Californians who feel like March was one of the coldest and wettest they’ve endured have the data on their side. The average temperature across the state was 44.2 degrees, nearly 9 degrees lower than the average of 53.1 degrees from March 2022. The coldest March in California was in 1897, when average temperatures dropped to 43.1 degrees. This March capped a four-month period that was the coldest in California in 44 years, Swain said. The wet season was the “wettest on record in some parts of interior” California, Swain tweeted, referring to the Central Valley and central and southern Sierra.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 11, 2023 15:46 UTC