Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Drought
State CALIFORNIA
County/Area E CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY
WFO HNX
Report Source Drought Monitor
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2015-10-01 00:00 PST-8
End Date 2015-10-31 23:59 PST-8
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative The California drought continues in full force during the month of September, 2015. Temperatures continued to average above normal. Fresno received 0.49 inch of rainfall while Bakersfield only received 0.14 of precipitation during the month of October.
The U.S. Drought Monitor continued to report exceptional drought conditions across the entire Central California region. This extent of exceptional drought is extremely unusual for California. The general trend of below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures has continued this year.
There continues to be significant media coverage on the on-going drought conditions. These reports include discussion of significant re-allocation of water resources from the east to west side of the San Joaquin Valley, farmers forgoing planting of some crops, a decrease in the snow-related tourism activity in the Southern Sierra Nevada, reduction in air quality due to persistent stagnant air, loss or reduction of ground water, wells drying up in several communities leaving them with no water, and an unprecedented increase in fire danger across the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains. Also, communities in Central California interior face state mandated reductions in municipal water use.
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All events for this episode:

Standort County/Zone St. Date Zeit T.Z. Typ Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
W CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY (Z... W CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY (Z... CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
E CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY (Z... E CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY (Z... CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SW S.J. VALLEY (ZONE) SW S.J. VALLEY (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SE S.J. VALLEY (ZONE) SE S.J. VALLEY (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
S SIERRA FOOTHILLS (ZONE) S SIERRA FOOTHILLS (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SE KERN CTY DESERT (ZONE) SE KERN CTY DESERT (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KERN CTY MTNS (ZONE) KERN CTY MTNS (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
S SIERRA MTNS (ZONE) S SIERRA MTNS (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TULARE CTY MTNS (ZONE) TULARE CTY MTNS (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
INDIAN WELLS VLY (ZONE) INDIAN WELLS VLY (ZONE) CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TULARE CTY FOOTHILLS (ZO... TULARE CTY FOOTHILLS (ZO... CA 10/01/2015 00:00 PST-8 Drought 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K