Drought — Frazier Mountain Communities, California

2022-05-01 to 2022-05-31 · Frazier Mountain Communities, California

Event narrative

The Frazier Mountain Communities were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

May 2022 will go on record as an exceptionally dry month across central California. By the end of the month, nearly all of our area was in an extreme or exceptional drought as most of our area has received less than a third of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1020986. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.