Late-season rain has made March and April more like January and February in California.
For the period from Oct.1 through 5 p.m. on Thursday, 14.27 inches of rain have fallen in downtown Los Angeles, or 104% of normal. The seasonal norm is 14.93 inches through the end of September, and downtown L.A. usually gets only 0.91 of an inch in April.In last week’s Drought Monitor data, 31.8% of the state was characterized as “abnormally dry.” That portion shrank to 24.4% of the state in this week’s report, and the part of the state not considered to be in drought increased to 32.
The data are released on Thursdays, but are compiled earlier. “I always figure they’re a week behind,” said climatologist Bill Patzert, who believes a Drought Monitor report should be released every two weeks. “DroughtThe snowpack has been skimpy this year in the Sierra Nevada, with January and February so dry they resembled a typical April and May, Patzert noted. “It’s what I call calendar confusion. March and April have been more like January and February” in Southern California.
But rainfall in Southern California isn’t consequential like snow falling in the Sierra — what Patzert calls “the state’s biggest reservoir.” Rain in Southern California greens up the lawns, but mostly flows out to sea. “It’s like gravy on roast beef. It makes it taste better, but it doesn’t change much.”“The Drought Monitor doesn’t mean anything in Southern California,” said Patzert. “Two weeks after the rain stops your sprinklers come on.
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