Drought Stats for California
The recent rain has made a huge improvement in our drought status.
Out of curiosity I decided to check in on the situation this morning. This data is from the US Drought Monitor at http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ and the California Dept. of Water Reserves http://cdec.water.ca.gov/.
I just threw the historicals into a graph and snagged some pics.
First of all, looking back to the beginning of 2013, the drought has been a big deal for California:
When you look at the last 8 weeks you can see the dramatic improvement:
And this shows week over week change, note Northern California’s situation improvement:
And here’s where the California water reservoirs stand:
Which is a small improvement over the beginning of November, but note that the state’s big reservoirs are in Northern Ca, where the rain is falling. There’s been significant improvement:
Trinity Lake (23->30% of capacity), Lake Shasta (24->35%) and Lake Oroville (27->34)
Good news.