A new drought map released Thursday shows the drastic effects of the past week’s storms.
released ThursdayAlmost the entire state is out of “exceptional drought” levels, though much of the central part of the state remains in “extreme drought.” The heavy storms during the past week contributed to a record snowfall for December, with the Central Sierra snow lab observing 193.7 inches of snow. The previous record was set in 1970 with 179 inches of snow during the month.
Conditions throughout the state could continue to improve in the following weeks, especially with above-normal precipitation predicted for Northern California next week, according to the“Prior to the recent heavy precipitation this month, much of California was designated with extreme to exceptional drought,” Brad Pugh, a meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that assists with the map, wrote in an email.
Even with these improvements, there is still no part of the state that isn’t in some level of drought. FILE: Diamond Valley Lake, one of Southern California's largest reservoirs used primarily for drinking water and agriculture, is filled with water from the Colorado River and viewed at 75% capacity on the morning of November 18, 2021, near Hemet, California.The color-coded map shows the level of dry conditions from"abnormally dry" to"exceptional drought" . Most of California remains in the “moderate drought” classification, at 53.35% of the state.
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