Solar cycle vs Alta guard snow/water

 As I have suspected for several years there is a link between the solar cycle and the amount of snow/water that falls at the Alta UDOT guard snow study plot. I first suspected a link after looking at Utah Lake levels and noticing the lake tends to peak a few years after the solar minimum.

I took the Alta UDOT guard data and compared the five years surrounding the solar maximum/minimum years then averaged out the season snow/water and compared it to normal. If the season snow/water was near normal I did not use those years in the comparison, only compared years when the season snow/water was above or below normal. It turns out 8 out of 11 years there was a correlation in the season water and 7 out of 10 years there was a correlation in the season snowfall.

Conclusion:  Alta gets more snow/water surrounding the solar minimum and less snow/water surrounding the solar maximum. Click HERE for a link to the Google sheet with the data.

*For those wondering why there is a correlation, my theory (based on reading articles by those smarter than me) is partly because the amount of cloud formation is linked to cosmic rays. The earth's magnetic field is influenced by solar activity, the more solar activity the stronger the earth's magnetic field and the less cosmic rays reaching the earth's atmosphere. Cosmic rays ionize the atmosphere which provides condensation nuclei for water droplets to condense on, more cosmic rays equals more clouds and the potential for more rain/snow fall.