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playhacker t1_jdcbrdf wrote

Reply to comment by jayrocksd in Why California is still in drought despite heavy rain and snow by bogdanelcs

It is because the article uses data up to mid-January as noted at the bottom "The drought data shows data up to the week of Jan. 17, 2023. Precipitation data is recent as of January, 2023" despite the article being published this month (without the most recent 2 months of data).

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jayrocksd t1_jdd1p1h wrote

That makes it even worse.

>Snow blanketed California the last weekend of February, only weeks after it was pummeled by torrential rains. But these historic storms barely made a dent in a daily reality for most Californians — a years-long, expansive drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 99.39% of the state is still abnormally dry or in drought...

Despite the rains and snow in February, the state was still mostly in a state of drought in January?!?

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phatelectribe t1_jdddgbw wrote

Yep lol. The heaviest of the rains and snow fell on Feb and it’s been raining every single week since January, including this weekend which saw several more inches of rain and snow.

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tryhardsasquatch t1_jddjoj3 wrote

I think he's trying to point out how stupid it is to make a claim today that the state is still abnormally dry, after snow and rain, when you're making that claim using data that doesn't include said snow and rain.

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azlmichael t1_jdfa2aq wrote

A lot of it is running off. The under ground wells are not refilling.

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