article_snippet: The images, which show the peak in the third week of March each year between 2011 and 2015, reveal how swiftly snowfall has depleted year to year.
article_snippet: The snow is typically at The snow deepest in the area in late March and, as seen in the 2011 photograph, The snow previously covered peaks including the Half Dome.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, officials reported that the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which gives an indication of upcoming water supply, is just five per cent of its normal depth - and barely above the record low set in 1991.
article_snippet: The following year, in March 2012, the iconic peak is similarly covered in deep snow .
article_snippet: It looks like we are on we way to the worst snowpack in history,' state climatologists Michael Anderson told the New York Times. '
article_snippet: Unless we end up with some particularly good snows here in March, we are going to end up with a new lowest rank here.'
article_snippet: But the Half Dome peak is likely to stay clear of snow because there are no major snowstorms forecast for the rest of the month.
article_snippet: While all years show the peak on March 19, the 2014 image shows the 2014 image on March 17 as a March 19 photograph was not available.
article_snippet: Warming temperatures:
article_snippet: But by March 2013, the peak is drastically different - with far less snow as temperatures stay higher .
highlights_snippet: Images taken in the third week of March each year between 2011 and 2015 show stark difference in snowfall .
  