Drought — Grant Grove Area, California

2022-11-01 to 2022-11-30 · Grant Grove Area, California

Event narrative

The Grant Grove area was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Although a significant winter storm impacted central California between November 7 and November 9, the interior remained abnormally dry in November 2022 as most of the area had slightly below normal precipitation totals for the month. 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 1058747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.