According to the Drought Monitor, almost one-fifth of California is either abnormally dry or in moderate drought, as of the end of October. A strip of land along the Colorado River from about Lake Havasu south to the Mexican border is in moderate drought. Drought is all in your definition, said Patzert, a retired climatologist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. According to the National Weather Service, it was warmer than average in most places in Southern California in October, except in the Antelope Valley. Forecasts for November are predicting warmer-than-normal weather in all of California, and drier-than-normal conditions in most of Northern and Central California.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2019 04:07 UTC