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There's No Such Thing as Normal in California Water
The hope of emerging from a four-year drought is riding on the next few weeks.
The next few weeks may be key.
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Ninety percent of California’s annual precipitation usually falls between Oct. 1 and April 30, half of it from December through February. That means the next few weeks may be make-or-break for the state’s hopes of emerging from its four-year drought.
Where do things stand now? The rain totals are looking neither terrible nor great -- mostly above-normal readings for the “water year” (measured starting Oct. 1) in the northern two-thirds of the state, mostly below-normal in Southern California.