Drought in Kern River Valley, California

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

Central California remained abnormally dry in July 2022. Scattered showers and thunderstorms did impact the area between the 26th and the 31st. Otherwise dry weather prevailed across the area. By the end of the month, nearly all of our area remained 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 1035196. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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