![]() According to the National Weather Service, Thursday will bring rain, snow and thunderstorms. While portions of California dry out, the northern part of the state braces for another storm. Spring doesn’t mean an end to wet weather. When will it rain and snow again in California? With looming warm rain and a swollen record-nearing snowpack, water management officials released water from several of the state’s major reservoirs including Folsom, Oroville, Friant and Shasta dams. To add to the list, flooding, rain and wind are knocking power out to homes and businesses. Southern California was hit with a rare tornado, the central portion of the state is battling farmland flooding and Lopez and Whale Rock reservoirs in San Luis Obispo County are spilling for the first time in decades. The drought may be over for portions of California but water problems persist. Here are the drought conditions in California. Drought Monitor, was updated Thursday with data through March 21. The information used in this interactive map, collected from the U.S. The state has been free of both “extreme” or “exceptional” drought since January. Roughly 35.9% of the state has at least moderate drought - little improvement over last week’s 36.4.% - and 8.5% remain in severe status for the second week in a row. Last week, more than 55% of the state was at least abnormally dry. The majority of the desert region including Inyo and San Bernardino counties remains in “severe” and “moderate” drought. Northern California exited “severe drought,” except for portions of Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou counties. Why experts are still worriedĬalifornia’s drought conditions show vast improvement over the last three months, indicative of an extremely wet start to the year. Gavin Newsom says end to California drought isn’t cut and dry. Compared to March 2023 when more than 64% of the land is drought-free. ![]() In March 2022, California’s land was plagued with moderate to extreme drought statutes.
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