Drought in Mojave Desert, California

Drought February 1, 2022 – February 28, 2022 · Mojave Desert, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Mojave Desert was classified as being in a severe drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

The wider storm

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 1001641. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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