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As the storm courses through Northern California, rain is in the forecast for Sacramento. McKinley Thompson-Morley walks to work in the rain on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 in downtown Sacramento near ...
During the 1996-1997 water year, Northern California experienced extremely wet conditions in December and January. However, the rest of the winter and early spring saw little precipitation. Consequently, the snowpack in the northern Sierra Nevada was only 60% of the average by April 1, and many major reservoirs in California did not fill to ...
Wildfires are not a new phenomenon in California. They’re part of the state’s ecology, fueled by unique weather patterns, poor land management, and urban encroachment into fire-prone areas. To ...
Because of the cold California Current from the North Pacific Ocean and the fact that the storms tend to "steer" west, California has only been hit with three tropical storms in recorded history, a storm which came ashore in 1939 and dumped heavy rainfall on the Los Angeles area and interior deserts. The remnants of tropical systems will affect ...
Records from the National Weather Show that the Sacramento area received rainfall totals ranging from more than half an inch of rain to nearly an inch and a half in the past 24 hours.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The same wind pattern also affects other parts of California's coastal ranges and the western slopes of Sierra Nevada, with many media and government groups using the term Diablo winds for strong, dry downslope wind over northern and central California. [1]
During these months, most of California — including the entire Northern California region — has a 40% to 50% chance of leaning above normal temperatures, the center predicted.