Drought — South End San Joaquin Valley, California

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · South End San Joaquin Valley, California

Event narrative

The South End of the San Joaquin Valley was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Central California remained abnormally dry in October 2022. 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 1055938. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.