The article is from early March, they’re pulling from mid-January data which was only after the new years storms - which didn’t do a whole lot to alleviate the drought on their own - and officials were consistent in saying one big (series) of storms wouldn’t get CA out of the drought.
However CA has been drenched since and the latest drought monitor map (released today) shows only 36.4% of the state is in any kind of drought. None of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought anymore. And that data doesn’t include (most of) this week’s storms.
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Reply to Why California is still in drought despite heavy rain and snow by bogdanelcs
For anyone in CA questioning this…
The article is from early March, they’re pulling from mid-January data which was only after the new years storms - which didn’t do a whole lot to alleviate the drought on their own - and officials were consistent in saying one big (series) of storms wouldn’t get CA out of the drought.
However CA has been drenched since and the latest drought monitor map (released today) shows only 36.4% of the state is in any kind of drought. None of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought anymore. And that data doesn’t include (most of) this week’s storms.
https://www.drought.gov/states/california#web-resources-state