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PHOTOS: See Where Rare Snowfall Blanketed Parts of the Bay Area

Feb 24, 2023

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In an aerial view, snow covers a vineyard on Feb. 24, 2023, in Angwin, in the Napa Valley. A large winter storm brought snow to lower elevations overnight. Much of California is being affected by a cold winter storm that is bringing rain, wind and snow below 1,500 feet in many locations. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

For days, weather forecasters have been promising we'd see widespread snowfall at unusually low elevations around the Bay Area.

And overnight, those predictions came true with snow-frosted hills, ridges and mountains all around the region.

Fourteen inches of snow fell on the summit of Mount Hamilton. High winds whipped up drifts 4 to 5 feet deep at Lick Observatory atop the peak there.

Lower down, very heavy, wet snow and gusting winds snapped trees over a wide area, leading to power outages for more than 20,000 customers throughout the Bay Area and Santa Cruz County.

The snow also made a mess of many area roads, with Highway 17 shut down between San José and Santa Cruz.

Keep reading to see photos of the snowfall around the Bay Area.