Impacts Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash California snowpack lowest in decade despite hope with December storms In the first snow survey of the season, California came up short – just 25% of the historical average – despite a spate of strong storms that caused flooding and landslides along the coast in late December.
Impacts Image by Franz Roos from Pixabay 'Climate whiplash' is the new normal for California, experts say The state has recently swung from years of drought to piles of snow.
Good Newscommons.wikimedia.org California's snowpack nears decade high. What's it mean to drought? Last year, we started 2022 with a similar bounty — and then ended the snow season way, way, way below normal.