With California missing out on rain and snow in January, we had a long way to make up that dry month, especially since half of California’s precipitation comes from just the months of December, January, and February. So, did February’s storms catch us back up? Unfortunately, not quite. While California’s snowpack is at 88% of average today, there’s a lot of dry weather in the forecast the rest of this month. That means that number will keep dropping every day until we see more winter storms – which historically begin to taper off in March. The likelihood California’s snowpack will be below average on April 1st increases every day it’s dry.

The last two years have shown vast improvements to the #snowpack, but #CA’s new normal means #climate extremes can cause significant rain and snow one year and a dry year the next.