Drought in Indian Wells Valley, California

Drought August 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022 · Indian Wells Valley, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Indian Wells Valley was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

The wider storm

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 1044081. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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