California is virtually drought-free, according to the US Drought Monitor

After several years, California has been declared virtually drought free according to the most recent data from the US Drought Monitor.

The most recent map of the Golden State, with information as of November 2, 2023, 94.04% of California has no drought classificationwith 5.96% under “abnormally dry” conditions.

Last year, California was affected by a severe drought in most of its territorybut dry conditions began to decrease after the winter storm season that occurred in the first weeks of the year left heavy rains and historic snowfalls.

Besides, Tropical Storm Hilary helped during the summer to further improve conditions, especially in Southern California.

Some regions of the counties of Siskiyou, Del Norte and Modoc in Northern California are still classified as “abnormally dry.”the least severe rating from the US Drought Monitor.

Small portions of counties Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial are in the same situation.

According to the Drought Monitor, the “abnormally dry” classification is indicated when a region is “entering or exiting a drought“.

In California, There are no areas in conditions of “extreme or exceptional drought”the two worst rankings on the US Drought Monitor.

In November 2022, according to the Monitor, Virtually the entire Central Valley of California was in an “exceptional drought.”forcing state water regulators to adopt emergency water rules aimed at ensuring more aggressive conservation across the state.

The last time California was drought-free from March to September 2019conditions that changed drastically in the following three years to enter a moderate drought.

According to climate specialists, El Niño phenomenon will remain until early winteraccording to the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with a 90% probability that it will last until spring 2024.

With these forecasts, it is expected that the El Niño phenomenon will probably cause California to have a wetter winter compared to previous years.

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