Drought — Fresno - Tulare Lower Sierra, California

2022-04-01 to 2022-04-30 · Fresno - Tulare Lower Sierra, California

Event narrative

The Fresno and Tulare County Lower Sierra were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Rainfall was slightly below normal across much of the area in April. This did not improve the long term precipitation deficit from the previous several months. As a result, nearly all of the central California Interior remained in an extreme drought at the end of April, 2022. As of April, 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 1012216. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.