Drought — Fresno - Tulare Lower Sierra, California

2022-08-01 to 2022-08-31 · Fresno - Tulare Lower Sierra, California

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

Central California remained abnormally dry in August 2022. Scattered showers and thunderstorms did impact the area between the 1st and the 5th with some flooding being reported on the 1st and the 4th. 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 1044064. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.