Drought — West Side Mountains South of Highway 198, California

2022-02-01 to 2022-02-28 · West Side Mountains South of Highway 198, California

Event narrative

The West Side Mountains south of Highway 198 were classified as being in a severe drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Rainfall was well below normal for February, and nearly all of the central California Interior was classified as being in a severe drought by the end of February, 2022 due to a long term precipitation deficit as this was the driest period between January 1 and February 28 on record for much of the area. As of February 2022, most of the impacted area has received less than 40% of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1001609. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.