Environment
Drought-Struck California Finally Looks Due for an Epic Soaking
El Niño could roar back to life in March, potentially dropping more than 100 inches of snow on the mountains.
Last week, the National Weather Service shared this graphic showing just how little rain San Francisco has gotten since October, compared with other El Niño years (look for the dark-blue line):
In the past, powerful El Niños have typically delivered about 22 inches of rain to the city by this time; the current amount is far below that. To reach the El Niño average of 30 inches by the beginning of summer, the NWS writes, “we would need more than two tenths of an inch every day through the end of May.”