Drought — Frazier Mountain Communities, California

2022-07-01 to 2022-07-31 · 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

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_id 1035200. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.