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Drought in Mariposa - Madera Foothills, California

Drought January 1, 2022 – January 31, 2022 · Mariposa - Madera Foothills, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Mariposa and Madera County Foothills were classified as being in a severe drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

The wider storm

Rainfall was well below normal for January, and nearly all of the central California Interior was classified as being in a severe drought by the end of January, 2022 due to a long term precipitation deficit. As of January 31, 2022, most of the impacted area has received less than 50% of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 994980. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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