Drought — Kern River Valley, California

2022-01-01 to 2022-01-31 · Kern River Valley, California

Event narrative

The Kern River Valley was classified as being in a severe drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.

Wider weather episode

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_id 994995. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.