As of the start of this month my water year (starts Oct 1) was only 2” down from the KMGJ long term average, and down 4” from my own personal records over the last 20 years.
2.6" on the board at 6:15am down here at just under 400' elevation. A grass measurement nets be anywhere from .5 to 1.5 more depending on which clump of grass I measure by LOL
Waiting might have cost you the max snow depth. I had 2.6” on the board when I measured at 6:15am it was 2.6” but down to 2.3” when I just came in, a mixed of snow, sleet, and rain here. 33/31