Drought in Kern River Valley, California

Drought March 1, 2022 – March 31, 2022 · Kern River Valley, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Kern River Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

The wider storm

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 1005998. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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