Drought — Frazier Mountain Communities, California

2021-12-01 to 2021-12-31 · Frazier Mountain Communities, California

Event narrative

The Frazier Mountain Communities were classified as being in a severe drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

Although rainfall was above normal for December, nearly all of the central California Interior was classified as being in a moderate to severe drought at the end of December, 2021 due to a long term precipitation deficit. As of December 31, 2021, most of the impacted area has received less than 60% of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 991797. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.