Drought — South End Sierra Foothills, California

2022-03-01 to 2022-03-31 · South End Sierra Foothills, California

Event narrative

The South End Sierra Foothills were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Rainfall was closer to normal in March. However, due to the extreme dry period in January and February and a long term precipitation deficit from the previous 18 months, nearly all of the central California Interior was classified as being in an extreme drought by the end of March, 2022. As of March, 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 1005987. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.