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Golden Gate Bridge in fog Snow in the mountains of Southern California Summer in the Sierra Nevada at Lake Tahoe High precipitation in 2005 caused an ephemeral lake in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley. The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast.
Rain continues to fall in Southern California from an atmospheric river, raising the risk for additional mudslides with more than 120 reported so far in Los Angeles.
In addition, climate change has impacted California's precipitation patterns in recent years with effects including more rapid snowmelt, more frequent heatwaves, and drier conditions across the state. [21] California precipitation and snowpack is measured by the state of California by "water year", which runs from October 1 to September 30. [22]
While some measurements suggest the 2015-2016 El Niño was the strongest on record since 1950, [29] Southern California received below average precipitation contrary to what the Climate Prediction Center predicted leading up to the winter months.
On Wednesday, an influx of moisture finally reached across areas of Southern California. Rainfall totals in downtown Los Angeles rose to 0.34 of an inch, breaking the 20-day dry streak for the city.
On the weekend of Aug. 10-11, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported a total of 8,953 lightning discharges across San Diego County, including 713 that were cloud-to-ground strikes.Most of the ...
Summer is the time of the second rainfall maximum during the year across Georgia, and the time of the main rainfall maximum in Florida. [46] [49] During the late summer and fall, tropical cyclones move into the region from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, supplying portions of the area with one-quarter of their annual rainfall, on average.
As a brutal storm blows into California, wind gusts peaked at 61 miles per hour in the state’s southern region yesterday. Meanwhile, Santa Rosa island, just off the state’s coast, saw peak ...