After two years of solid drought, and four months into California’s “wet” season, we don’t know if this year will be wet or dry.  This is normal for California.  But this year’s monthly precipitation “whiplash” is unusual.

For northern California, October was the 2^nd wettest October in 102 years of record (400% of average October from one 2-day storm!).  November was the 31^st driest November (50% of average). December was the 23^rd wettest December (160% of average), and January was the 7^th driest January on record (16% of average).